Somalia

  • Apr 1, 2019
  • 2 min read

Somalia security shake-up will not ease major deficits

Facing rising security challenges, the government has announced new operations and reshuffled military leaders

Somalia
  • Mar 29, 2019
  • 2 min read

Jihadist bombings expose weak Somali security sector

Militant group al-Shabaab appears to be undertaking a major bombing campaign in the capital

Somalia
  • Mar 28, 2019
  • 7 min read

Somali oil and gas potential faces institutional gaps

Somalia hopes to attract interest in its oil sector but the investment environment still looks perilous

Somalia
  • Mar 27, 2019
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Kenya’s Somali refugee stance will inflame tensions

Somali refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp once again face pressure to return amid political tensions

Kenya
  • Mar 20, 2019
  • 2 min read

US-Somalia casualty denial will boost al-Shabaab

The US air war in Somalia is accelerating, but it rejects claims of any resulting civilian casualties

Somalia
  • Mar 12, 2019
  • 8 min read

AMISOM faces challenging Somalia withdrawal

The AU peacekeeping mission is planning its departure from Somalia but hard realities complicate its strategy

Somalia
  • Mar 7, 2019
  • 7 min read

Kenya-Somalia maritime border feud will fester

Oil ambitions are inflaming a long-running border dispute between the East African nations

Kenya
  • Feb 22, 2019
  • 2 min read

Burundi’s Somalia threat may ring hollow

Angered by the reduction of its troops in the AU Mission in Somalia, Burundi is threatening a full withdrawal

Burundi