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Abukar Arman: The Belligerence of Oppression
Monday, 29 December 2008, 5:52 pm | Abukar Arman
By now, most of the world is aware of the horrific news of death and destruction that visited upon the people of Gaza . Millions have watched in utter shock the footage depicting Israel ’s indiscriminate and disproportionate bombing of Gaza . More >>
Human Rights Day Celebration in Gaza
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 11:29 am | Abukar Arman
It was Dec 10, 1948 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Today this document is the most widely translated and perhaps the most referenced. More >>
Somali Piracy and the Enchanting Water Circus
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 9:57 am | Abukar Arman
If you ever felt this whole saga of these invincible maritime desperadoes getting away with the most fantastic piracy operations along the Somali coast is so incredibly bizarre, you are not alone. More >>
Somalia after the Ethiopian Occupation
Friday, 24 October 2008, 12:05 pm | Abukar Arman
In light of the development of several critical issues that include U.S. economic volatility and the new political direction it’s likely to turn towards, it’s not farfetched to predict that Washington-supported Ethiopian occupation of Somalia ... More >>
The Upshot of the Somali Peace Express
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 7:16 pm | Abukar Arman
Despite its shaky start, the UN-brokered Somali peace accord still has the potential to achieve a historical milestone. Two essential elements that were absent in the 14 previously failed peace conferences were prominent in this one. There were genuine ... More >>
Abukar Arman: Strangulation in the Dark
Sunday, 2 March 2008, 11:01 am | Abukar Arman
Whenever the media fails to press and keep the powerful at check the inevitable consequence is prolonged oppression, lethal destruction, and radicalized insurgency. Aside from Baghdad, nowhere is such consequence more evident than in Gaza and Mogadishu. More >>
Africa Command Prospect & the Partition of Somalia
Monday, 17 December 2007, 3:25 pm | Abukar Arman
As the US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, was recently visiting American forces in Djibouti, the Washington Post was reporting how the Pentagon has been spearheading a seemingly dicey initiative to pressure Washington into recognizing the secessionist ... More >>
Abukar Arman: Somalia Cannot be Ignored
Thursday, 29 November 2007, 9:51 am | Abukar Arman
By all standards, the situation unfolding in Somalia is horrifically grim, and according to the UN, it is the worst crisis in Africa; worse than the crisis in Darfur that outraged the world’s conscience in an unprecedented way. More >>
Red-herring in the Horn: Somalia’s latest drama
Monday, 5 November 2007, 1:36 pm | Abukar Arman
For almost two decades, the Somali political theatre was inundated with random episodes of tragic comedies that frustrated the average observer and fatigued donor countries lined up to that funded numerous failed projects to solve the Somali conundrum. More >>
Willful Blindness Doublethink & Mogadishu Massacre
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 9:55 am | Abukar Arman
The prospect of the ill-advised partnership between Meles Zenawi’s Ethiopia and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) ever solving the Somali problem is dead on arrival. More >>
