Category Archives: Africa

Evan Davis, Mali and the cock up theory

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Matt

The mainstream British media tends to view foreign policy through a very narrow lens at the best of times,  and the BBC’s worldview tends to be more circumscribed than most.   On Monday Evan Davis interviewed William Hague on the Today … Continue reading →

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Money makes the (neo-imperial) world go round

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Matt

The ‘international community’ is making cautiously optimistic noises regarding the highly-selective attempts to conjure up a new government in Somalia.  The new parliamentary institutions are intended to replace the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) that Western governments and their African allies … Continue reading →

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Cameron’s awfully big Somali adventure

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Matt

Yesterday’s International Conference on Somalia was billed by the UK government as a turning point in the history of one of the most impoverished and war-torn nations on earth.   In his opening address to the conference David Cameron explained … Continue reading →

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And now for our next act: Somalia

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Matt

Within days of the US withdrawal, Iraq is already slipping back towards the sectarian violence that was triggered in the first place by the 2003 Anglo/British ‘intervention’.   After ten years of ‘intervening’ in Afghanistan, British troops are supporting the … Continue reading →

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