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“It’s Going to Be Very Hard to Stay Engaged”: Inside Gen. Anderson’s Warning to Mogadishu

AFRICOM's top commander came to Mogadishu to reassure Somalia. He left having delivered a warning instead. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson arrived in Mogadishu insisting America...

Somalia Says It Rejected Ties With Israel. Its Lobbyists Were Pursuing the Abraham Accords.

By his own account, Somalia's president keeps turning Israel away — a weakened suitor, refused on principle — while warning that Somaliland's recognition is...

Why Educated Voices Are Ditching ‘Somali’ for ‘Somalian’ – And It’s Not Pedantry

In the charged discourse surrounding the Horn of Africa, a seemingly minor terminological choice carries profound implications. Referring to citizens of the Republic of...

As Mogadishu Descends Into Conflict, Washington’s Representative to Somalia Visits Somaliland

On Wednesday in Mogadishu, forces acting under orders from Hassan Sheikh Mohamud — whose constitutional mandate expired on May 15, 2026 — fired on...

Sink or Swim for Somalia: The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy and the End of the Mogadishu Underwriting

A policy analysis The White House released the 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in May, Washington's first comprehensive counterterrorism doctrine since 2018 and the Trump administration's...

State Recognition Is Not a Group Order: The Somaliland Case

I recently watched someone on TikTok argue that Israel's recognition can only be explained through realism. That observation misses an important point: Somaliland's case...

Somalia Appeals to Saudi Arabia to Intervene Following Israeli Recognition of Somaliland

The Federal Government of Somalia has called on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to intervene militarily against Somaliland's administration following the conclusion of Israeli...

From Extermination to Erasure: Somalia’s Digital Rebranding of the Isaaq Genocide

Dr Fundji Benedict-VL25/01/10(lvs-foundation.org) Genocide denial in the Horn of Africa is no longer confined to the familiar repertoire of silence, euphemism, and diplomatic evasion. It...

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“It’s Going to Be Very Hard to Stay Engaged”: Inside Gen. Anderson’s Warning to Mogadishu

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A Government of Fake Doctors, Real Patients — and a President Who Brought Cameras, Not Answers

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Somaliland’s Quiet Capture: Why Dahabshiil Demands an Independent Investigation 

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Somaliland’s Recognition Institute Is Built for a Legal Fight, But Recognition Is a Political Fight

by Brian McDonald Somaliland launched a new institute in May...

Citizens, Not Clansmen: Somaliland’s Unfinished Task

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