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Somali piracy is resurging as regional wars, weakened maritime patrols, militant alliances, foreign maritime expansion, and local security gaps converge to threaten critical shipping lanes.…
Somali piracy is resurging as regional wars, weakened maritime patrols, militant alliances, foreign maritime expansion, and local security gaps converge to threaten critical shipping lanes.…
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The protests of dialysis patients in Hargeisa stirred a young poet to speak, carrying forth an old Somali tradition in which verse stands as the moral conscience of society and lays bare the failings of the political class.…
The protests of dialysis patients in Hargeisa stirred a young poet to speak, carrying forth an old Somali tradition in which verse stands as the moral conscience of society and lays bare the failings of the political class.…
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Somaliland has secured formal recognition from Israel, but this breakthrough carries political, moral, and security costs, drawing its statehood campaign into the conflicts shaping the Red Sea and the wider Middle East.…
Somaliland has secured formal recognition from Israel, but this breakthrough carries political, moral, and security costs, drawing its statehood campaign into the conflicts shaping the Red Sea and the wider Middle East.…
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The World Cup was meant to be the culmination of Omar Artan’s remarkable rise. His exclusion from it revealed something equally striking, the magnitude of the admiration he had earned at home and globally.…
The World Cup was meant to be the culmination of Omar Artan’s remarkable rise. His exclusion from it revealed something equally striking, the magnitude of the admiration he had earned at home and globally.…
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For more than twenty hours, Somalia’s capital was gripped by artillery and heavy weapons exchanges between the federal government and opposition leaders, bringing the city to a complete standstill.…
For more than twenty hours, Somalia’s capital was gripped by artillery and heavy weapons exchanges between the federal government and opposition leaders, bringing the city to a complete standstill.…
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The violence unfolding in Mali reflects a deeper political impasse: how to sustain popular aspirations for emancipation without collapsing into military authoritarianism.…
The violence unfolding in Mali reflects a deeper political impasse: how to sustain popular aspirations for emancipation without collapsing into military authoritarianism.…
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Families forced from their homes in Mogadishu spoke with Geeska, detailing how their houses were razed without legal warning, leaving dozens of families displaced.…
Families forced from their homes in Mogadishu spoke with Geeska, detailing how their houses were razed without legal warning, leaving dozens of families displaced.…
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As battlefield losses mount, a wave of defections is exposing deep tribal and political fractures inside Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces.
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As battlefield losses mount, a wave of defections is exposing deep tribal and political fractures inside Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces.
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From imprisoned critics to war-scarred regions, Ethiopia’s upcoming election is unfolding amid insecurity and growing doubts about whether it can be free or fair.…
From imprisoned critics to war-scarred regions, Ethiopia’s upcoming election is unfolding amid insecurity and growing doubts about whether it can be free or fair.…
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Across Nigeria, overlapping forms of organized violence have intensified in both scale and coordination, exposing structural weaknesses in the country’s security architecture. This crisis complicates conventional counterinsurgency strategies and undermines the state’s monopoly on authority.…
Across Nigeria, overlapping forms of organized violence have intensified in both scale and coordination, exposing structural weaknesses in the country’s security architecture. This crisis complicates conventional counterinsurgency strategies and undermines the state’s monopoly on authority.…
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