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Few political careers illustrate Somalia’s federal contradictions more clearly than that of Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre. When he assumed…
Xamar latest confrontation with kismayo is often portrayed as a dispute over constitutional interpretation, elections, or security. In reality, it…
The seizure of an oil tanker off Yemen matters because it suggests commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden may…
Somalia’s appearance at the UN development forum matters now because the government is trying to convert its recent debt-relief breakthrough…
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become a test of whether a health emergency can be…
The execution of a man in central Somalia less than 48 hours after a police commander was killed matters because…
Ilhan Omar’s renewed push for the United States to join the International Criminal Court matters because it sharpens a fundamental…
Somalia and Djibouti are moving to deepen bilateral ties at a moment when the Horn of Africa is being reshaped…
A Danab commando operation in Lower Shabelle matters because it highlights both the strength and the limitation of Somalia’s counterinsurgency…
The World Health Organization’s warning on Ebola matters because the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is no longer…