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Somalia’s post-2012 settlement rested on an agreed provisional constitution. The events of March, May, and June 2026 indicate that this rulebook has fractured, leaving the country in it is most dangerous constitutional crisis to date.…
Somalia’s post-2012 settlement rested on an agreed provisional constitution. The events of March, May, and June 2026 indicate that this rulebook has fractured, leaving the country in it is most dangerous constitutional crisis to date.…
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Military capture, institutional exclusion, regional conflict spillover, and collapsing national legitimacy are pushing Chad toward a dangerous phase of fragmentation that threatens both state survival and broader Sahel stability.…
Military capture, institutional exclusion, regional conflict spillover, and collapsing national legitimacy are pushing Chad toward a dangerous phase of fragmentation that threatens both state survival and broader Sahel stability.…
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Clan-based networks and informal systems preserved stability, but now constrain economic mobility. Somaliland’s next chapter, argues SayidAli Ahmed, depends on cultivating talent, expanding technical education, and building inclusive institutions.…
Clan-based networks and informal systems preserved stability, but now constrain economic mobility. Somaliland’s next chapter, argues SayidAli Ahmed, depends on cultivating talent, expanding technical education, and building inclusive institutions.…
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Abiy Ahmed’s pursuit of maritime access has reshaped Ethiopia’s regional posture, revived tensions with neighboring countries, and increasingly strained relations with Eritrea -- pushing the region closer to a period of dangerous instability.…
Abiy Ahmed’s pursuit of maritime access has reshaped Ethiopia’s regional posture, revived tensions with neighboring countries, and increasingly strained relations with Eritrea -- pushing the region closer to a period of dangerous instability.…
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A Somali ethnographer’s fieldwork among her own community reveals that insiderhood is not always a source of trust, but often a site of scrutiny, negotiation, and doubt.…
A Somali ethnographer’s fieldwork among her own community reveals that insiderhood is not always a source of trust, but often a site of scrutiny, negotiation, and doubt.…
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Elected on an anti-tribalism platform, Hargeisa’s mayor, Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge, faces the challenge of avoiding the very clan-based tactics he once opposed. …
Elected on an anti-tribalism platform, Hargeisa’s mayor, Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge, faces the challenge of avoiding the very clan-based tactics he once opposed. …
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Somalia’s election crisis now converges with a deeper institutional fracture, raising the specter of fragmentation, conflict, and a post-federal future.…
Somalia’s election crisis now converges with a deeper institutional fracture, raising the specter of fragmentation, conflict, and a post-federal future.…
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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…
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How the post-2018 optimism in Ethiopia–Sudan relations gave way to renewed rivalry, driven by border disputes, Nile politics, Sudan’s civil war, and the competing influence of Gulf powers within a regional security complex where domestic instability rarely remains contained.…
How the post-2018 optimism in Ethiopia–Sudan relations gave way to renewed rivalry, driven by border disputes, Nile politics, Sudan’s civil war, and the competing influence of Gulf powers within a regional security complex where domestic instability rarely remains contained.…
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The UK government claims Sudanese students are exploiting its generosity. The data suggests otherwise — revealing instead how statistics, stripped of context, can justify policies that punish those fleeing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.…
The UK government claims Sudanese students are exploiting its generosity. The data suggests otherwise — revealing instead how statistics, stripped of context, can justify policies that punish those fleeing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.…
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