by Matt Freear | Nov 15, 2012 | Monitor
This week, Somali Parliamentarians endorsed the formation of a new, smaller cabinet government, including the first female Foreign Minister for the country. Last month, they ratified Abdi Farah Shirdon as the new Prime Minister of Somalia. With the end of a tortuous...
by Matt Freear | Nov 2, 2012 | Monitor
Kenyan AU troops advancing on Kismayo – AU-UN IST Photo The port city of Kismayo in the south of Somalia is the focus of considerable effort to build a political path to long term peace in today’s Somalia. Since the Islamist insurgency, Al Shabaab, was pushed...
by Matt Freear | Oct 26, 2012 | Monitor
The new threats issued by this week from Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen, the Movement of Striving Youth in Arabic, include a reference to the United States. Although they are mostly directed at the United Kingdom, they pose an interesting question for American...
by Matt Freear | Oct 16, 2012 | Monitor
AU/UN IST Photo – Stuart Price As the new chair of the African Union’s political and security commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, took up her post today, she vowed to tackle the growing ills of Mali and Islamic extremism in the Sahel . In large part, she was...
by Matt Freear | Oct 10, 2012 | Monitor
This is the first in a series of blog posts from the American Security Project examining the challenges facing Somalia and how they should be met in the interests of U.S. national security. Kenyan AU troops advancing on Kismayo – AU-UN IST Photo These...