Category: Somalia

NOVANEWS Issued by: CPGB-ML The deeper imperialism sinks into crisis, the more desperately it takes to the path of war. In its struggle to dominate all markets, especially energy markets, imperialism strives to suppress any […]

NOVANEWS The imperialist drive to monopolise Africa’s resources is intensifying.   Discussing imperialism in the years since Lenin’s seminal work on the subject, [1] the noted progressive US economist Harry Magdoff remarked: “One of the […]

NOVANEWS   The Somali people must be allowed the government of their choice. Imperialism is becoming increasingly worried about the war in Somalia, and in particular the successes of the resistance led by al-Shabaab (‘The […]

NOVANEWS The famine gripping Somalia is no “natural disaster”.  Even leaving aside the question of what impact man-made climate change has had on the frequency of drought episodes (now recurring every three years or so, […]

NOVANEWS Al-Shabaab Rebels Impose Forced Marriages, use Students as ‘Human Shields’ Children recruited by the armed Islamist group al-Shabaab, at a training camp in the Afgooye Corridor, west of Mogadishu, southern Somalia, in February 2011. […]

NOVANEWS Ghaith Abdul-Ahad After three years of drought thousands of colourful tents made with sticks and branches wrapped in plastic sheets and bits of cloth have sprung up among Mogadishu’s destroyed buildings. Over the summer […]

NOVANEWS The United States accused its close ally Qatar of funding the Al-Shabab militia in Somalia, newly released diplomatic cables reveal. The extraordinary claim was made in a 26 October 2009 meeting between Ambassador Susan […]

NOVANEWS Abuses by All Sides Contribute to Current Crisis Displaced people and Somali Transitional Government forces in Dhobley, Somalia, July 2011 © 2010 AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam RELATED MATERIALS: “You Don’t Know Who to Blame” […]

NOVANEWS “A drought, not seen in 60 years, compounded with near complete lawlessness and utter disregard for human life has made it so.” Yahoo News Somalian child bathed while being treated from dehydration at Dadaab […]