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Obama: Al-Qaeda And
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Washington DC, July 17, 2010 – President Obama said the
United States will redouble its cooperation with Uganda and
other African Union members against the Somali terror group
al-Shabaab to try to ensure that it and similar
organizations “are not able to kill Africans with impunity.”
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Cardiff, Wales, July 17, 2010 (SL Times) – Mr. Abdirahman
Ahmed Awed, Chairman and Mr. Abdikarim Abdi Adan, Director
of Wales Somaliland Community, has today welcomed and
praised Rt. Hon. David Cameron, British Prime Minister and
Rt. Hon. Alun Michael, MP for Cardiff South & Penarth for
their heartfelt Congratulations to the people of Somaliland
on the successful ,peaceful ,credible and transparent
election of a new Somaliland President, His Excellency Ahmed
Mohamed Mohamoud Sillanyo and Vice President, H.E.
Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail.
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Ottawa, July 17, 2010 – Canadian oil and gas company Africa
Oil Corp said it would raise up to C$20 million through a
private placement of its common shares, partly to fund its
exploration projects in East Africa.
The company, which has oil and gas interests in
Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, said it will sell up to 20
million common shares at C$1 apiece.
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Djibouti, July 17, 2010 — An official agreement of
cooperation was signed yesterday between the Republic of
Djibouti, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
the terminal operator World (DP World), based in Dubai, and
Family Health International (FHI).
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Looking
on with bemusement, Teshome Toga (left), speaker of
the house; and Shitaye Minale, deputy speaker; await
the final minutes of the speeches by the outgoing
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Lidetu Ayalew (MP-EDP) criticized the salary and benefits
afforded to them as being too low, even when compared to
Somaliland, which has yet to gain international recognition
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 17, 2010 – Bittersweet words
were spoken by opposition MPs on Wednesday July 7, 2010,
when Teshome Toga, speaker of the house, presented a
five-year report to Parliament during their last session.
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Abdourahiman Boreh |
Djibouti, July 17, 2010 —
A criminal court in Djibouti sentenced Abdourahiman Boreh,
the self exiled but richest businessman from Djibouti, to a
15-year prison term and a fine of 56,000 dollars.
Djibouti’s prominent
businessman and once staunch ally of Ismael Omar Guelleh (IOG),
the second president of Djibouti since independence in 1977,
was sentenced on June 23, 2010, in his absence. He was
charged with involvement in “terrorism” in relation to an
incident where a suspect threw a grenade at a supermarket in
Djibouti City.
The alleged suspect in
this incident, by the name Mahadi, was later found dead
inside a prison cell. Criminal prosecutors in Djibouti
accused Boreh for having been involved in this, allegedly
giving direction to the person on the phone from his home in
exile.
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Nairobi, Kenya,
July 17, 2010 — Kenyan police arrested more than 100 Somalis
in an overnight crackdown in the capital Nairobi on illegal
immigrants, an official said Friday.
The operation was conducted in the wake of bombings in
neighboring Uganda that killed at least 73 people and were
claimed by Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Shabaab rebels but
police refused to link the raid to the Kampala blasts.
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Zuma Appeals For Calm As
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Pretoria, South Africa, July 17, 2010 – PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma
yesterday appealed for calm, urging foreign nationals who
felt threatened by xenophobic attacks to approach the police
and help isolate what he called “criminal elements”.
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Somali Man Who Lied To FBI
Being Sentenced Today |
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By Laura
Yuen
St. Paul, Minn. July 17, 2010 — This morning in Minneapolis,
the first sentencing hearing will be held in the case of
Somali-American men who have gone missing from Minnesota.
Abdow Munye Abdow has admitted to lying to the FBI, which is
investigating the case. About 20 Twin Cities men traveled to
their native Somalia, allegedly to fight with a terrorist
group.
