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Progress and retrogression in Somalia

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In May 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry became the first person of his office ever to visit Somalia. Although it was an unannounced and very brief stop—he spent just over three hours in the country—the trip indicated that there have been real improveme... More »

History learned # 3 : The Great China Project

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Sharia Law under the UIC Hardline elements of the UIC have made major impingements on civil liberties, public expression and entertainment already, although we must be careful – the UIC’s federalist-clan structure makes it hard to draw conclusions from example... More »

The blame game

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UNTIL the night of June 15, Mpeketoni was not a household name in Kenya. It appears only on some maps as an administrative section of Lamu County, but in the past week it has been described as a town complete with police station and branches of the country’s t... More »