Somalia's decision to delay yet again the National Reconciliation Congress comes as no surprise. The Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) latest attempt at reconciliation was foiled long before the first session of congress began. While many (...)
Unlike the Middle East, which is frequented by senior officials from the United States government, when it comes to Africa, the US prefers to send its second-in-command. This is not new State Department protocol, however, as Congo's 4 million deaths (...)
A perpetual landmine for interventionists, Somalia has witnessed its share of inept approaches. Early in the conflict, the United States precluded any possible mediator role by denigrating the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) with Al-Qaeda and Taliban (...)