Life in Somalia's pirate town

Name: Dean

Date: 27/11/2008

Article# 8

From: BBC

Life in Somalia's pirate town

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7623329.stm

My reaction:

The news is about pirate problem in Africa, especially in the east Africa. That problem has distracted the local government.

First, the major reason due to that problem is the instability of the local government. Since there are different kinds of nations gathering in the same area, it would be easy to spark conflicts such as culture, language. Therefore, the majority race would exclude another minority one.
Second, as the situation has not been stable, some of the generals want to take advantage of it by disuniting people. Hence, they could expand their influence by force of arms. Finally, they battle with each other and make the situation more badly.

Third, because of the chaos in Somali leading to the poor economy, many fishermen and former Navy started to rob foreign ships. Then they found that it is a way to get more money as well as not work for the whole year. Thus, they continue to do so.

Eventually, some of the countries started to wipe out the pirate by sending warships. However, it is merely a stopgap measure. As they didn't get at the root: racial problem. If the government tries to be fairer to other nations in friendly manner, they may not resort to violence and settle with the conflicts.(203words)