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Pentagon Acting Chief Miller Saught Qatar’s Help to Negotiate with Al-Shabaab

In a little-noticed story published by the New York Times in the aftermath of the US Presidential elections, the currently US Acting Secretary of...

Somalia: The Shrinking Jurisdiction of Villa Somalia

“...The calls from an unknown number had been coming for weeks, but Osman, a household-goods trader in the Somali capital’s largest market, disregarded them...

The Tale of Two Cities: Halane Compound vs Mogadishu

Facing the Indian Ocean, a beautiful beachfront Halane Compound houses foreign dignitaries and their embassy staff members, over 300 NGOs, contractors, and AMISOM mission...

Opening the Gates of Hell – How Somaliland/Somalia talks Endanger Somaliland’s Peace and Security

For the third time in its 30 years existence, Somaliland has once more restarted talks with Somalia this time with an inexplicable urgency and...

Let’s talk about “it”: arbitration or reconciliation?

In July 2019 Somalia’s president his excellency Mohamed Abdillahi “Farmaajo” set up a commission to revive talks with Somaliland. His move came three years...

As Al-Shabaab Gains, More Somali Forces Abandon their Positions For Non-Payment of Salaries

The payment dispute between the Somali Federal Government and front line units of the Somali National Army comes at a time when Al-Shabaab has been gaining territory and has increased the frequency of its deadly attacks on Mogadishu.

Deadly Al-Shabaab Attack on Somalia’s Interior Ministry in Mogadishu

At 12 people were reported to have died in an attack on Somalia's Interior Ministry today in Mogadishu. Ministry employees are among the casualties...

Al-Shabaab Roadside Bomb Kills African Union Troops in Somalia

Two African Union soldiers from Burundi where killed in an roadside bomb that targeted an AMISOM armored vehicle 30km north of Somali capital Mogadishu...

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