On 30 July 2014, Somali government officials and foreign diplomats officially inaugurated their third straight fiasco during the country’s controversial federalism process. A ceremony was held in Mogadishu to announce the intent to form an interim Central State administration consisting of Mudug… Read More ›
1. CRIMES OF THE FATHER… (Kenya) As the world ponders whether terrorists or “local political networks” are the catalysts for atrocities on Kenya’s coast, the core issue is that upcountry settlers have dubiously acquired land from indigenous people for decades. This… Read More ›
On 22 June 2014, rival Baidoa camps fighting over the structure and leadership of a prospective Southwest State signed an agreement to form an interim administration in the presence of the Somali government, Ethiopia, and other international officials. AMISOM, EU,… Read More ›
Violent political tensions in the Bay region capital of Baidoa have been growing steadily as the city has become the most recent flashpoint in Somalia’s federalism crisis. Protests by supporters of an effort to create Southwest State with six regions (“SW6”… Read More ›
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