Somalia
Africans and Cannots
‘It may be premature to celebrate the fall of Gaddafi, especially since the National Transitional Council has introduced sharia’
Mogadishu: Armageddon on Steroids
‘The fighting in Somalia can no longer be dismissed as an obscure domestic struggle in an unimportant country of no wider relevance to the world. The crackle of machinegun fire in Mogadishu, the regular thwump of mortars, the ground-shaking shelling by Amisom tanks and the sporadic suicide attacks by delusional youths represent the frontline in the international fight against al-Qaeda.’
al Shabaab Release New Video in Support of International Jihad
A week after British intelligence officials confirmed the growing international jihadist threat emanating from Somalia, the media wing of the al-Shabaab militia have released a video re affirming their support for bin Laden and the al-Qaeda cause.
Somalia and the Two Faces of Islamism
In my first fortnightly column for New York’s Hudson Institute, I describe how the current conflict in Somalia can be framed as a struggle between the two predominant strains of Islamism. It is also reproduced below, in full.
The US Gets Homegrown Jihadis
This important investigation by the New York Times has many implications for Britain, which is now a half-way home to a quarter of a million Somalis.
Only Congress can tame Beijing’s bloody instincts
Hong Kong’s struggle for freedom is inspirational. But outsiders must help by challenging police violence
Doomed by data, our new Trojan Horse
“Data, like the jungle, is neutral. But its users are not.”
The riddle of the car bomb and the lucky gambler
Investigating the assassination of a Maltese journalist has been a masterclass in legal ping-pong