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Uganda: 12 Now Held Over
Attacks |
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By Solomon Muyita & Gerald Bareebe (email
the author)
Kampala, Uganda, July 17, 2010 – At least five more suspects
linked to last Sunday’s bombing in Kampala have been
arrested bringing the number of suspects in police custody
to 12. The police bomb squad was on day four still on its
toes as telephone lines were jammed with calls of suspected
bombs dumped in several areas, including outside Kampala
City.
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U.S. Pledges More Support
To Battle Somali Rebels |
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By WILL
CONNORS in Kampala, Uganda, and KEITH
JOHNSON in Washington
The Obama administration on Thursday said it would bolster
its support to the African Union troops providing much of
the firepower in Somalia's battle against al Shabaab, the
Somali militant group that has claimed responsibility for
Sunday's deadly blasts in Uganda.
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Somalis Force Sudanese Out
Of Refugee Camp |
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By BONIFACE ONGERI
Garissa, Kenya, July 17, 2010 – Scores of refugees
were injured and shacks razed following dawn skirmishes,
pitting Sudan and Somalia refugees at Dadaab Camp in Garissa.
Fafi DC Rashid Khator said the clashes began with the
discovery of a mutilated trunk of a Somali child, a short
distance from where Sudan nationals are camped in Hagaldera.
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Statement By Secretary
Clinton / Bombings In Uganda |
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton |
US Department of State
Thursday, July 15, 2010
I join President Obama in strongly condemning today's
attacks in Kampala, Uganda targeting innocent spectators
watching the World Cup final.
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Shabaab Chief Says Uganda
Bombings 'Just The Beginning' |
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 17, 2010 — The leader of Somalia's
Al-Qaeda-inspired Shabaab group, which claimed
responsibility for deadly attacks in Uganda, thanked the
bombers Thursday and warned that more operations were to
come.
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Al-Shabaab Militant Seizes Control
Of A Strategic Point Near Bosaso |
Al-Shabaab militia in
Mogadishu, Somalia (photofile)
Bosaso, Somalia, July
17, 2010 (SL Times) –
Around 200 Al-Shabaab
fighters have seized
control of a Mountainous
strategic area called
Laag, about 30km south
of Puntland’s commercial
town of Bosaso.
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President Elect
Sillanyo Urges Somalilanders To Be Vigilant Against Terrorist
Attacks, Sends Condolences To Uganda |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 17, 2010 (SL Times) – In the wake of
the Uganda bombings, Somaliland's newly elected President Ahmed
called on Somaliland security forces to be extra vigilant in
preventing similar attacks from taking place in Somaliland
especially in this critical period of transition.
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UK’s House Of
Lords Debates Impact Of Uganda Bombings On Communities From
Somaliland And Somalia |
London, UK, July 17, 2010 (SL Times) – The suicide bombings
in Uganda that was carried out by the al-Qaida affiliated
al-Shabaab organization continues to have reverberations
around the world. The subject of the bombings and its
possible impact on communities originally from Somaliland
and Somalia who live in the United Kingdom came up in a
debate in UK’s House of Lords.
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Motion Congratulating Somaliland
And Welcoming UK’s Commitment Toward Somaliland
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MPs
at work in the House of Commons, UK Parliament.
Parliamentary copyright |
London, UK,
July 17, 2010 (SL Times) – Five Parliamentarians from the United
Kingdom have tabled a motion at the UK’s House of Parliament.
The main purpose of the motion is to congratulate the people of
Somaliland for their successful presidential election and to
press the United Kingdom’s government for greater engagement and
more vigorous support for Somaliland. Here is the text of the
motion:
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 17, 2010 (SL Times) – The company of
exporting and marketing of meat revealed that the Warsame Saeed
Construction Company had won the contract to build the site of
the company in Burco.
The announcement was made in a special gathering in Hargeysa’s
Imperial Hotel. Speaking on behalf of the company’s management,
Mr Abdirizaq Haji Hussein said that Somali shareholders own 51%
of the company while Malaysians own 49% of the company.
