- Vol 52 No 22
- 4th November 2011
Kenya’s military incursion into Somalia is less than a month old but is already the subject of contradictory statements by the government and its Western allies. Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen is under threat from the Kenya Armed Forces and their alli...
- Vol 52 No 22
- 4th November 2011
Kenya’s confusion over its war aims proceeds in part from deep divisions within the elites and the fact that key actors support different Somali forces who have nothing in common except opposition to Al Shabaab.
- Vol 52 No 21
- 21st October 2011
After chasing kidnappers across the border, the Kenyan army is digging in for the longer term in Somalia
- Vol 52 No 20
- 7th October 2011
Little appears to connect the UN-brokered road map for political reconciliation with the ambitions of Al Shabaab or Western strategists
- Vol 52 No 17
- 26th August 2011
The drought has weakened the Islamist militia only temporarily and the political threat to the region is as serious as ever
- Vol 52 No 17
- 26th August 2011
Officers of the Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen killed January-July 2011. A tentative list; the full number may reach 50.
- Vol 52 No 16
- 5th August 2011
People starve, aid is inadequate, relief agencies are spurned and the region’s insecurities fester
- Vol 52 No 12
- 10th June 2011
The cash that Arab states are offering Somali politicians is doing little for regional stability
- Vol 52 No 9
- 29th April 2011
Pirates in the Horn are stepping up operations and threatening more ships but the international response looks weak and divided
- Vol 52 No 9
- 29th April 2011
Signs that piracy is getting worse are numerous and stark. They include
higher ransoms, longer detentions of vessels and crews, and the use of
more and often larger mother ships, leading to seizures over a vastly
greater area. Violence is now more fr...