Somalia President signs Federal Electoral bill into law
The sudden policy change of the International Community in abandoning the support of democratic system of governance, for building the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) and opting for the support of an...
In the aftermath of the 23 February London Conference on Somalia, and with input from others who followed the event, Sally Healy (a Fellow of the Rift Valley Institute) offers her personal assessment of the conference, its likely impact...
By Michael Rubin
Militants and terrorists continue to pour into Las Anod, almost two months after fighting erupted in the normally quiet district capital in Somaliland’s Sool district. The violence was not spontaneous: The Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia met with key protagonists immediately prior...
By Andrew Korybko
Somalia has the right to conduct its foreign policy however it wants and to ask those who it invited into the country to leave, but the consequences of expelling Ethiopia’s anti-terrorist forces – who are the most...
Kenya has dismissed Somali accusations that it is interfering in Mogadishu's internal affairs
Tensions between Nairobi and Mogadishu soar as they accuse each other of encroaching on border territory
Kenya on Wednesday accused Somalia of an "unwarranted attack" on the...
Seven years ago in 2012, a United Nations Security Council Resolution placed an embargo on the export of charcoal from Somalia. The embargo sought to address illegal logging, massive deforestation and land degradation which charcoal production in Somalia had been fueling,...
It’s been five years since four attackers made their way into Westgate, a popular shopping mall in the rich Westlands area of Nairobi, and unleashed a coordinated attack that left 71 people dead.
Some of those deaths resulted from friendly fire as...
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New reports show an escalation in civilian casualties from U.S. operations in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia — and a pattern of U.S. denial about the scale of the problem.
By Phyllis Bennis
“There is no military solution” is an often-heard saying...
03 - Sep - 2020-A consultation forum for Gedo region was held in Beled-Hawo district from 26-30 August 2020. It was attended by delegations from all over the region including Jubaland deputy minister of interior Abdirahman Mohamed Hussein. The...