Piracy in Somalia

In addition to the direct failures of the intervention, we can learn a great deal about the American failure through the consequences of Somalia. Domestic politics drives foreign policy, and in the case of Somalia, the domestic backlash sheds light on what was a step in the wrong direction for security as seen through Presidential Decision Directive 25. After the tragedy of the battle of Mogadishu and Black Hawk Down, President Clinton was facing mounting domestic pressure to ‘bring the boys…

Somalia is best identified as a country with the term “Third World” doggedly attached to its status amongst the nations of the world and the African continent. Located at the most eastern edge of Africa, Somalia could actually move itself off of this lowly “Third World” designation amongst African nations due to the key role it could play in the shipping industry. Because of its prime location, strategically located between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean the current, or any, future…

Since its start in 1948 UN peacekeeping has had the sole purpose of helping in humanitarian crisis internationally. The protection of citizens in war torn countries and the deliverance of humanitarian aid is of the upmost importance in both first and second generation peacekeeping. Yet if these missions are inefficiently equipped, financed and manned the mission is doomed to failure. For UN peacekeeping missions to be successful it is imperative they are routinely staffed, deployed and equipped…

and sea of the horn of Africa. Somalia is a country that has been plagued with civil war since 1986. In Somalia right now there are two major Islamic terrorist groups. Theses groups are known as Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda. From what these terrorist groups have done, Somalia is ;left with close to nothing to build it back up. Somalia cannot overcome this issue of terrorism because of Al-Shabaab, terrorists taking over the nation, and whole lot of national violence. Somalia has one of the most lethal…

As a family social worker who was assigned to case example #1, I would be inheriting a case from another worker who has already met with the family in question once before. The first step I would take would be to review the case notes. Upon initial review, I would notice that the family was Somalian, which is a culturally very different than my own. I would also reach out to the former case workers to gain an understanding of why the case is no longer being managed by them to understand what…

Somalia also known as the “horn of Africa” is a country located in east Africa. The nation of Somali existed for more than a thousand year. In the 19th century Europeans countries such as Britain, France, and Italy came to colonies Somalia and split up the country. The British abandoned British Somalia after the natives uprising. After WWII the Italians were forced to leave Somalia and the country was given to the UN. In 1960 the Republic of Somalia was created from British Somalia and Italian…

The Republic of Somaliland (formerly known as north-west Somalia) is situated in the horn of Africa. Its boundaries are defined by the Gulf of Aden to the north, Somalia to the east, federal state of Ethiopia to the south and west, and republic of Djibouti in the northwest. The total area of Somaliland is 137,600 km2 with a coastline of 850kms with the most strategic sea ports in the world (i.e. Berbera Port, Zeila, and Los-qorey etc.). The population is estimated at four million consists of…

use the intelligence provided properly. Good intelligence practice was not enforced. The lack of discipline cost many American and Somali their lives. History of the Battle of Mogadishu President Clinton sent American special operation forces to Somalia to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid. (Editors, 2016) They called it Operation Gothic Serpent. The operation started out as a relief effort at first. The United Nations (UN) and US wanted to provide food relief for the decaying city of Mogadishu.…

years after gaining independence in 1960, Somalia was overtaken in a coup, led by Mohamed Siad Barre. Despite his oppressive dictatorial rule, Barre maintained power until 1991 when he was ousted by one of many clans that had broken out in a civil war. The human rights condition during this internal conflict fell even further into turmoil. International communities became more aware of the overwhelming state of famine and many sent food and other aid to Somalia. Much of the food was stolen by…

theories have been made as to what pirating was really like. Many false accusations have been made and still get tossed around to this day. The romanticized version of piracy, the novel Treasure Island they life of piracy is much different from what it actually was like according to the factual information packet about pirates/pirating/piracy. First off, pirates were well known for looting ships and making people walk the plank. In the novel Treasure Island, it talks about a ship headed to…