Gone Forever - Old Somalia

The last democratic elections in Somalia was back in 1969 just before a bloodless coup imposed military rule after the assassination of President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke .....

President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke

Its last vaguely effective national government ended in the early 1990's, and it is now fractured in to many differently controlled regions (and even the breakaway state of Somaliland, which is probably the best governed part of the old Somalia, and the semi-independent Puntland which is run by militias).

The Day The Music Died ... Again

Here we go again. Another terrorist attack, and terrible number of deaths. Once again it's a soft target .... children, and once again it's a music venue.

Salman Abedi - Ungrateful Murdering Turd.

This time the children targeted were in the West - but the first time was Christian children in Pakistan (but the Western press have already forgotten that attack).