This paper reflects on the multitude of effects of repression in security management, security legislation, vigilantes, hit squads and ending state violence.
State Violence
Max Coleman is a former member of the Detainees Parents Support Committee.
Given the country's increasing stability, transitional justice has become an option for addressing the violence and gross human rights violations that have marked Somalia's history from the colonial period to the present. Experiences in other African countries over the past
After years of conflict and instability, Somalia is entering a period where transitional justice is possible. Three decades of experience in Africa shows that transitional justice processes are more likely to be effective if they are rooted in popular participation,
Sanado badan oo colaado iyo xasillooni-darro ah kadib, Soomaaliya waxay galeysaa xilli ay suuragal tahay in cadaaladda xilliga kala-guurka la hirgeliyo. Khibrad soddon sano oo Afrika ah waxa ay muujineysaa in geeddi-socodka cadaaladda xilliga kala-guurka uu u badan yahay inuu
Opening vignette It was the middle of winter, and all nineteen of us sat in our polypropylene chairs – closely arranged, our eyes fixed on Ouma Dudu as she took out her bag filled with indigenous herbs and medicines from
