Category: Somalia
Somalia has been in a state of civil war and anarchy since 1991, when the central government of Mohammed Siad Barre was overthrown. Various clan-based armed groups took control of parts of Somalia, while its northern part, Somaliland, declared independence.
In second half of the 2000s, the international recognized Transitional Federal Government managed to control most of the territory, with the help of Ethiopia. In 2012, a federal Constitution was adopted followed by the formation of the Federal Government of Somalia. The government’s mandate is slated to end in 2015 with the adoption of a new constitution and elections.
President Hassan Sheik Mohamud is the incumbent.
Read the posts related to Somalia below
Somalia: Benefits – and risks – of Puntland oil
The recent discovery of oil deposits in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia,.
Uganda: Questions over progress against the Lord’s Resistance Army
The US believes its military intervention in central Africa in pursuit of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s.
A discussion on the possibility of a third consecutive year of drought in the Horn.
Somalia: Mogadishu terror continues, despite Al-Shabab “withdrawal”
Although Al-Shabab insurgents announced their withdrawal from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in August 2011, insecurity.
Al-Shabaab is now in disarray – Ethiopian official
(WIC – February 22, 2011) The coordinated military operations to wipe out al-shabaab in Somalia.
Analysis: Behind the Merger of al-Shabab and al-Qaida – By Nelly Lahoud
Highlights: * This article reflects on what it took for this merger to occur. It.
London Conference on Somalia: Communique [full text]
Full text of the Communique from the London Conference on Somalia at Lancaster House on.
Ethiopian, Somalia troops capture several towns from Al-Shabaab
At the beginning of the week, Ethiopian, TFG (Transitional Federal Government) forces and Ahlu Sunna.
Analysis: International Efforts to Counter Al-Shabaab – By David Shinn
(By David H. Shinn) Since the al-Shabaab (The Youth) took control of most of south.
Somalia: Preparations for the London Conference | A Week in the Horn
The London Conference on Somalia is being held on Thursday next week, February 23rd. Chaired.