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Vol 66 No 25

Published 19th December 2025


Somalia

Mogadishu’s strategy in limbo as rumour mills whirr

Trial balloons, rumours and back-channel traffic offer pointers to the strategic future of the country as foreign allies take up their own positions

The air is thick with contradictory indicators about Somalia’s future, from online warnings that Mogadishu is about to be overrun by Al Shabaab through to media articles saying Qatar has brought the jihadists to the negotiating table in a repeat of its diplomatic role in the endgames in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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