Sunday 19 April 2026
Abdi Ismail Samatar is a senator in the Federal Parliament of Somalia, an extraordinary professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pretoria and professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota.
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The International community (IC) and African Union (AU) have spent a fortune and tremendous military resources in Somalia since 2006 to fight Al Shabaab. But their strategy has failed because it betrayed the interest of the Somali people.
The making of the catastrophe
Somalia’s civil war led to…
The International community (IC) and African Union (AU) have spent a fortune and tremendous military resources in Somalia since 2006 to fight Al Shabaab. But their strategy has failed because it betrayed the interest of the Somali people.
The making of the catastrophe
Somalia’s civil war led to…
Opinion
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Asian nations surged ahead economically through strategic statecraft and visionary leadership, while Africa's leaders, both autocratic and democratic, failed to transform inherited colonial economies.…
Asian nations surged ahead economically through strategic statecraft and visionary leadership, while Africa's leaders, both autocratic and democratic, failed to transform inherited colonial economies.…
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Since the Donald Trump administration declared a pause on American foreign aid, the howl from African capitals has been deafening. But despite the cruelty of the new American agenda, the onus is on the African elite who have failed to create sustainable livelihoods for our people, 70 years on.…
Since the Donald Trump administration declared a pause on American foreign aid, the howl from African capitals has been deafening. But despite the cruelty of the new American agenda, the onus is on the African elite who have failed to create sustainable livelihoods for our people, 70 years on.…
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A major factor that distinguishes the South African liberation Struggle from that of Palestine was the support the SA movement received from the larger Arab and African communities.
As South Africa celebrated 30 years since the end of apartheid in April, the Israeli version of this cruel system is…
A major factor that distinguishes the South African liberation Struggle from that of Palestine was the support the SA movement received from the larger Arab and African communities.
As South Africa celebrated 30 years since the end of apartheid in April, the Israeli version of this cruel system is…