Islamic State in Somalia: the terrorist group’s origins, rise and recent battlefield defeats
After its battlefield defeat, it’s unclear if the Islamic State in Somalia retains the ability to extort money from the ...
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Somalia: Islamic State in Somalia - the Terrorist Group's Origins, Rise and Recent Battlefield Defeats
Analysis - The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ...
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Local Self-Governance on the Somalia–Kenya Border
Thirty years of civil war, insurgency, and counterinsurgency in Somalia and neighbouring northeastern Kenya have hollowed out state services and left borderland communities beleaguered. Yet in this ...
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Africa: Ballots Over Bullets: How Somaliland Built Thriving Democracy From Ashes of War, Defying Africa's Election Odds
Opinion - When I was a kid, I thought democracy was unique to Greece and only Greeks would do better exercising. This was ...
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Puntland Counters Terrorist Narratives as Ex-Al-shabaab Agent Pleads Guilty
In 1995, the late Somaliland administration President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal told BBC Focus on Africa that “terrorists… Sii ...
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The Consequences of President Hassan Sheikh’s Failed Leadership
Two months after taking the oath of office in May 2022, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud abruptly announced a campaign to ...
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Somalia’s Fragile Capital Teeters as Al-Shabaab Closes In
Explosion on Mogadishu’s sunbaked El-Gaabta road sent plumes of smoke spiraling into the sky. President Hassan armored convoy ...
Syria's dictator is gone, but his drug dealers are still busy
Syria's new interim government pledged to crack down on the illicit drug trade that the country's former dictator enriched ...