Hillary Clinton has warned that the US will "take action" against Eritrea if it does not stop supporting militants in Somalia. She said after talks with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed [Ed. Note: redundant much?] in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, that Eritrea's actions were "unacceptable". She also said the US would expand support for Somalia's unity government. Eritrea denies supporting Somalia's al-Shabab militants, who are trying to overthrow Somalia's government…Al-Shabab [Ed. Note: Sounds delicious] is growing in strength and 250,000 Somalis have fled their homes in fighting between militants and government forces over the past three months. There are reports that al-Shabab - the Somali Islamist group which favours strict Islamic law and is accused of links to al-Qaeda - is gaining support from militants around the world.[Source: bbc.co.uk].
You know, Africa is the birthplace of mankind, it is the continent on which human beings first developed. So it’s weird to me that, given that they have had people longer than anyone else, there doesn’t seem to be one single solitary country on that God-forsaken land mass that has its shit together. I’m going to dig into Guns, Germs, and Steel and see if I can’t figure out why that is.
If you too are geographically retarded, learn more about Eritrea here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1070813.stm
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