Shabaab takes advantage of slowed counter-offensive
Somalia’s large counter-offensive against Shabaab is currently stalled and its much touted next phase continues to be delayed. In response, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in...
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Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni tweets after rumors of his death
President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni Rumors circulated on social media in recent days that Yoweri Museveni transferred to intensive care and later died...
Palestinian leader is seriously ill, power struggle started
By Michael Selutin Jun 11, 2023 at 8:00 am The Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reports that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ condition has deteriorated...
UAE: Raving at the Horn’s Geopolitical Graveyard
June 11, 2023 By Abukar Arman Among the foreign actors and within the too many moving political parts in Somalia, four deserve more scrutiny...
Turkey’s new intelligence chief is Erdogan’s policy maker
June6, 2023 Hakan Fidan’s transfer from his previous position as head of the Intelligence Service to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reflects a pattern of...
Turkish officials seized 1$bln of counterfeit money headed for Africa
09 June ,2023 Turkish security forces seized $1 billion of counterfeit money in Istanbul and arrested six people involved in the operation, including one Ghanian...
Impunity enabled generals to recklessly destroy Sudan
June 9, 2023 by Hala al-Karib I haven’t looked at my face in the mirror since the morning of 15 April when Sudan got turned...
“Digging with a needle” strategy won’t defeat Rapid Support Forces
The army was at the heart of the devastation that affected state institutions during the thirty years of Islamist rule, and the budget for the...
The coloniality of Africa’s public health
June 6, 2023 By Laura Meek With the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa now officially declared over, the moment is ripe to...
Somalia is no go zone for British citezens
Foreign travel advice Somalia 5 June 2023 The FCDO advises against all travel to: Somalia, except the three western regions of Somaliland: Awdal (including...