Somalia

Dr. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad
Masterminding Somalia's Misrule
18 Jan 2023
Dr. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad is a Somali Kenyan and Kenyan citizen. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Horn of Africa Studies and a specialist in political science, conflict…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor , John Philpot
Sanctioning the Horn of Africa
07 Oct 2022
Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia have suffered from a variety of U.S. interventions over many years. Proxy wars and unilateral coercive measures, sanctions, are the tools used to prevent these nations…
Black Alliance For Peace
On African Liberation Day Biden’s Troop Deployment to Somalia Confirms Africa is Not Free
25 May 2022
The Black Alliance for Peace marks African Liberation Day with a statement condemning the latest US troop deployment to Somalia.
Abayomi Azikiwe
Biden Redeploys Pentagon Troops to Somalia While Humanitarian Crisis Looms
25 May 2022
Joe Biden's troop redeployment in Somalia is a continuation of a 30-year long US intervention. It comes at a time of severe drought and a humanitarian crisis.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Somalia, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
25 Aug 2021
Cold War and War on Terror destabilize Somalia and cause great suffering for its people.
Nick Alexandrov
US Government Turns Somalia Into Failed State to Steal Its Oil
24 Mar 2021
“Bombing Somali civilians is one of AFRICOM’s main projects,” writes Mohamed Haji Ingiriis, a young Somali historian.
Abdirahman A. Abdalla
The Somali Election Impasse in Historical Context
17 Mar 2021
Somalia’s current corruptionist comprador bourgeoisie has no independent socio-political base and is therefore totally beholden to Western imperialist interests.