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Analysis: Somalia’s Response to the Federalism Crisis in Baidoa
Violent political tensions in the Bay region capital of Baidoa have been growing steadily as the city has become the most recent flashpoint in Somalia’s federalism crisis. Protests by supporters of an effort to create Southwest State with six regions (“SW6”… Read More ›
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Around the Horn: Ethiopia Dams Egypt and SPLA Takes Malakal Before South Sudan Talks
Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan Ethiopia continues to reject calls from Egypt to agree to third party-sponsored negotiations on the construction of the 6,000 MW/$4.8 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), where Cairo says inefficient use of water diverted from the Nile will bring… Read More ›
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Somalia’s Federalism Woes Challenge Stability Amid Military Offensive
Federalism was supposed to help decentralize power from the Somali federal government (SFG) in order to give more authority to potentially more effective local administrations. So far, the process has led to a fight among local and foreign elites over… Read More ›
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Full Text: UN Somalia/Eritrea Monitoring Group Memo on Arms Diversion
SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO RESOLUTIONS 751 (1992) AND 1907 (2009) CONCERNING SOMALIA AND ERITREA S/AC.29/2014/COMM.13 6 February 2014 ORIGINAL: English Letter dated 6 February 2014 from the Coordinator of the Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group addressed to the Chair… Read More ›
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Analysis: Baidoa Becoming the Next Crisis in Somalia’s Federalism Process
After patting itself on the back for putting a pause on the “Jubaland” crisis, Somalia and its international partners in IGAD and UNSOM will soon have to address the next federalism row in the country emanating from the Bay region… Read More ›
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Somalia Seeks Weapons Amid Gun-less Training In Kismayo and Clan Fighting
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recently revealed the government bought weapons to bolster domestic forces and also asked for an extension to the one year partial relaxation of the 1992 arms embargo issued by the UN Security Council in March 2013. Some steps… Read More ›
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Social Media Reactions to AMISOM’s Hit and Run in Mogadishu
On the morning of 28 January 2014, an AMISOM vehicle ran over a civilian on Maka al Mukarama road and left the scene in what African Union forces called a “tragic accident.” The man killed in the hit-and-run was 41-year-old taxi… Read More ›
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Somalia’s New Cabinet – Between Constitution, Clan, Comrades, and Quality
On 21 January 2014, Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed’s new cabinet was approved by a large margin of Somalia’s parliament with 186 MPs voting in favor, 46 against, and 1 abstaining. The enlarged cabinet consisted of 25 ministers, 25 deputy ministers,… Read More ›
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Unravelling al-Shabaab’s Partial Internet Ban and Similar Stunts in Somalia
On 8 January 2014, al-Shabaab’s al-Andalus radio outlet released a Facebook message to telecoms and communities under its territories stating that mobile and fibre optic Internet access would be banned in 15 days. According to the post, anyone violating this new… Read More ›
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Somali Officials Donate Blood After Al-Shabaab’s Jazeera Hotel Attack
In the aftermath of al-Shabaab’s New Year’s Day bombings at the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu, Somali officials including Acting Interior Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled and commander of the Somali police force General Abdikarim Dahir Said showed their support for victims… Read More ›
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Sentencing in New Rape-Journalist Case Raises Legal, Political Questions in Somalia
On 9 December 2013, the Banadir regional court in Mogadishu sentenced a female journalist to house arrest as part of a six month suspended sentence on charges of “defamation and lying” after she claimed in an interview that she was raped by… Read More ›
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[VIDEO] Car Bomb Explodes in Bosaso Market in Puntland
A car bomb allegedly targeting a convoy of Puntland Maritime Police Forces (PMPF) exploded in a market in Bosaso, often dubbed Puntland’s economic hub. Puntland officials blame al-Shabaab for the attack as many observers await the group to claim responsibility… Read More ›
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Somalia PM’s Ouster: Sign of Institutional Success and Vulnerability
On 2 December 2013, the Somali parliament passed a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Said as 184 Ministers of Parliament (MPs) out of 250 present voted to oust the head of government who was approved in October… Read More ›
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