Somalia Warns of Return to Piracy

The BBC published on 31 August 2015 an article titled "Somalia Warns of Return to Piracy" by Andrew Harding.  While Somali piracy has almost come to a halt, Puntland officials are warning of a possible revival of the problem.

Some Ideas for Dealing with Al-Shabaab

Roger D. Carstens, a former U.S. Army Special Forces Officer who recently spent 15 months in Somalia as an observer and military advisor, offered some excellent advice for countering al-Shabaab in a 7 October 2013 piece in Foreign Policy titled "Analog War: How to Rid Somalia of Al-Shabab Once and for All--in Six (not-so) Easy Steps."