Power and Politics

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...

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...
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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...
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