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Berbera port gets a news equipments |
Berbera, Somaliland, July 17, 2010 (SL Times) – Berbera port
received a crane, a D9 bulldozer and a Bob Cat. Speaking to the
press, the Manager of Berbera Port, Eng. Ali Omar Muhammad (Ali
Hor Hor) said the D9 will be used to remove the sand that is
brought by the wind to the harbor, the crane will be used for
the animals such as camels, while the smaller machinery will be
used for moving food products.
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Teachers Demonstrate For Lack Of
Pay |
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Hargeysa, Somaliland, July 17,
2010 (SL Times) – Some Somaliland teachers of middle and
elementary schools staged a demonstration in between the
ministries of education and interior to draw attention to the
fact that they had not received their salaries for three months.
The teachers said that they are having difficult time to survive
and pay their bills because of lack of salaries.
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Puntland Officer Assassinated |
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Bosaso, Somalia, July 17, 2010 (SL Times) – An officer with
Puntland security forces by the name Abdillahi Ga'amay was
assassinated in Bosaso on July 14. The killing happened close to
Golis communications company. The killers were armed with
pistols and their faces were covered. They fled the scene after
committing the assassination and both their identities and their
motivations remain unknown.
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Puntland Authorities Promise To Do
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Bosaso, Somalia, July 17, 2010 (SL Times) – The Governor of
Puntland’s Eastern Region, Mr Abdihafid Ali Yusuf told the BBC
Somali Service (July 12, 2010) that his administration has plans
to do something about the security situation in Bosaso and
promised that things will change a lot.
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Sudan: U.S. Envoy Calls For Urgent
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BY JIM FISHER-THOMPSON
Washington DC, July 17, 2010 – The upcoming referendum in
southern Sudan to decide the region’s political future must
be “free, fair, credible and transparent” to ensure lasting
peace and stability for the whole nation, and that is a goal
the U.S. government is working hard to achieve, says U.S.
Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration.
“We might have a new country” in six months, Gration said.
So there is an urgent need to prepare for a possible
independent south if a majority of southerners vote that way
next January. “We’re not prejudging the referendum,” he
added, but must plan for such an outcome.
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By
Nicole Stremlau
Program in Comparative
Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford
This week Somalia marked
its 50th anniversary of independence from colonial rule. It
could not have been celebrated more differently in the north
and in the south of the country.
In Mogadishu, the
Transitional Federal Government used the occasion to launch
a major offensive against the Al Qaeda affiliated
groups, Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam that control much of
south Somalia.
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London, UK, July 17,
2010 (SL Times) – Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham
congratulates Ahmed Mohamed Sillanyo, of the Kulmiye Party, on
his victory in the recent Somaliland Presidential elections.
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Nairobi, Kenya, July
17, 2010 (SL Times) – The Democratization Programme Steering
Committee extends its heartfelt congratulations to Somaliland
for the successful conclusion of the Presidential Election.
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More Than Five Million People
Receiving HIV Treatment |
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Peter Ghys of
UNAids and Yves Souteyrand of the WHO, pictured at the
launch of the Towards Universal Access report in the
Grand Palais, Paris on 30 September, 2009
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World Health Organization advises earlier treatment among people
with HIV
Vienna, July 19, 2010 -- An estimated 5.2 million people were
receiving life-saving HIV treatment at the end of 2009,
according to the latest update from the World Health
Organization (WHO).
WHO estimates that 1.2 million people started treatment in 2009,
bringing the total number of people receiving treatment to 5.2
million, compared to 4 million at the end of 2008.
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In Afghanistan, The U.S. Goes
Local To Fight The Taliban |
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Afghan
National Police stand guard at a temporary checkpoint in
the Dand district, south of Kandahar, on June 21,
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Kabul/Washington, July 17, 2010 – The good news is that the U.S.
government is on the verge of creating thousands of jobs. The
bad news is that they're in Afghanistan. But General David
Petraeus is hoping that hiring up to 10,000 Afghans and arming
them to keep the Taliban out of their villages will help turn
things around in the nine-year-old war. Petraeus won the tepid
backing of Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the plan, nurtured
by his predecessor General Stanley McChrystal, after just two
weeks in command of allied forces in Afghanistan. It requires a
delicate balancing act — the creation of local forces strong
enough to shut the Taliban out of areas where neither Afghan nor
NATO troops operate, but not so strong as to undermine the
authority of Karzai's central government.
