Rubio: Let’s Make Libya Into Somalia

Something to check out:

http://www.libyafeb17.com

Cairo Citizen Guards Protect Homes

Taxes push Somali traders away from Mogadishu port

"Most Somali traders have stopped importing cars through Mogadishu port. We use Kismayu and Bosasso ports mainly," said Salad Elmi Ahmed, assistance manager of Hasco, one of Somalia's largest trading and shipping companies.

Somalia Plan an Outline

Economically, in the last rainy season, Al-shabab reached another milestone. In the agriculturally fertile south Somalia, they have harvested a record amount of agricultural produce which indicates their ability to move towards self sustainability.

These record harvests are occurring just as world food prices are skyrocketing. This is huge news, at least relative to Somalia's tiny but fast-growing economy.

What Comes Next in Yemen?

Even though there are areas in Yemen that lack formal state control, this does not mean that they are ungoverned—there are local mechanisms that maintain a level of order.

Mogadishu has 10 universities.
Somalia: education against the odds

Thomas C. Mountain, a western journalist in Eritrea, tells it like it is in Somalia.
UN/AU Continues Somali Slaughter

From Somalia's Chaos, Housing Market Is Born