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Posts Tagged with "Somalia"

K'naan talks with Davey D about Somali pirates

April 13, 2009

Somalian-born rapper K’naan tells the real story about Somalia’s pirates in this must-see interview with Davey D.

Somalis speak out: Why we don’t condemn our pirates

April 13, 2009

If you ask any Somali, if getting rid of the pirates only means the continuous rape of our coast by unmonitored Western vessels and the producing of a new cancerous generation, we would all fly our pirate flags high. One man’s pirate is another man’s coast guard.

You are being lied to about pirates

February 4, 2009

Who imagined that in 2009, the world’s governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates?

Somali woes: The perils of intervention

December 22, 2008

Although Somalis have recently been in the Western press because of piracy, the nation has a long and distinct history, centuries before the era of European colonialism.

Africans reject U.S. Africa Command

October 10, 2008

On Oct. 1, the much-anticipated United States Africa Command (Africom) was officially launched. This military reorganization of U.S. forces to oversee developments in the entire continent has been met with strong objection from the major political states and regional blocs there.

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