Somalia’s Vigilante to Eradicate al-Shabaab

In a country that is never short of hot button issues, lately the Ma’wisley issue has been stirring the strongest emotions and widely broadening the political division among the Somali people since 1991. Within the past few months, al-Shabaab has committed bold terrorist attacks utilizing explosives and targeted massacres in Hirshabelle, Galmudug, and South West … Read more Somalia’s Vigilante to Eradicate al-Shabaab

Somalia and the Joshua Effect

I. Introduction Somalia is trapped in a maliciously rancorous and senselessly violent history where all fire exit signs lead to the same cul de sac of clan-based injustice. The lack of sustained intellectual discourse on the fundamental cause of the state’s failure, on why the quadrennial electoral shenanigans produce similar incompetent and corrupt “leaders” as … Read more Somalia and the Joshua Effect