October 19, 2021 A Brighter Future for Somalia? Part I In recent years, Somalia has been linked to war, misery, drought, famine, pirates and the violent Islamist group al-Shabaab. The country has been in…
October 19, 2021 A Brighter Future for Somalia? Part II 5: The pirate business fades away Attempts to hijack ships in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia have also decreased in the past year….
October 19, 2021 Somalia – Islamists and Pirates Part III 6: New negotiations In the autumn of 2008, the transitional government offered negotiations both with the alliance of former members of the sharia courts…
October 19, 2021 Somalia – Islamists and Pirates Part II At a new major peace conference in Kenya in 2002, the parties managed to form an internationally recognized government, in which the warlords were…
October 19, 2021 Somalia – Islamists and Pirates Part I After 19 years of civil war, Somalia has become more on the international agenda. Piracy, which exploded in 2008, has helped put Somalia on…
