January 03, 1993
Somalia: Relief, Reconciliation, Reconstruction in Somalia
Views of Prominent Somalis - A Special Reprint from the United States Institute for Peace Read more »
Somalia: Declaration by Somali Political Movements and Traditional Community Leaders
A Statement Issued in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on December 4, 1992 Read more »
Somalia: Dictators and Warlords Are a Modern Invention
As the Marines and the Army of the United States move deeper into Somalia to carry out their first humanitarian campaign, we need to look forward and contemplate the restoration of… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia's Silent Sufferers
The Digil and the Rahanwayn Somali clans comprise roughly 30% to 35% of the Somali population and are two of the six major clan families. These two groups are socio-culturally and… Read more »
Somalia: Saving Somalia Without The Somalis
For Somalis committed to peace and reconciliation in their country, the initial phases of "Operation Restore Hope" has had precisely the opposite effect. Read more »
Somalia: A Nation of Poets
Americans know Somalia as a land of gaunt children and marauding gunmen. But for centuries, those familiar with the wedge-shaped piece of land jutting into the Indian Ocean have… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia Journal: Gun-toting Taxis and Wartime Luxury
Seeing news programs before arriving in Somalia gives the impression that Mogadishu has become a calm city. But from the point of view of the aid agencies, not as much has changed… Read more »
Somalia: Tangled Ties of the Past Shaped U.S.-Somali Relations
Late last year, as Somalia plunged deeper into violence, human rights and relief organizations raised a cry of alarm in Washington. "We made a concerted effort to get the… Read more »
December 01, 1990
Africa: Africa Coverage Continues to Lag
Only Somalia, with thousands of U.S. troops on the ground, gets attention. Read more »