Tag: Mogadishu

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...

Special Report: Unpacking the Politics of Electoral Predetermination in Somalia

Declassified Staff Reporter -
MOGADISHU - By every outward appearance, Somalia is entering another electoral cycle. In reality, the country's most consequential political...

Exclusive: How Villa Somalia quietly redrew the military chain of command

Declassified National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU — President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has ordered several Somali National Army battalions stationed in and around Mogadishu to...

Report: Somalia’s Future Hinges on Managing a “New Political Order”

English News National Correspondent -
MOGADISHU — Somalia's protracted electoral dispute is often framed as a constitutional disagreement over whether the country should transition...

Exclusive: Somalia’s Billion-Dollar Public Land Controversy

Declassified Staff Reporter -
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s fragile state-building project has long depended on one central challenge: transforming public institutions in a country...

Three Visions, One Nation: Somalia’s Election Debate Enters a Defining Phase

English News Staff Reporter -
MOGADISHU — Somalia's long-running debate over how to conduct its first nationwide direct elections in decades has entered a...

Somalia’s New Penal Code: A Reform Project or a Constitutional Flashpoint?

Fact-Checks Staff Reporter -
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s attempt to replace its decades-old criminal justice framework has become the latest arena in a much...

Inside the Turkey–Somalia Alliance: Power, Politics, Ports and Petroleum

English News Staff Reporter -
MOGADISHU/ANKARA — Few bilateral relationships in Africa have transformed as dramatically over the past fifteen years as that between...

Inside Al-Shabaab’s DNA: Inside Two Decades of Organizational Evolution

Declassified Staff Reporter -
MOGADISHU, Somalia — For nearly two decades, Somalia's battle against al-Shabaab has been measured in familiar metrics: territory retaken,...