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Bosaso Port’s Shutdown Tests the Limits of Puntland’s Independence
BOSASO, SOMALIA – The Bosaso port has sat idle for nine straight days. There is still no end in sight....
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Puntland Blocks General Takar as Mogadishu’s Military Play Stalls
GAROWE, SOMALIA – General Takar is stuck in Lasanod, and with him the most ambitious federal attempt yet to plant...
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Foreign Firepower Is All That Keeps the War From Mogadishu’s Gates
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The latest American airstrike in Somalia landed at Farsooley, a village roughly 90 kilometres west of Mogadishu....
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Somalia’s War With Al-Shabaab Settles Into a Stalemate by Design
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The most honest map of Somalia's war is four years old. A new International Crisis Group briefing...
Read moreDetailsThe Turkish Military Is Picking Sides in Somalia One Medal at a Time
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Turkiye's land forces commander, Gen. Metin Tokel, pinned a presidential medal on a Somali officer in Mogadishu...
Read moreDetailsBaidoa Slips From Mogadishu’s Grip One Month After the Takeover
BAIDOA, SOMALIA – One month ago, Mogadishu staged an inauguration in Baidoa under circling jets from Turkiye. Today the city...
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Somalia’s Foreign Ministry Goes Dark as Mogadishu Runs Short of Cash
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – The lights went out at Somalia's foreign ministry this week, and the reason was almost too plain...
Read moreDetailsHow Somalia’s Electoral Crisis Is Fracturing the Nation
A Crisis Engineered from Villa Somalia Somalia's electoral crisis was manufactured in Villa Somalia. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has spent...
Read moreDetailsAl-Shabaab Strikes While Somalia’s Leaders Fight Each Other
Cross-Border Raids Signal Widening Reach Al-Shabaab attacks have intensified across Somalia and its borders in recent weeks, underscoring how the...
Read moreDetailsGalmudug Rejects Hassan Sheikh’s Federal Elections With Show of Force
Dhusamareb, SOMALIA – The people of Galmudug have made their position unmistakable. In scenes circulating widely on social media, residents...
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The Kampala Communique Hassan Sheikh Edited Before It Was Signed
KAMPALA, UGANDA – The draft Kampala communique was read aloud to the heads of state on Friday, and Hassan Sheikh...
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