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Population: 16.5m
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Battle rages around the capital

Al Shabaab’s massive offensive in February may have failed, but the news isn’t uniformly positive for Mogadishu

Al Shabaab is still fighting a massive offensive it launched on 19 February to take over Middle Shabelle, the area where the federal government in Mogadishu has had...

Islamic State may claw back big losses in Puntland

Garowe claims victory over Da’ish but the Jihadists are firmly established and can support operations across the region

After nearly two months of hard fighting, the Puntland authorities have announced they expect their campaign against Islamic State in Somalia to conclude successfully. The Islamic State (IS...

Unity preserved but security lost

The damage caused by Ethiopia’s MoU has receded but political prospects are poor and morale in the national security forces is at rock bottom

If there are prospects for an upturn in 2025, it’s only because security, morale and international coherence could hardly have been worse in 2024. Ethiopia fractured the international...

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Row over troop numbers jeopardises AU mission 

The peacekeeping operation faces uncertainty after Burundi refuses to participate because of personnel allocation cuts

The fate of the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is in doubt after Burundi announced that it would refuse to participate because its...

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Hargeisa faces new pressures

After Irro’s victory, the government must respond to demands on corruption and jobs as it tries to hold the territory together

The decisive victory for Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro with 64% in the 13 November presidential elections should be seen as the culmination of two years of politicking during...

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Defence Minister insists Ethiopia not be part of new AU mission

The regional dispute is escalating as Mogadishu says Ethiopian troops are not welcome and have been excluded from the peacekeeping operation

Somalia’s Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur has insisted that Ethiopia will not participate in a new African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission which is set to begin in January...

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Middle powers line up behind Addis and Mogadishu

Egypt and Somalia have signed a military pact to scupper Ethiopia’s trade-off with Somaliland for a port in the Gulf of Aden

Nothing better illustrates the radical shift in regional relations than the defence agreement signed by Egypt and the Federal Government of Somalia on 14 August, two days after...

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Al Shabaab adaptability causes alarm

On 2 August at 9.50pm at Lido Beach, Al Shabaab launched its deadliest attack in Mogadishu since two car-bombs claimed 121 lives and hundreds of casualties in the...

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