There has been a lot coverage in the news on Somalia. Here is a Somali blogger; Abukar Arman. He is a writer who lives in Ohio . His work has appeared on the pages of International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera Magazine, Arab News, and Foreign Policy In Focus. I found his blog via Black Agenda Report.

From his latest entry:
Viewpoints: The Specter of Detrimental Trusteeship in Somalia

In another news, the ship that the Indian navy sank was not pirate ship, but Thai trawler, owner says.

M K Bhadrakumar reports:

The great game of hunting pirates

A Great Game is unfolding for control of the sea route in the Indian Ocean between the Strait of Malacca and the Persian Gulf. This sea route is undoubtedly one of the most sensitive waterways for commerce involving cargo such as oil, weapons and manufactured goods moving between Europe and Asia. Actually, the effective regional cooperation in curbing piracy and hijacking at the chokepoint of the Malacca Strait should provide a useful model.