Tag Archives: Somali Civil War
By Zachariah Farah There is sad news for the enemies of Somalia within or without; Somalia is turning a new page, a new leaf. It may be ironic to start a sentence with the word “sad” in it, especially the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Somali, Somali Civil War, Somali National Movement, Somali people, Somalia, United Somali Congress
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OPINION The former prime of Somalia, Omar Arteh Qalib, had a habit of saying “ Somalis will sort out their differences under a tree”, in reference to the traditional shir ( meeting ) to which disputes are referred for adjudication … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali, Somali Civil War, Somali National Movement, Somali Patriotic Movement, Somali Salvation Democratic Front, Somalia, United Somali Congress
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In the last two decades, there were much chaos, suffering and little room for substantial and constructive dialogue in Somalia. However, Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon’s recent bold move to call for a national dialogue no doubt deserves a national … read more »
Posted in Abdisamad Mooge, Article, Columnist, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, British Somaliland, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somali, Somali Civil War, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, Somaliland
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By Zainab Guleed Twenty years ago, on December 5th, 1992, the United Nations launched a major peace-enforcement mission into Somalia, approving the deployment of nearly 30,000 troops. The U.S.-led Unified Task Force (UNITAF) was mandated to protect and deliver humanitarian … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Siad Barre, Somali, Somali Civil War, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, somalis news, Unified Task Force
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By Ismail Einashe I recently gave a talk for Radio 4’s Four Thought series, exploring the links between childhood war trauma suffered by young Somali men and the way some are drawn to violent gang culture. Like other young Somali … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Britain, Gang, IndepthAfrica, London, Somali, Somali Civil War, Somali people, Somalia
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In late 2011, the International Community – led by Britain – called for an unprecedented conference on Somalia. And in the run up to that conference in London, excitement and expectation gripped the Somali people everywhere. More than fifty states … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, London, Mogadishu, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somali, Somali Civil War, Somali people, Somalia, United States
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By Abdul Ghelleh Somalia: now and then If you believe that Somalia’s problems can be pinpointed to a particular phenomena such as Pirates or the terrorist group, Al Shabaab, you are being mistaken. Even the Somali clan politics, the … read more »
Posted in Article, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, BBC Somali Service, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Qur'an, Somali, Somali Civil War, somali news, Somali people, Somalia
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Yesterday, the United Nations declared three additional regions of the country enfamished, including the blighted capital of Mogadishu. Currently, some 3.5 million Somalis are in need of aid, and starvation has cost the lives of nearly 29,000 children under the … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Islamic Courts Union, Islamism, Libya, North Africa, Pan African News, Somali Civil War, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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When Sudanese supermodel Alek Wek was 14 years old, she left South Sudan in the heat of civil war. Her family, fleeing both rebel and government forces, trekked through the bush for months, leading to her father’s leg infection, paralysis … read more »
The famine in the Horn of Africa is a result of the international community’s failure to end Somalia’s civil war and its inability to deal with “slow-moving emergencies,” such as the region’s recurring drought, a senior African official said on … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African Development Bank, African History, African Maps, Al-Shabaab, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Donald Kaberuka, East Africa, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, North Africa, Pan African News, Siad Barre, Somali Civil War, Somalia, Southern Africa, West Africa, World Food Programme
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Family members of a man found slain in a southeast North Dakota ditch say he had moved to the United States five years ago to escape violence and civil war in Somalia. The body of 18-year-old Abdi Ali Ahmed was … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, IndepthAfrica, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, Jamestown Sun, Kenya, map of africa, News local news, newspapers, North Dakota, Somali, Somali Civil War, Somali language, Somalia, United States, World news
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