Saturday 5 September 2026
conflict
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Renewed fighting in western Tigray has intensified fears of a return to large-scale conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan forces. The clashes began near Shererina, close to Sheraro and the Sudanese border, and represent one of the gravest challenges to the Pretoria peace…
Renewed fighting in western Tigray has intensified fears of a return to large-scale conflict between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan forces. The clashes began near Shererina, close to Sheraro and the Sudanese border, and represent one of the gravest challenges to the Pretoria peace…
Analysis
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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.…
Current
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Five leading famine, conflict and humanitarian specialists have warned that the Greater Horn of Africa could descend into a major regional emergency during the second half of 2026 and into 2027. They say a strengthening El Niño, disruptions to food and fertiliser markets, epidemic threats and…
Five leading famine, conflict and humanitarian specialists have warned that the Greater Horn of Africa could descend into a major regional emergency during the second half of 2026 and into 2027. They say a strengthening El Niño, disruptions to food and fertiliser markets, epidemic threats and…
Analysis
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The post-colonial settlement has left Africa vulnerable to conflict, external pressure, and intellectual dependency. What comes next?…
The post-colonial settlement has left Africa vulnerable to conflict, external pressure, and intellectual dependency. What comes next?…
Analysis
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For over a year, South Sudan’s economy has stalled due to the halt in oil exports, the main source of government revenue. With oil exports now resuming, does this signal a return to normality?…
For over a year, South Sudan’s economy has stalled due to the halt in oil exports, the main source of government revenue. With oil exports now resuming, does this signal a return to normality?…
Analysis
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For more than a decade, leaders in Jubaland have resisted the imposition of federal authority. This has been detrimental to Jubaland, but it has also undermined the extension of the federal project. …
For more than a decade, leaders in Jubaland have resisted the imposition of federal authority. This has been detrimental to Jubaland, but it has also undermined the extension of the federal project. …
Thoughts
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Borama is a city renowned for its outsized role in Somali education and for the brilliant minds that have passed through its institutes. But distant clan conflicts have led some in the city to leave, fearing for their safety.…
Borama is a city renowned for its outsized role in Somali education and for the brilliant minds that have passed through its institutes. But distant clan conflicts have led some in the city to leave, fearing for their safety.…
Analysis
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Several reports and analytical articles have been circulating, alleging possible ties between Israel and Somaliland. Suhaib Mahmoud traces how these claims have moved from the fringes to the mainstream. …
Several reports and analytical articles have been circulating, alleging possible ties between Israel and Somaliland. Suhaib Mahmoud traces how these claims have moved from the fringes to the mainstream. …
Opinion
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Somaliland’s leaders often tout the nation’s peace and stability in an otherwise volatile region. Yet beyond the rhetoric, corruption, economic inequality, and political decay are eroding its foundations.
At the height of Britain’s winter of discontent in January 1979, Labour prime minister…
Somaliland’s leaders often tout the nation’s peace and stability in an otherwise volatile region. Yet beyond the rhetoric, corruption, economic inequality, and political decay are eroding its foundations.
At the height of Britain’s winter of discontent in January 1979, Labour prime minister…
Opinion
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Ethiopia has long exerted significant influence across Somalia, but the issues surrounding the Somaliland memorandum have brought a future conflict around its influence into the present, raising important questions about the type of country we want to be.
As President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud…
Ethiopia has long exerted significant influence across Somalia, but the issues surrounding the Somaliland memorandum have brought a future conflict around its influence into the present, raising important questions about the type of country we want to be.
As President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud…
