Analysis
What is wrong with Somalia’s ailing public sector?
Somalia, a nation scarred by decades of instability, is on a long and challenging journey towards recovery. The enduring turmoil has not ...A year on, Somalia is keen to wrap up ‘all-out’ offensive against Al-Shabaab in Galmudug
It has been a year since the first phase of the “all-out” offensive against Al-Shabaab commenced in Somalia’s central regions. With the ...Coastline Exploration leads new charge on Somalia oil and gas
There has been renewed interest in exploration plays in Somalia, one of the final frontiers for global oil and gas development, with ...Inside Hassan Sheikh’s ‘big tent’ strategy to crush al-Shabaab
By Peter Kagwanja Chief Executive Africa Policy Institute “Men do not shape destiny, destiny produces the man for the hour,” said Fidel ...“We will eliminate them:” Jubaland state gears for offensive against Al-Shabaab
On March 1, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was warmly received in Kismayo, the interim seat of Jubbaland state, by the regional state’s ...Somalia’s South West state braces for offensive against Al-Shabaab
On Nov. 23, Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre stated that since the formation of his government, the Somali National Army (SNA) ...Election deadlock may push Somaliland towards uncertainty
In recent years, Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has been hailed as a beacon of democracy in the Horn of Africa region. ...Somalia on edge of famine amid offensive against Al-Shabaab
Thousands of people have died in Somalia since January 2021 when the drought in the country began. At least1.5 million children under ...‘Enough is Enough’: Somali local clans’ revolt against Al-Shabaab
Al-Shabaab is on the back foot. A string of coordinated operations between the Somali government forces and armed local clans, commonly known ...Why a Taliban-style takeover of Somalia by Al-Shabaab is farfetched?
More than a year has passed since the Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan. At the time, TV screens were full of chaotic ...
