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UN Misses the Point on Somalia Famine: Back on April 12, four UN agencies issued an emergency appeal for money to head off looming...
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UN Misses the Point on Somalia Famine: Back on April 12, four UN agencies issued an emergency appeal for money to head off looming...
Voice of America journalist Harun Maruf reports that Somalia today received numerous military vehicles and military hardware from China. Chinese ambassador Fei Shengchao transferred...
It has now been almost a year since ’s presidency ended, although he still claims caretaker authority until Somalia holds elections. The problem is...
The current crisis in Ethiopia predates Joe Biden’s presidency by a couple months but, to Biden’s credit, he wasted little time in seeking diplomatically...
According to reports out of Somalia, on November 3, Somali security officials confiscated parts for six drones at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdullah Airport. The Somali...
On October 25, Somalis lined up to vote in the Qardho, Eyl, and Ufeyn districts of Puntland, Somalia’s northeastern state by the thousands. Just...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has repeatedly condemned coups. Certainly, he had skin in the game: The 1997 “soft coup” led to the fall...
On September 12, 2021, Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Arab League had agreed to cover $12 million of Somalia’s $29 million...
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The political crisis in Mogadishu sparked by the kidnapping and murder of National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) cyber-expert Ikran Tahlil Farah continues. To...
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On June 26, 2021, assailants kidnapped 24-year-old Ikran Tahlil Farah, a cyber-expert in Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), near her home in...