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Nov 15, 2012  USA/Africa: A Rare Policy Success
    "In 2011, the number of successful pirate attacks fell by half compared to 2010. This year, in 2012, the number of successful attacks off the Horn of Africa has continued to decline. To date, pirates have captured just ten vessels this year, compared to 34 in 2011 and 68 in 2010." - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Andrew J. Shapiro

Sep 16, 2012  Somalia: New Start, Stubborn Realities
    The unexpected election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an educator and civil society activist, as the new president of Somalia, has aroused hopes of a new start in that country. But the stubborn realities he and other Somalis face include not only the continuing threat from Al Shabaab, which launched a suicide assassination attack on the new president on September 12. Even more daunting is the challenge of embedded corruption in the government he will head, which has been fostered by a long history of external dependence.

Nov 3, 2011  Somalia: Economies of War
    "Al-Shabaab's resilience, despite its lack of popular support and the chronic divisions within its leadership, is principally due to the weakness of the Transitional Federal Government, and the latter's failure to broaden its political appeal or share power with other de facto political and military forces in the country. The endemic corruption of the leadership of the transitional federal institutions ... is the greatest impediment to the emergence of a cohesive transitional authority and effective State institutions." - UN Monitoring Group

Aug   5, 2011  Somalia: Updates and Reflections
Jul 24, 2011  Somalia: Refugees and Camps
Jul 24, 2011  Somalia: Local Crisis, Global Crisis
Mar 30, 2010  Somalia: Situation Reports
Mar   30 2010  USA/Somalia: Engage or Disengage?
Mar   30 2010  Somalia: Somali-Led Peace Processes
Sep 15, 2009  USA/Somalia: Slippery Slope
Feb 16, 2009  Somalia: First Steps in a New Direction
Dec 14, 2008  USA/Somalia: Obama's First Africa Test
Nov 22, 2008  Somalia: Piracy and the Policy Vacuum
Apr   6, 2008  Somalia: "Most Neglected Crisis"
Nov 15, 2007  Somalia: Journalists and Civilians under Attack
Aug 22, 2007  Somalia: Shell-Shocked
Jun 24, 2007  Somalia: Blind Alley, Mounting Casualties
Apr   9, 2007  Somalia: Escalation and Human Rights Abuses
Jan 16, 2007  Somalia: Creating Another Iraq?
Nov 30, 2006  Somalia: Getting It Wrong, Again
Jun 19, 2006  Somalia: Renewing Diplomacy

Recent Bulletins on Continent-Wide Issues

May 13, 2013  Africa: Rise of the Global South
Apr 19, 2013  Africa: Towards Structural Transformation?
Apr   2, 2013  Africa: The Industrialization Agenda
Feb   5 2013  Africa: Towards Reality-Based Talk
Jan 31, 2013  Africa: Press Freedom Index
Dec 20, 2012  Africa: Books New & Notable

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2002-01-21 Somalia: Background Documents, Links
2001-11-13 Somalia: Remittances and US Action
1999-09-12 Somalia: Peace and Development
1999-03-19 Somalia: Recent Documents

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News (allafrica) May 23, 2013
Somali Parliamentarians Officially Abandon Motion Against Shirdon, Cabinet
Puntland Leaders Set Quotas for Women in July Local Elections
Amisom Spokesman Refutes Casualty Numbers, Outlines Long-Term Plans
Somali, Amisom Troops Search Houses in Mogadishu
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  Economic data (World Bank)
  Maps (Reliefweb) | Flags (FOTW)
  On-Line Travel Guide (Lonely Planet)
  Government sites (Somalia)
  Internet guide (Stanford)
  Internet guide (Pennsylvania)