- Vol 54 No 10
- 10th May 2013
This year’s conference was more about pledging funds for reconstruction
than summoning the world to applaud a stunning success
- Vol 54 No 9
- 26th April 2013
The follow-up to the 2012 London Conference on Somalia should be ‘a substantial conference with substantial outcomes’, said a senior British diplomat of the second London gathering, due on 7 May. Progress was praised but the deteriorating security situa...
- Vol 54 No 8
- 12th April 2013
Local elections were meant to be a first democratic step but the territory’s leaders fear they could threaten stability
- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
The head of the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency, General Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, quit on 25 March amid growing fears about security in Mogadishu. The capital suffered its most serious terrorist incident in months on 18 March, when ten peopl...
- Vol 54 No 2
- 18th January 2013
New international forces like Qatar and President Hassan’s assertion of his independence are changing the balance of power
- Vol 54 No 2
- 18th January 2013
The raid by French Special Forces on 11 January on the place where Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen was believed to be holding a French intelligence officer may have been a trap, according both to sources familiar with the history of his abduction in 20...
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
The government came in on a wave of optimism but will find it tough to
maintain momentum. Al Shabaab is on the back foot but not defeated
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
Somaliland’s success story will come under growing regional pressure in 2013, partly because of developments in neighbouring Somalia. The key issue for Somaliland remains diplomatic recognition as a nation state. That seems as far away as ever despite the...
- Vol 53 No 24
- 30th November 2012
Indian Ocean piracy is down, thanks to naval patrols, armed guards and ‘panic rooms’, but the law governing ship protection is murky
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
After a long delay the new President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, finally appointed a prime minister and a cabinet, all of them drawn from a tight circle of family, friends and his most trusted political allies. He risked appearing elitist and non-inclusive be...