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“Siad Barre’s Somalia & the USA” marked as ““Very Confidential”
“Siad Barre’s Somalia & the USA” marked as ““Very Confidential”
LookI want to keep following up where I can, and today’s NYTimes report on Somalia as a new staging ground for militant Islam, by the brilliant reporter Andrea Elliott, brings to mind the Family’s Somalia connection. Everybody knows it’s been a long time since Somalia has been a functioning nation; less understood is the role the United States played in Somalia’s destruction — and the Family’s part in tearing a people down by propping up their dictator. Following is a short excerpt about Somalia from The Family: Continue reading ““Siad Barre’s Somalia & the USA” marked as ““Very Confidential””
Egypt Weaponizing Somalia in defiance to UN Embargo
Egypt Weaponizing Somalia in defiance to UN Embargo
Egypt, which has been at loggerheads with Ethiopia over the hydroelectric dam project the latter is building over the Nile, has now defied a UN arms embargo with an alleged arms delivery it has made to Somalia, on February, 2020, The Reporter has learnt. Continue reading “Egypt Weaponizing Somalia in defiance to UN Embargo”
SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICA: Mapping geopolitical trends for Quarter One 2020
SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICA: Mapping geopolitical trends for Quarter One 2020
Donald Yamamoto: A Colonial Governor or US Ambassador to Somalia
Donald Yamamoto: A Colonial Governor or US Ambassador to Somalia
It is a truism among diplomats that it never hurts to talk. The reality is quite different. Certainly, diplomacy, properly practiced, can advance peace and stability. Careless diplomacy, however, can set back peace or empower terrorists and tyrants. Continue reading “Donald Yamamoto: A Colonial Governor or US Ambassador to Somalia”