somalia Archive

  • frog

    Mapping the Pirates



    The last time the world went pirate crazy, it was Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley who caught our attention. Now it’s the Somalis. But piracy is a much wider problem around the globe, as this Live Piracy Map shows. I struggle to believe that there have been no reported instances of piracy in or near our [...] read more
    November 25, 2008 5:28 pm - 61 Comments
  • frog

    Ahoy meh hearties



    Well, you could go down the clean energy pathway, with wind and solar power, or you could take the other response to peak oil and just nick yourself a Saudi Arabian supertanker. The capture of the [Sirius Star supertanker] is one of the most spectacular strikes in maritime history. “It looks like a deliberate two fingers from [...] read more
    November 19, 2008 12:07 pm - 18 Comments
  • frog

    Top Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007



    Over the break, Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF, released it’s tenth annual list of underreported humanitarian stories. As usual, the list is a pretty harrowing read: Top Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007 Displaced Fleeing War in Somalia Face Humanitarian Crisis Political and Economic Turmoil Sparks Health-Care [...] read more
    January 8, 2008 11:35 am - 4 Comments