The prospect of AMISOM forces leaving Somalia in the coming years depends on the capacity of the country’s regional and federal military forces to finally cooperate and unite under a Somali National Army that looks much differently than the current… Read More ›
Since al-Shabaab chief Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in US airstrikes in early September 2014, one of the biggest questions was how this would affect the strength of the group. The strengths and weaknesses of al-Shabaab can be assessed from three… Read More ›
Somalia’s Puntland region “re-suspended relations” with Somalia’s federal government after a controversial agreement hailed by the international community was signed to form an interim Central State administration with Mudug and Galgaduud regions. The interim Central State administration would ostensibly set the… Read More ›
This week, Somalia’s Banadir government and al-Shabaab held what appeared to be rival public relations stunts–or public health interventions depending on the interpretation. Authorities in Mogadishu said they seized expired aid imported by the World Food Programme during inspections at its warehouses. In addition, 14… Read More ›
Marking the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan, al-Shabaab organized games for youth in the town of Jilib in Middle Juba region. Similar to other fun days the group has organized, the events involved egg-and-spoon races, sack racing, and… Read More ›
Below is a press release from NUSOJ condemning the ordered eviction of Radio Jowhar on behalf of the Middle Shabelle government. Similar action was taken against Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu in October 2013 because the station was using government-owned property, though political tensions… Read More ›
1. CRIMES OF THE FATHER… (Kenya) As the world ponders whether terrorists or “local political networks” are the catalysts for atrocities on Kenya’s coast, the core issue is that upcountry settlers have dubiously acquired land from indigenous people for decades. This… Read More ›
A newly leaked United Nations monitoring group report on Somalia came to the same conclusion as ex-Central Bank chief Yusra Abrar in alleging the president, several advisors, the ex-Foreign Minister, and American law firm Shulman Rogers conspired to divert government… Read More ›
Al-Shabaab released photos from a recent cross-border attack it staged in Mandera, Kenya where it reportedly attacked police stations and the home of a local county official. The group commonly uses these public events–like the group did after a raid in… Read More ›
On its Facebook page, al-Shabaab’s official media outlet Radio al-Andalus expressed support for Boko Haram’s abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in Nigeria’s Borno state. Mimicking a ceremony al-Shabaab held with Kenyan hostages, Boko Haram claimed in a recent video that over 100 of… Read More ›
Kismayo continues to be the site of contentious clan dynamics almost a year after violent battles among clan militias supporting or contesting Ras Kamboni leader Ahmed Madobe and the formation of his “Jubaland” administration. It has also been more than six… Read More ›
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 ›
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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