Short version:I spent the dog days the earthquake and hurricane days of August reading What It Is Like To Go to War, by Karl Marlantes, and Submergence, by J.M. Ledgard. I recommend both heartily to ...
Though unknown to the Clinton administration at the time, at least 10 members of Al-Qaeda were apparently aiding Somali fighters at the “Battle of Mogadishu” in October 1993.
In April 2022, Mogadishu-based evaluator Abdi Ali was assigned to Jowhar, capital of Hirshabelle State, to assess a solar energy company. Though just 90 km from Mogadishu, Ali chose to fly. Like many ...
It was still possible, this summer, to see some hope in Somalia. The country was in dire need of some. The Ethiopian army, which invaded last December, had killed thousands of Somalis and lost ...