US Steps Up Intervention in Somalia
With the announcement by the US Defense Department of the creation of five new bases in Somalia the US has made it clear they are stepping up their intervention in…
Somalia
Sorry, But Not Sorry in Somalia
In war, people die for absurd reasons or often no reason at all. They die due to accidents of birth, the misfortune of being born in the wrong place — Cambodia or Gaza, Afghanistan or Ukraine —…
Health, Environment and Livelihoods in Somalia Have Suffered Much From Dumping of Toxic Wastes from Europe
Starting from 1989 and continuing for at least 15 years, perhaps much more, millions of tonnes of toxic wastes were dumped in the long-stretched coastal areas of Somalia, as confirmed…
Somalia’s Long Journey from Prosperity to Hunger Deaths
In the hunger map of present day world, Somalia is probably the most seriously affected country of the 21st century. Somalia is reported by the UN to have lost 260,000…
Trump Exits Somalia
These are things that might have been done earlier. During the last, flickering days of the Trump administration, activity is being witnessed across countries which have a US troop presence. …
Bombings kill 62 in Somalia amid escalating US scramble for Africa
The US military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) claimed on Monday to have killed 62 members of the al-Shabab Islamist militia in a series of six airstrikes over the weekend in a…
AFRICOM Envisions Two Years Of Open-Ended Warfare In Somalia
The Pentagon has submitted operational plans to the White House which outline at least two years of combat operations in Somalia against the militant group Al-Shabaab. The plans coincide with…
Trump Does A Dirty Harry – And Africa Starves
So;President Trump launches 59 Tomahawk missiles(each costing over $1 million) to obliteratea Syrian air base because, we’re informed, he was moved by footage of chemically impacted children.As it turns out,…
The New York Times Suddenly Embraces International Law To Condemn Russia
As the Syrian Arab Army dug in for a fight against the self-declared Islamic State on September 17, they were struck by an air raid that killed 62 soldiers and…
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