First published in The East African, Sept. 1-7, 2012 NAIROBI: Somalia’s long transition ended on August 20, with its war-battered capital Mogadishu more peaceful than it has been in 20 years. However, the African Union peacekeeping mission, Amisom, which can claim credit for the change in Somalia, is not holding a victory parade yet. In often […]
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From Central, East To The Horn Of Africa, It Has Been A Fast And Furious 20 Years
So, as we reported in “How Guns And Bombs Dramatically Redrew The Economic And Political Map Of East Africa”, (http://nakedchiefs.com/2012/06/12/how-guns-and-bombs-dramatically-redrew-the-economic-and-political-map-of-east-africa-and-the-horn/), after 1998, nothing would be the same in East Africa, the Great Lakes Region, or the Horn of Africa. The decision by Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila, seen as a lackey, to expel […]
Armies, Trade, Refugee Camp ‘Imperialism’ Turning Somalia Into An Anglo-Kiswahili State
WHILE the battle against the Al Shabaab militants is still be going on, East African countries seem to have already won a major war in Somalia — one they never set out to fight. At nearly all events held by AMISOM (the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia) and international organisations operating in Mogadishu, there […]
The Empires Strikes Back: President Museveni Fires Hot Shots At ‘NRM Enemy’ Over Somalia Report
Uganda president Museveni’s very sharp response to my “In Somalia The UPDF Finally Found Its Freedom And Peace”, was sent to media houses in Kampala on the evening of May 6. It was published with the headline “Mogadishu: Museveni Responds To Obbo” in the semi-state owned New Vision on May 7, and in the Daily […]
Article That Annoyed Uganda’s ‘Great’ Revolutionary: In Somalia The UPDF Finally Found Its Freedom And Peace
When I returned from Somalia, I wrote this article that was published in Uganda’s main independent paper, Daily Monitor, on May 3, 2012 with the title “In Somalia The UPDF Finally Found Its Freedom And Peace”. I was afraid when I was writing the article that I had allowed myself to get sentimental and misty-eyed […]
