Somalia

  • Feb 21
  • 2 min read

Russian food exports will plateau this year

Exports from Russia’s agricultural sector this year are likely to remain at last year’s level of USD43.5bn

Russia
  • Jan 10
  • 7 min read

Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal may spur chain reaction

A controversial deal for an Ethiopian naval base on Somaliland's coast may have major domestic and regional implications

Ethiopia
  • Jan 3
  • 2 min read

Ethiopia-Somaliland port plan raises regional tensions

Ethiopia’s new port deal with Somaliland has drawn an angry reaction from Somalia

Ethiopia
  • Dec 7, 2023
  • 2 min read

Poll u-turn will ease tensions in Somalia’s Puntland

Puntland’s president has agreed to hold indirect elections instead of the direct elections he had favoured

Somalia
  • Nov 21, 2023
  • 7 min read

Puntland crisis underscores Somali election dilemmas

Tensions between clan politics and universal suffrage underpin an electoral crisis in Puntland

Somalia
  • Nov 15, 2023
  • 7 min read

Prospects for East Africa and the Great Lakes in 2024

After a relatively quieter year in 2023, the coming 12 months look set to pose renewed challenges across the region

East Africa
  • Nov 10, 2023
  • 2 min read

ATMIS delay offers Somalia some breathing room

The UN Security Council has agreed to delay the withdrawal of AU peacekeepers

Somalia
  • Oct 31, 2023
  • 7 min read

Somali economic reforms will extend beyond debt relief

The government continues to make slow progress on economic reforms, despite the many challenges the country faces

Somalia