George Ayittey`s War on African Dictatorships
No one tells the truth about Africa`s dictators or their Western sugar daddies better than Ayittey. Recently, he was in Oslo at the World Freedom Forum skewering African dictators and mapping out battle plans...
Clinton warns of `new colonialism` from foreigners
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday warned of a creeping “new colonialism” in Africa from foreign investors and governments interested only in extracting natural resources to enrich themselves ...
Ruling Family Members Transferred To The UAE
Well-informed sources say that since June 7, the Yemeni authorities have secretly begun evacuating members of Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Salih, especially his sons and grandsons, from the Yemeni capital Sanaa to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi ...
Somalia says killed top African al Qaeda operative
Somali police said on Saturday that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, one of Africa`s most wanted al Qaeda operatives, was killed in the capital of the Horn of Africa country on Tuesday ...
Somali interior minister killed by niece
Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan dies after suicide bomb attack at his home, apparently carried out by relative, officials say. ...
The Kampala Accord
Under the agreement the terms of both the Presidency and the Parliament have been extended for one year, while a new Prime Minister should be appointed within the next 30 days...
Mozambique Ratifies African Charter on Democracy
Mozambique ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, joining Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lesotho, Mauritania, Rwanda, South Africa and Sierra Leone who have already ratified the charter ...
What to Advise the Arabs
Interview with Radoslaw Markowski, director of the Center for Democracy Studies at the Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, by Wawrzyniec Smoczynski ...
International Contact Group on Somalia
The ICG also “urges the TFIs to focus on implementing reforms to build their legitimacy, representativeness and credibility, and to reach agreement as soon as possible...
Tyrants in Africa: little states, big problems
Djibouti operates like an old-school autocracy. The media are controlled by the state, civil society is virtually non-existent, and the political opposition is completely absent from the legislature...
Yemen President’s Injuries Worse Than Thought
Three U.S. officials said Saleh has burns covering some 40% of his body and is suffering from bleeding inside his skull. Information about Saleh`s condition is circulating in Washington as the U.S. presses for him to leave power...
In America, a Home-Grown Jihad
The American jihadists are a diverse crew: a study released this year by the Washington, DC-based New America Foundation showed 24% were of West Asian descent, 21% Caucasian, and 18% each Somali or Pakistani...
The “Serpents” Bit Him
The president misread the last storm and the danger of several storms put together. The president was bit by serpents...
Piracy meeting in Rome
South Korea will take part in a counter-piracy meeting in Rome this week & On June 29, it will host the second meeting on illicit funding for the Contact Group on Piracy ...
Colonel Al-Qadhafi’s Grip On Power Weakening
People in the Libyan capital of Tripoli told Al-Sharq al-Awsat that Col Mu`ammar al-Qadhafi`s regime`s grip on power suddenly began to loosen two days ago in Tripoli ...
Japan Seizes $4.4 Billion in Kadhafi Assets
Countries have already frozen more than $60 billion of the Al-Qadhafi regime`s wealth, about $32 billion of it in the USA, just under $20 billion in Great Britain, and $1.7 billion in Austria. Germany has $9 billion...
Forked Tongue
Indian Magazine Article: `Unlawful War on Libya` Reveals West`s Double Standards ...
Al Shabaab Faces the Danger of Collapse
Al-Hayah learned that the Somali Mujahidin Youth Movement, which has declared its loyalty to the Al-Qaeda, is considering of sending its foreign members to Yemen...
Other side of the story
Osama bin Laden was never a terrorist in the first place. Bin Laden worked closely with the United States but eventually became `mildly` critical of its policies...
India won`t arrest Somali pirates anymore
The government has effected a policy shift in its anti-piracy operations, asking Navy not to arrest any more pirates, and also not to bring them to India`s mainland...
Somalia Political Landscape Heats up
The two Sharifs finally agreed to a meeting next week to hammer out their differences over what to do about their ending mandate...
Is Yemen the next Afghanistan?
The conflict crisis in the divided and impoverished coastal state of Yemen has taken a turn for the worse ...
Another Bizarre Theory
There have been speculations and plain rumours on how the United States obtained intelligence to find Osama bin Laden`s compound in Abbottabad...
Why we must defeat Somali piracy
This illicit economy thrives because of its protection by government authorities in regions such as Puntland, piracy`s epicenter, with its officials handsomely paid off, including through the wider community along clan lines...
Interview with Major General Umar al-Hariri
Major General Umar al-Hariri considers the collapse of the ruling regime in Tripoli to be imminent and expects it to end within one month ...