Somalia: From Troubled Transition to a Tarnished Transition?
By International Crisis Group (ICG), The term of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Institutions has expired,…
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UN Somali “Surge” vs. Al Shabab Expansion
“Damn those Al-Shabab, Damn all those ungrateful Somalis! has become the West’s not so silent…
Al-Shabaab Changes its name and Strategy
By TesfaNews, The nationalist factions of Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab have announced the change…
Al-Shabab Rebels Withdraw from Mogadishu
Aljazeera, Abdirahman Omar Osman, a government spokesman, said on Saturday that al-Shabab was retreating…
Somalia: The West’s “Miserable Failure”
Dr. Michael A. Weinstein On February 3, Somalia’s Transitional Federal Parliament (T.F.P.) voted 421-11-3…
Hizbul Islam joins Al-Shabaab in Somalia
By Bill Roggio Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, the leader of Hizbul Islam, has merged…