Vol 57 No 12 | KENYASOMALIA Stand-off over Dadaab 10th June 2016 Refugee experts and diplomats are divided on whether Kenya is serious about its stated intention to close down the huge Dadaab refugee camp in November, Africa Confidential is told...
Vol 57 No 10 | SOMALIA US comes to struggling Amisom's aid 5th May 2016 The African Union member countries are at odds, leaving US air power – and some propaganda – to make up for military failures The international coalition against Al Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen has been relying recently on a war of words – as well as United States drones and Special Forces – to keep u...
Vol 57 No 5 | SOMALIA Amisom struggles 4th March 2016 A funding gap and a string of defeats head a long list of problems for the African alliance fighting Islamist militants The health of the African Union Mission in Somalia is still in question after the leaders of the troop-contributing countries ended a crucial summit on its financing and its future...
Vol 57 No 2 | SOMALIA Al Shabaab sees off Da'ish 22nd January 2016 Al Qaida's loyalists ruthlessly purged the militia of Da'ish sympathisers after they tried to take over For many Somali government officials, the recent visit by a senior British general confirmed what many already knew: sticking to the Western agenda of security fears earns more res...
Vol 57 No 1 | SOMALIA Division all around 8th January 2016 Special interests hamper the federal project, while a split in Al Shabaab threatens devastating consequences for Kenya This was supposed to be the year Somalia moved to a national electoral register and elected a president. Instead, the scene is set for rising tension among the 'regional entities' ...
Vol 56 No 24 | SOMALIA The Brits are coming 4th December 2015 Curiosity is growing as to why business people close to the Conservative Party are so interested in such an unstable part of the world Somalia has long been seen as too risky for even the hardiest foreign investors but now a new band of British money-men, adventurers and politicians is setting up shop there. A for...
Vol 56 No 23 | SOMALIA The who and the how of the presidency 6th November 2015 Politicians gathered to agree how to choose the next president, while ISIS failed in a bid to take over Al Shabaab Somalia's political elite has been trying to come up with a credible formula for choosing a new President next year. On 20 October, they gathered to thrash out options and after so...
Vol 56 No 22 | SOMALIA The oil and the spoils 6th November 2015 The quest for oil is hotting up and fuelling tension between Mogadishu and Puntland. A proposed moratorium may not cool tempers Neither the whiff of scandal nor the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in Britain into the activities of the UK company Soma Oil and Gas have dampened investor enthus...
Vol 56 No 20 | SOMALIA Amisom loses friends 8th October 2015 Once a shining example of what regional cooperation can achieve, Amisom has now fallen victim to the region’s shifting geopolitics The African Union Mission in Somalia is suffering a crisis of confidence and a loss of purpose. After only a year in charge, the head of Amisom and AU Special Representative for So...
Vol 56 No 18 | SOMALIA Amisom on defensive 10th September 2015 Ethiopian forces and Somali National Army units have retreated to more easily defended positions after the devastating attack on an African Union Mission in Somalia base, sources i...
