Who is the Terrorist in the horn region? Watch as the Ethiopian government manufactures evidience to hoodwink the west
(ESAT) Tamagne Beyene dissects Bereket Simon’s propaganda video
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Tom
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Somalia as a "failed state" is not just an issue for the international community concerned about security issues be they economic (e.g. 'piracy') or political (e.g. 'terrorism'). Nor is it just for show, some modernising demonstration of Africa's ownership of its destiny, that Ethiopian, Kenyan and Djibouti troops have joined Ugandans and Burundians on Somali soil. Kenya and Ethiopia in particular have political reasons to be concerned about instability in Somalia. Somalis have lived in Kenya since its colonial borders were drawn to include the NEP, but successive waves of immigration following collapse in the 1990s have introduced perhaps 300,000 refugees. The relative economic success of these Somalis, based on a dynamic mix of readily available finance (clan networks), an efficient transactional framework (hawala) and lack of regulation (the 'informal' economy), has brought benefits. However, Kenya's latest military incursion into Somalia seems to have exacerbated tensions, with the Somali community increasingly suspected of links with Al-Shabaab following 2010's reprisal bombings. For diverse and populous Ethiopia, the issue is linked to state-building and development. Ethiopia also has a Somali colonial legacy in the south. Ethiopia's federal administration must better stabilise and integrate such frontier regions into its economy as a precursor to accelerating development, whereas Somali islamists have a counter stake (as does Eritrea), in prolonging conflict between the ONLF and the Ethiopian army, providing a rationale for Ethiopian military intervention in Somalia. Any solution to Somalia's lawlessness must consider the potentially self-perpetuating instability caused by Somalian links with certain Somali groups in Kenya and Ethiopia.
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Somalia as a "failed state" is not just an issue for the international community concerned about security issues be they economic (e.g. 'piracy') or political (e.g. 'terrorism'). Nor is it just for show, some modernising demonstration of Africa's ownership of its destiny, that Ethiopian, Kenyan and Djibouti troops have joined Ugandans and Burundians on Somali soil. Kenya and Ethiopia in particular have political reasons to be concerned about instability in Somalia.
Somalis have lived in Kenya since its colonial borders were drawn to include the NEP, but successive waves of immigration following collapse in the 1990s have introduced perhaps 300,000 refugees. The relative economic success of these Somalis, based on a dynamic mix of readily available finance (clan networks), an efficient transactional framework (hawala) and lack of regulation (the 'informal' economy), has brought benefits. However, Kenya's latest military incursion into Somalia seems to have exacerbated tensions, with the Somali community increasingly suspected of links with Al-Shabaab following 2010's reprisal bombings.
For diverse and populous Ethiopia, the issue is linked to state-building and development. Ethiopia also has a Somali colonial legacy in the south. Ethiopia's federal administration must better stabilise and integrate such frontier regions into its economy as a precursor to accelerating development, whereas Somali islamists have a counter stake (as does Eritrea), in prolonging conflict between the ONLF and the Ethiopian army, providing a rationale for Ethiopian military intervention in Somalia.
Any solution to Somalia's lawlessness must consider the potentially self-perpetuating instability caused by Somalian links with certain Somali groups in Kenya and Ethiopia.
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