Send this article to Twitter! There’s a lengthy article in GQ magazine about the pirates in Somalia and as is the case with all these pirate stories, Kenya is always mentioned, both as a base for many of the middle men who are organizing these groups and as a conduit transfer hub for the ...
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Send this article to Twitter!I was having a discussion last night about these Somali Pirates and how succesful they’ve been in terms of getting millions of dollars from the ships they’ve hijacked. I think so far, the Somali’s have gotten about $150 million dollars in cash! wow! Anyway, someone mentioned that Mombasa is about...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’ve had Hirsi’s book Infidel on my list of things to read and I finally got started with it yesterday. I didn’t think I’d enjoy it, but once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down. Ali is a very good writer and she has a very compelling personal...
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Send this article to Twitter!I was reading Bankele’s blog and there is a heated discussion on Kenya Airways (it’s mainly about the coming competition and it’s safety record). As I’m reading through the comment section, I started getting a headache (particularly from comments left by “Me” — “it’s the pride of Africa”, the pride...
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Send this article to Twitter!I don’t know about you guys, but these Somali’s are beginning to make me nervous. First, they abduct and kill two kenyan policmen (Shifta’s). Then, they plant a bomb in a matatu which kills one innocent person (was this a trial run for a bigger plot?). The main suspect was...
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Send this article to Twitter! From the NYT: “Residents of Mogadishu say hundreds of fighters from other Muslim countries have arrived at the city’s main airport in recent days, drawn by the Islamists’ blaring call for a holy war against Ethiopia and against America, which is especially despised here”. This is not good for...
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Send this article to Twitter! These people don’t look like “traditional Somali’s”. So, I’m assuming they are the so called bantu Somali. Anyway, this global warming issue is causing huge problems in many African countries. Meteorlogists are saying that East Africa has experienced the worst flooding in 50 years. In Somalia, it’s really becoming...
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Send this article to Twitter!From the Economist: Mr Aweys, a fervent nationalist, was decorated for bravery as a Somali army colonel in the 1977 war (the war against Ethiopia). He wants an Islamic emirate of Somalia, taking in the mainly Somali parts of Ethiopia and Kenya. Is the Kenyan army prepared for the possibility...
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Send this article to Twitter!From the BBC: Kenya has reported its first case of polio in 22 years, discovered in a three-year-old Somali girl at a refugee camp near the border with Somalia. Polio Share on Facebook
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