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Hargeisa faces new pressures

After Irro’s victory, the government must respond to demands on corruption and jobs as it tries to hold the territory together

The decisive victory for Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro with 64% in the 13 November presidential elections should be seen as the culmination of two years of politicking during...


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Defence Minister insists Ethiopia not be part of new AU mission

The regional dispute is escalating as Mogadishu says Ethiopian troops are not welcome and have been excluded from the peacekeeping operation

Somalia’s Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur has insisted that Ethiopia will not participate in a new African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission which is set to begin in January...

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Middle powers line up behind Addis and Mogadishu

Egypt and Somalia have signed a military pact to scupper Ethiopia’s trade-off with Somaliland for a port in the Gulf of Aden

Nothing better illustrates the radical shift in regional relations than the defence agreement signed by Egypt and the Federal Government of Somalia on 14 August, two days after...

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Al Shabaab adaptability causes alarm

On 2 August at 9.50pm at Lido Beach, Al Shabaab launched its deadliest attack in Mogadishu since two car-bombs claimed 121 lives and hundreds of casualties in the...


Djibouti joins fight against the Abiy-Bihi pact

Fearing big losses if Addis Ababa’s port access deal with Somaliland goes ahead, President Guelleh wants to scupper it

Battle drums are sounding, but the casus belli is still being determined. Nobody yet knows whether the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and...


Shots and plots

On 15 July, local militias on the outskirts of Abudwaq, in Galmudug, stopped a convoy of two trucks loaded with infantry weapons coming from Ethiopia and led by...


ISIS breaks out of its Puntland base

Fighters from ISIS or Da’ish are extending operations beyond the Puntland enclave to challenge Al Shabaab, the main Islamist militia in Somalia

The isolated Horn of Africa branch of ISIS or Da’ish, outnumbered and outgunned hitherto by Al Shabaab, the trustiest affiliate of the rival Al Qaida franchise, has been...


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Turkey hosts first round of talks on port row

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan said the negotiations have been ‘candid, cordial and forward-looking’

Turkey mediated the first round of talks between Somalia and Ethiopia’s foreign ministers on Monday in the first international attempt to ease diplomatic tensions between the two Horn...

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