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Amalthea, a
ship chartered by the Libyan Gaddafi Foundation to
deliver food and medicine to the Palestinian people who
have been under Israeli naval blockade for 3 years,
Thursday began unloading its cargo in the Egyptian port
of Al-Arish. Originally scheduled to sail to Gaza,
Amalthea made a last minute about-turn for Egypt.
Disappointed, pro-Palestinian activists who boarded
Amalthea — six Libyans, an Algerian, a Moroccan and a
Nigerian — have refused to support the delivery of aid
to Gaza by land. Discover Amalthea’s stormy saga. |
Cairo, Egypt, July 17, 2010 – The Amalthea finally backtracked.
The vessel, chartered by the Gaddafi Foundation, a Libyan
charity organization, Thursday began unloading its cargo in the
port of Al-Arish in Egypt. After a five-day journey and a
two-day standoff, the ship finally decided to abandon its plan
to ignore the Israeli blockade on Gaza. After making a u-turn,
the vessel finally docked at the Egyptian port on Wednesday
night.
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Relatives
of one of the Uganda bombings victims and hospital
staff carry away a body on Tuesday in Uganda's
capital, Kampala. Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Al
Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack
– its first outside Somalia – that killed 76 people
during the World Cup final on Sunday.
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Sunday's Uganda bombings show that the threat of Somalia's
Al Shabaab is very serious, so what should the US do about
it? The status quo is not working, but if you think
Afghanistan is a quagmire, you ain't seen nothing yet.
By Laura
Seay, Guest blogger
In the light of Sunday's horrific bombings in Kampala,
Uganda, it was only a matter of time before proposals for a
US-backed invasion and/or bombing of Somalia started popping
up, along with less specific calls to do "more." A few
thoughts on this:
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Frankie Martin
Ibn Khaldun Chair Research Fellow at American University
Last Sunday, during the World Cup final, suicide bombers
struck two targets in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and
turning a global celebration into an unspeakable tragedy.
The Somali militant group al-Shabaab has claimed
responsibility for the attacks, which targeted both a rugby
center frequented by foreigners and an Ethiopian restaurant.
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By Independent Team &
Agencies
Opposition win pressures world to
recognize enclave of peace
In the run-up to the June 26 election in Somaliland, a
candidate for the position of vice president, Mohamedrashid
Sheikh Hassan, told IRIN that peaceful and well-conducted
polls “will lead to international recognition of
Somaliland”.
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An opposition presidential
candidate emerged winner in what foreign observers described
as free and fair elections. Seemingly, that’s a democratic
nation in the making
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By CHEGE MBITIRU
Once again, Somalia’s two faces resurfaced in the last few
days. These are despair and false hope. Unfortunately,
regional leaders offered little. There’s a way out.
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1969 Military Coup In Somalia
Part XXXIV |
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By Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan
This is the thirty fourth article of a series of articles that
Dr. Mohamed-Rashid analyses the military coup and its legacy
The Gainers and the Losers of the Military Regime
continued ...
3. Majerteen
Majerteen belong to the Darood clan groupings and they are
divided into sub-clans, such as Issa Mohamoud, Osman
Mohamoud, Omar Mohamoud and others. They mainly inhabit the
eastern region, known as Majertinia prior to the military
rule, and part of the Mudug region.
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The Formation Of Next
Government: Sillanyo’s Choices! |
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By Abdillahi Hussein Daud
I applaud the president-elect’s decision to appoint a
committee that advices him about the formation of next
government. The people have enthusiastically welcomed this
decision. Moreover, the committee has done an exemplary work
by proposing a comprehensive reform of public departments
which can result lean and efficient government. By and
large, the recommendation of the committee with respect to
ministries and other government agencies was praiseworthy.
