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Somalia: Rising from the Ashes

Thomas Hauschildt | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Somaliland, Mogadishu, Amisom, Somalia, Al-Shabaab, World, Africa, UK Universities & Education News
Thomas Hauschildt

The freeing of Mogadishu was a turning point and might not only make Mogadishu a more peaceful place, but also set Somalia on the right path to stability - an opportunity it had not seen for at least twenty years.

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Somalia - Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Black Hawk Down, Gas, Union of Islamic Courts, Elders, Somalia, Oil, Democracy, Al Shabaab, Sherif Sheikh Ahmed, US, Clan, Conoco, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, UK, World, UK Politics News
Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

Ever since 'Black Hawk Down', Somalia is not known as a country bearing good news. For over 20 years, the country has lacked a stable central government and been wracked by civil war.

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London Somalia Conference Was Right to Focus on al-Shabaab Threat

Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens | Posted 25.04.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Somalia, Al Shabaab, London Conference on Somalia, Al Qaeda, World, UK Politics, Kenya, UK Politics News
Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

One of the main focuses of yesterday's UK Foreign Office conference on Somalia was, perhaps unsurprisingly, the terrorist threat posed by al-Qaeda's newest franchise, al-Shabaab. The very fact that the British government sought to host such a high-profile conference in London demonstrates how serious this threat is being taken.

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