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Meet Liiban Shuluq, Somalia’s New Galmudug President With a Complex Past

English News National Correspondent -
DHUSAMAREB, Somalia — Liiban Ahmed Hassan, widely known as Liiban Shuluq, has been elected president of Galmudug, placing a businessman with deep roots in...

Exclusive: Public Land, Private Power — Inside Somalia’s Capital Land Grab

English News National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Disputed land transfers and forced evictions in Mogadishu are weakening public confidence in Somalia’s government and creating risks for national stability,...
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Somalia’s Baidoa Crisis Is Testing the Boundaries of Foreign Military Power

English News National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU — Baidoa, the capital of Somalia’s South West State, has become the latest test of whether foreign security...

The Red Sea’s New Fault Line: Why Somalia Is in the Houthi Crosshairs

English News National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Houthi movement’s capture of Yemen’s Red Sea port of Mokha and its advance onto Perim Island,...

Weapons, Money and Training: Inside the Houthi-Al-Shabaab Nexus

English News National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Yemen's Houthi movement and Somalia's al-Shabaab militant group have deepened cooperation across the Gulf of Aden, raising...

The Double Game in Mogadishu: Al-Shabaab Contacts and the Fight for Power

Declassified National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s fight against Al-Shabaab is entering a dangerous new phase. An investigation published on Tuesday by Africa...

The TikTok Diplomacy: How Beijing Is Recruiting Somali Voices

Declassified National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU — China is expanding its campaign to shape public opinion in Somalia beyond diplomatic meetings, development projects and...

Exclusive: U.N. Report Traces an Al-Shabaab Trail From Somalia to Afghanistan

English News Staff Reporter -
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A small number of Al-Shabaab fighters have traveled from Somalia to Afghanistan, according to a new...
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