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Bashir Goth

Somalia/UAE

Bashir Goth is a veteran journalist, freelance writer, the first Somali blogger and editor of a leading news website. He is also a regular contributor to major Middle Eastern and African newspapers and online journals. Close.

Bashir Goth

Somalia/UAE

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February 2007 Archives



February 5, 2007 3:02 PM

You Benefited From Fossil Fuels, Why Can’t We?

2500 scientists recently gathered in Paris and made a clarion call about an impending climate disaster. They said it was very likely that burning fossil fuels were to blame for most warming over the past 50 years. Their report warns of a new ice age engulfing the earth, while hurricanes, droughts and other apocalyptic disasters may play havoc with our planet.

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February 9, 2007 10:44 AM

America Is Colonizing Us Quietly

China is doing what the West failed to do. The West colonized Africa, robbed its natural wealth and left a spoiled continent behind. Africa traded its original lifestyle for a European one but didn’t have the means to sustain it. It was a textbook recipe for parasitism, corruption and banana republics. European colonial powers also planted the seeds of today’s civil wars in Africa by arbitrarily dividing tribes across borders.

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