Somalia

  • Mar 11, 2022
  • 7 min read

Somalia faces political and security transition risks

As elections gather pace, elites are also grappling with the question of how to design a long-term security transition

Somalia
  • Jan 17, 2022
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Shallow reforms may ensure more Somali poll disputes

A new election deal has dampened an immediate crisis but changed little else

Somalia
  • Dec 29, 2021
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Risks will grow as Somali election disputes multiply

The president and prime minister are embroiled in a new battle for control over the contested electoral process

Somalia
  • Nov 22, 2021
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Somalia faces long and turbulent election season

Parliamentary elections have finally commenced in a protracted electoral season that promises still more chaos

Somalia
  • Sep 16, 2021
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Farmajo-Roble row may further disrupt Somali elections

The president and prime minister are embroiled in an escalating dispute, which has significant potential to spill over

Somalia
  • Aug 2, 2021
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Somalia’s peacekeeping transition faces dilemmas

With an AU mission supposed to end this year but the crisis still undiminished, stakeholders are revisiting their plans

Somalia
  • Jun 7, 2021
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New deal breathes life into Somalia’s election process

Somali elites have reached an agreement ending a long-running dispute that has delayed elections for months

Somalia
  • May 13, 2021
  • 7 min read

Al-Shabaab will entrench its gains in Somalia

The jihadist group is looking ever more comfortable, as domestic and international opposition to it unravels

Somalia