Welcome to Somalia Watch. My name is Stephen Roblin; I am the administrator for Somalia and Ethiopia Watch. For any questions, recommendations, or anything regarding Somalia and the Horn of Africa, please email me at stephenroblin@gmail.com.
The U.S.-backed Kenyan invasion of southern Somalia falls squarely in the legal categories of a "substantive violation" of the long-standing Somali arms embargo and foreign aggression, the "supreme international crime" in the determination of the ...
The refusal to pursue dialogue and negotiations with Al Shabaab is a clear indication that the TFG, AMISOM and their external backers have subordinated alleviating the humanitarian crisis to their respective military strategies, with Somali civili...
In 1996 Museveni’s troops began forcing the northern Acholi people into concentration camps. Though some entered the camps voluntarily for their own security, the majority were forced there by Museveni’s troops, who bombed and burned Acholi villag...
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thiopia’s
attack on Somalia, backed by a nod from George W. Bush, is a clear
sign that the region is high on the U.S. agenda in its “war
on terror.” But Ethiopia and Somalia are...
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very day there is an inundation of news debating
the myriad issues on Iraq and Iran. Missing from the radar screen
is the tragic plight of the people of Africa who have suffered the
effects of wa...
T
o honor the second anniversary of the occupation
of Iraq, the
Daily Princetonian
on March 3, 2005 ran a David
Horowitz column warning against Princeton University’s appearance
as...
M
any
of the government and media executives who participated in the marketing
campaign for the U.S. war of aggression in Iraq are now calling
it a “serious mistake.” Richard Perle, the former head
of the D...
