Fact-Checks

Inside the Battle That Has Put Somalia’s Military Strategy Under Scrutiny

Declassified National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The battle near Jameeca on Monday, 26 October, has raised urgent questions about the planning and execution of Operation Banooda, a...

Somalia’s Investigative News Platform Baaritaan Targeted in Facebook Page Hack

Declassified Staff Reporter -
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Baaritaan, Somalia’s first investigative news platform's Facebook page, was hacked on 10 October, raising renewed concerns about digital attacks against independent...
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Decoding the Doolow Strike: Somalia’s Political War Takes to the Skies

Declassified National Correspondent -
DOOLOW, Somalia — Just before midnight on Thursday, an explosion ripped through the home of General Mahad Abdirahman Adan,...

Somalia’s Dangerous Minefield: How the Terrorism Label Became Political Ammunition

Fact-Checks National Correspondent -
BAIDOA, Somalia — The political and security crisis unfolding in Somalia’s South West State is increasingly being fought through...

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...

Somalia’s Federal Crisis Moves From Political Dispute to Street Fighting

Fact-Checks National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Heavy fighting in Baidoa on Monday has transformed Somalia’s unresolved constitutional dispute into another armed confrontation over...

Somalia’s Thief-or-Liar Presidency: A Fight Over Land, Money and Power

Fact-Checks National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Which is worse for a country: a politician who steals its money or one who deceives...

“The Shoreline Strategy”: Understanding America’s Quiet Shift in Somalia

Fact-Checks National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU - For more than three decades, the United States approached Somalia as a state-building project: strengthen the federal...
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