South Africa's xenophobia storm

Living on the Edge: The Somali Struggle in South Africa’s Xenophobia Storm

Today, the Somali dream in South Africa is increasingly being written in blood.

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Borama and the May 18 Commemoration

Awdal’s Fault Lines: How May 18 Exposed Somaliland’s Deepest Crisis

Awdal is at war with itself—but the battlefield is generational. On one side stand the youth protesters who took to Borama’s streets on May 17, tearing down Somaliland’s flag…

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Halane Talks Collapse

Somalia’s Term-Limit Crisis and Collapse of the Halane Talks

or the third time in a decade, Somalia stands at a perilous political crossroads. On May 15, 2026, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s four-year mandate officially expired…

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Farmaajo’s Return to the Spotlight

The Discreet Nationalist: Farmaajo’s Return to the Spotlight

In a rare and revealing sit-down in late April 2026, Somalia’s 9th President, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed—better known as Farmaajo—broke his silence.

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The Mogadishu Standoff

The Mogadishu Standoff: A Republic on the Brink

What began as a protest against land grabbing by those close to power and forced evictions quickly turned into a referendum on the presidency itself.

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The African solution against terror menace

The African Solution: Why Somalia Is Looking to Burkina Faso to Fight Terror

The written message from Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to Burkina Faso’s interim leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, was brief but urgent: We face the same enemy. Let’s fight it together.

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Coordinated strike in Mali

The Coordinated Strike That Failed to Break Mali

On April 25, 2026, Mali faced its most complex security challenge in over a decade. Before dawn, explosions and heavy gunfire rippled across more than 1,000 kilometres of territory…

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Turkish ship Drilling Oil in Somalia

Turkey’s Somali Oil Gamble: Partnership or Paternalism?

As the Turkish drillship Çağrı Bey bores into a potential 10-billion-barrel well off Somalia’s coast—escorted by Turkish F-16s and frigates—a fierce debate erupts: Is this a strategic alliance, or a new form of dependency?

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Sudan’s War Without Borders

Sudan’s War Without Borders: Covert Alliances and a Shadow Conflict

As Sudan’s war enters its fourth year, what began as a hopeful popular uprising has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

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A civilization will die tonight

The Night Civilization Was Threatened

“A whole civilization will die tonight.” So spoke Trump the Barbarian. On April 7, after five weeks of relentless bombing campaigns over Iran, the U.S. president vowed to erase 93 million lives in a single night.

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