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Essential Geopolitics: Somalia’s Security Outlook
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia is expected to withdraw its troops from the Horn of Africa nation by December 2024. They have been carrying out (more…)
Somalia Ambassador Lauds Ethiopia’s Commitment to Combating Terrorist Al-Shabab
Somalia Ambassador to Ethiopia, Abdullahi Mohamed Warfa, has lauded the dedication and commitment of the Government of Ethiopia in eliminating Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab is a terrorist group that has been trying to destabilize the Horn of Africa region, notably Somalia. (more…)
WAR MURTIYYED MUHIM AH
Waxaan 11kii iyo 12kii bishii Luuliyo ee sannadkan ka qayb galnay shir uu madaxwaynaha Jamhuuriyadda Fedaraalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ku casuumay mas’uuliyiinta magacyadoodu hoos ku qoran yihiin. Ujeeddada shirkaas waxa ay ahayd in laga tashado talo soo jeedintii Golaha Wadatashiga Qaran (GWQ) ee ku taariikhaysnayd 27.05.2023. (more…)
Somalia: Imminent Floods – DREF Operation, Appeal MDRSO016
In July, ICPAC issued the seasonal forecast alerting on the El Nino phenomenon that will be coupled with the effect of Indian ocean. The effect of El NiNO as per the past is usually higher in Eastern and Southern countries. In the East, the most impacted following the forecast include...
Climate change forcing Somali families to the brink
Asha Abdi Omar, a mother of eight children, has lost many of the goats she depends on for a living to drought and is now struggling with water shortage in a village in southern Somalia’s Bakool region. (more…)
African Union endorses Somalia’s peacekeepers drawdown pause request
Amid military setbacks, Mogadishu asks for pause to African Union's 2nd-phase troop drawdown of 3,000 peacekeepers from Somalia (more…)
Somalia: Brief: Laas Caanood Vulnerability Assessment For People With Disabilities and Elderly People, May 2023
KEY MESSAGES• People with disabilities and elderly people displaced from Laas Caanood report limited access to basic needs like food, safe water, and shelter. Secondary sources suggest this struggle extends to many others facing displacement from the same region. (more…)
Somaliland rejects talk of unification with Somalia after Museveni comment
Somaliland says it has no plans to discuss unity with Somalia despite the willingness of Uganda’s president to act as mediator. (more…)
Unstoppable Africa Wants Respect, Not Charity, From Global Powers.
African leaders are tired of being considered second tier and want a real seat at the table at the UN and a say in international affairs. That is the message from the latest session of the United Nations. (more…)