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Not A Surprise |
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By Professor Jama Aden Ali, University of Burao
The victory which KULLMIYE exulted over its main rival party, UDUB, on Friday,
1st July was exotic and terrific. The president elect, Mr. Sillanyo had overrun
the contender of the rival party with sweeping, massive win, securing almost 50%
of the ballot papers cast into boxes throughout the country.
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An Open Letter To Somaliland
President-Elect |
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By Noah Arre
Dear Mr. President-elect,
Now that you have been elected by Somaliland citizens, now
that the public has loudly and clearly shown their love of
peace with hunger over turmoil by voting peacefully and
against all odds; now that the long waited highest office of
the country is in your hands, let me congratulate you for
taking over the leadership of the nation. You have indeed
shown resilience and the determination to achieve your goal.
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Should We Expect a Miracle
From Kulmiye Now That The Election Went Its Way? |
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By Yussuf Mohamed Issa.
As strange as it might seem, my answer is a resounding YES! Trust me, I have not
been smoking funny cigars and if you spare a minute or two I should be able to
explain myself. I hope!
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Gatineau Communiqué |
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In
early April 2010, members of the Gadabursi Community drew a line; making a
clear departure from the traditional way of fixing and plastering the cracks
of the status quo to digging the root cause of the community's ills and
finding visionary and long-lasting solutions for them.
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Combat Stress: A living History |
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By Hussein Al-alak
After
speaking to several Veterans on Armed Forces Day, a friend and I decided to
visit the Imperial War Museum, where we were fascinated by one particular
display, that related to soldiers and the physical disabilities which have
occurred during Britain’s wars, where among the items on exhibit were a series
of photographs which illustrated men with missing limbs and other physical
disabilities, along with a metallic leg which was worn by a World War Two
veteran, until his death in 1989.
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What Has Continent Achieved? |
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By MACHARIA
MUNENE (email
the author)
A
number of African countries are celebrating 50 years since attaining political
independence.
This calls for
reassessment in the form of media stories on individual countries as well as
conferences where African, Latin American, and European scholars compare notes.
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Kampala Killings And
Al-Qaida In Africa |
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By Stefan Simanowitz
Just as World Cup organizers were breathing a sigh of relief
that the finals had not been targeted by terrorists, news
came in of the bombings in Kampala which left 64 dead.
The attacks in Uganda, thought to be the work of the
al-Qaida-linked group, al Shabaab, indicate both the danger
of Islamic terrorism in Africa as well as its limitations.
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Uganda Bombings: Obama Mustn't
Meddle In Somalia |
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The Uganda bombings are a sad reminder of the ways that
Washington’s intervention has exacerbated problems in
Somalia.
By Jeremy
Sapienza
Brooklyn, N.Y.
The 20-year conflict in Somalia has finally bled past its borders: Two bombings hit
the Ugandan capital Sunday as
locals watched the World Cup. Al Shabaab, an armed Islamic group in Somalia, has
claimed credit for the attacks. Just last week, a Shabaab threat to attack
Uganda and Burundi was dismissed by authorities.
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Voting In A Country That
Doesn't Exist |
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By STEFAN SIMANOWITZ
Somaliland voters braved al-Qaeda threats to engage in "the devil's practice" --
but the result of the poll won't be recognized outside the country
On Saturday June 26, across the length and breadth of the breakaway state of
Somaliland,
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The Realist Prism: In Somalia
and Afghanistan, It Takes a Province |
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Hamid Karzai |
By Nikolas Gvosdev
U.S. strategies in
two key fronts of the ongoing struggle against terrorism and extremism --
Afghanistan and Somalia -- are predicated on one critical element: the eventual
emergence of a central government that can establish its writ throughout the
territory nominally under its jurisdiction.
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