(Click To Enlarge)From The New York Times:
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia’s transitional government looks as if it is about to flatline. The Ethiopians who have been keeping it alive for two years say they are leaving the country, essentially pulling the plug.
For the past 17 years, Somalia has been ripped apart by anarchy, violence, famine and greed. It seems as though things there can never get worse. But then they do.
The pirates off Somalia’s coast are getting bolder, wilier and somehow richer, despite an armada of Western naval ships hot on their trail. Shipments of emergency food aid are barely keeping much of Somalia’s population of nine million from starving. The most fanatical wing of Somalia’s Islamist insurgency is gobbling up territory and imposing its own harsh brand of Islamic law, like whipping dancers and stoning a 13-year-old girl to death.
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More News On Somalia
28 killed in Somalia fighting -- CNN
Islamists regain ground and strength in Somalia -- L.A. Times
Islamist militia seizes control of Somali town -- AP
Extra Ethiopian soldiers are on the way to Mogadishu -- Somaliweyn