Somalia

  • Feb 1, 2023
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Somalia regional security meeting may prove critical

Somalia is hosting a meeting of frontline states as it intensifies its offensive against jihadist group al-Shabaab

Somalia
  • Jan 17, 2023
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Somalia counterinsurgency push faces long-term test

A string of military successes has buoyed optimism around a major anti-jihadist offensive but some doubts remain

Somalia
  • Jan 11, 2023
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Puntland threat aims to pressure Somali president

Puntland state has said it will manage its affairs independently of the federal government

Somalia
  • Dec 14, 2022
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Somalia famine report will raise serious questions

A new report on food insecurity has stopped short of declaring a famine in Somalia

Somalia
  • Dec 12, 2022
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Reform progress will buoy Somalia’s economic outlook

New President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's economic policy has been surprisingly effective

Somalia
  • Dec 9, 2022
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Domestic troubles constrain Somalia-Somaliland talks

Somaliland’s leader has set tough conditions for the proposed resumption of talks with Somalia

Somalia
  • Dec 1, 2022
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Somaliland electoral crisis creates sequencing dilemma

A delay to the presidential poll has exacerbated an ongoing political crisis in the self-declared state

Somalia
  • Nov 14, 2022
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Prospects for East Africa and the Great Lakes in 2023

Political, economic and climate-related problems cloud the regional outlook, despite progress in some areas

East Africa