HeyJaredAbdi Samatar
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- Aug 21, 2026
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Türkiye’s Neo-colonialism in Africa & the Islamic Cover: Somalia’s Case | Pambazuka News (opens the original)
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This essay examines Türkiye’s two-stage intervention in Somalia since 2012. First came humanitarian involvement during the Somali famine in the early 2010s. Once the immediate crisis waned, Turkish economic and strategic interests came to dominate its relationship with Somalia. It is as if Islamic humanitarianism was the trojan horse for Türkiye’s long-term interests in and exploitation of Somalia. Many African Muslims think colonialism and imperialism were and are only a European project, but t
Türkiye’s Neo-colonialism in Africa & the Islamic Cover: Somalia’s Case | Pambazuka News (opens the original)
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This essay examines Türkiye’s two-stage intervention in Somalia since 2012. First came humanitarian involvement during the Somali famine in the early 2010s. Once the immediate crisis waned, Turkish economic and strategic interests came to dominate its relationship with Somalia. It is as if Islamic humanitarianism was the trojan horse for Türkiye’s long-term interests in and exploitation of Somalia. Many African Muslims think colonialism and imperialism were and are only a European project, but t
Sectarian Navel-gazing Framework is Oxymoronic to Somali & African Ambitions: A Response to Ahmed’s ‘The Modagishu Blind Spot…’ | Pambazuka News (opens the original)
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In this rejoinder to a critical rebuttal published in this issue (927) of Pambazuka on Mogadishu’s blind spot, the author defends his position through eight facts necessary to consider. With close attention to the intellectual positions on the rebuttal’s sources, Samatar poses important questions, including the distinction of the AU, Africa’s positon against genocide, and Somaliland’s elites. One of the common calamities that haunts Africa and other former colonies is when the liberated longs fo
Sectarian Navel-gazing Framework is Oxymoronic to Somali & African Ambitions: A Response to Ahmed’s ‘The Modagishu Blind Spot…’ | Pambazuka News (opens the original)
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In this rejoinder to a critical rebuttal published in this issue (927) of Pambazuka on Mogadishu’s blind spot, the author defends his position through eight facts necessary to consider. With close attention to the intellectual positions on the rebuttal’s sources, Samatar poses important questions, including the distinction of the AU, Africa’s positon against genocide, and Somaliland’s elites. One of the common calamities that haunts Africa and other former colonies is when the liberated longs fo
Caged Somalia: Can it be Liberated from a Demonic elite? | Pambazuka News (opens the original)
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Somalis and their well-wishers are frustrated by the endless turmoil and the population’s wretchedness. Samatar examines why the Somali elite have failed to save their people who share dense cultural commonalities. Somalis and their well-wishers around the world are deeply frustrated, dismayed, and exhausted by the endless political turmoil and the population’s enduring wretchedness. These catastrophic conditions have persisted for nearly four decades and appear immune to local and international
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