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How Houthis are restructuring Somali politics
On September 12, the Houthis arrived on Mayun -- also known as Perim -- the island that guards the mouth of the Bab el-Mandab Strait, after sweeping southward along Yemen's Red Sea coast. Their strategic foothold menaces a chokepoint through which roughly 12 percent of the world's trade by volume transits. Riyadh has solicited US assistance; Washington has pledged intelligence support, but has not yet committed to any direct action.
Somalia: A New Way Forward Is Needed for Somalia
Mogadishu — If donors are to salvage their sizable investments in Somalia, a shift in strategy is urgently needed. Somalia is at a defining moment. Decades of investment in state-building is threatened by a fragmented political landscape, underfunding of the African Union's military shield, and a humanitarian system running on fumes. The future of the AU's peace enforcement mission is a particular worry.
A new way forward is needed for Somalia
Republish this article Somalia is at a defining moment. Decades of investment in state-building is threatened by a fragmented political landscape, underfunding of the African Union’s military shield, and a humanitarian system running on fumes. The future of the AU’s peace enforcement mission is a particular worry. The almost two-decade deployment was supposed to transition to Somali ownership of its security future.
Crisis cada vez más graves en el Cuerno de África: ¿déficit de liderazgo?
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Gulf soft power in the Horn: competition vs cooperation
As the Horn battles to stem regional conflict, Gulf soft power fortifies itself amid dwindling Western influence. The Horn of Africa is undergoing unprecedented turbulence as political crises ripple through the region. The upheaval has cast attention yet again on the interventions of Gulf states and their allies in the Horn.
Little to Show for Kenya’s Ten-Year Military Foray into Somalia
The peace and safety that were the raison d’être of the Kenya Defence Forces’ incursion into Somalia are nowhere in sight a decade after the first boots marched in. By Samira Gaid In early October 2011, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia was coming to grips with an evolving al-Shabaab that had just conducted the country’s most deadly suicide bombing at the time.
Little to Show for Kenya’s Ten-Year Military Foray Into Somalia
Three great factors are coming together to constitute what may be a whole new, and final chapter in the book of horrors that have been visited on the African people since the birth of Western European capitalism. If Native Africans do not begin to think very deeply about what this is going to mean for what is left of them, in terms of their livelihoods and ways of living, then the recent past will seem like a small piece of paradise.
Towards Democratization in Somalia More Than Meets the Eye
Sunday, 08 August 2021 06:10 GMT Remember Me Forgot Username or Password Towards Democratization in Somalia More Than Meets the Eye Date 8/8/2021 1:11:29 PM (MENAFN - SomTribune) Elections in Somalia have yet again been delayed, barely a month after the country agreed on a timetable for the much-anticipated polls and months after the end of the current president's mandate and the expiry of the parliament's term.
Towards Democratization in Somalia - More Than Meets the Eye
During thunderstorms in Kampala the rainwater comes rushing down the hillsides in torrents, through clogged drainage ditches and silty channels, inundating the valleys with sudden floods. The rich make their homes on the hilltops, where the rain runs off their paved compounds. The poor crowd into the wetlands, in one-roomed mizigo rentals sometimes built with small brick walls around the doorway, to hold back the impending tide.
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