Monday 17 August 2026
Faisal Ali is a journalist. He can be reached at X/Twitter.
Articles by the Author
Analysis
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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.…
Analysis
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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.…
Interviews
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As crises multiply from Sudan to Yemen, Federico Donelli makes the case for seeing the Red Sea as a one interconnected region shaped by fluid alliances and the decline of old hierarchies.…
As crises multiply from Sudan to Yemen, Federico Donelli makes the case for seeing the Red Sea as a one interconnected region shaped by fluid alliances and the decline of old hierarchies.…
Analysis
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Across the Red Sea, rival powers are entrenching conflict and remaking political order in the Horn.…
Across the Red Sea, rival powers are entrenching conflict and remaking political order in the Horn.…
Interviews
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Somalia’s former national security advisor, Hussein Sheikh-Ali, speaks to Geeska about Houthi cooperation with Al-Shabaab.…
Somalia’s former national security advisor, Hussein Sheikh-Ali, speaks to Geeska about Houthi cooperation with Al-Shabaab.…
Culture
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Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling.…
Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling.…
Analysis
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Ten coups in five years have returned Africa’s soldiers to power. Cast as saviors against corrupt civilians, they now rule across the continent but history shows their promises rarely deliver.…
Ten coups in five years have returned Africa’s soldiers to power. Cast as saviors against corrupt civilians, they now rule across the continent but history shows their promises rarely deliver.…
Analysis
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Between 1989 and 1991, every government from Chad to Somalia collapsed. The region still grapples with the legacy of this tumultuous period.…
Between 1989 and 1991, every government from Chad to Somalia collapsed. The region still grapples with the legacy of this tumultuous period.…
Analysis
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Three decades on, Isaias Afwerki still rules Eritrea without elections. A secretive, brutal and unyielding leader, he has silently and methodically shaped the country in his image.…
Three decades on, Isaias Afwerki still rules Eritrea without elections. A secretive, brutal and unyielding leader, he has silently and methodically shaped the country in his image.…
Thoughts
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As Somalia's first modern president to build and sustain a mythology around himself, Barre promised to rescue the country, but his myths became the trap.…
As Somalia's first modern president to build and sustain a mythology around himself, Barre promised to rescue the country, but his myths became the trap.…