Somalia’s future debated at UN

UNITED NATIONS: Two dozen countries debated the future of Somalia at the United Nations on Friday, weeks after a plan…

September 24, 2011 | by Hanad Askar

SOMALIA: "Lives before politics"

Twenty aid agencies issued an open letter on 21 September urging the international community to “put people’s lives before politics…

September 21, 2011 | by Hanad Askar

In Somalia, years of damage to undo

Abdiweli M. Ali’s to-do list looks nothing like yours. Rid a country of a fearsome militant Islamist group. Deliver humanitarian…

September 19, 2011 | by Hanad Askar

US probes legality of anti-terror strikes

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — A top US anti-terror advisor Friday hinted at the debate inside the White House over legal constraints…

September 17, 2011 | by Hanad Askar