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STATE DEPARTMENT — Talks between Sudan’s warring factions will resume Thursday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a focus on securing access for humanitarian aid to reach beleaguered civilians, according to senior U.S. State Department officials. The United States and Saudi Arabia have brokered multiple cease-fires between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid...

Abyi Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, has been in the spotlight recently due to his remarks about acquiring sea access by force, which has triggered strong opposition in Somalia.  To fully understand the controversy surrounding Abyi Ahmed’s comments, it is important to consider the historical context between Ethiopia and Somalia. Both countries have a...

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group has accused the country’s army of “air-bombing the French embassy” in the capital city. In a long post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the RSF said the alleged bombing caused “substantial damage to the facility”. “The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) vehemently denounces the indiscriminate aerial attack on...

A Kenyan court on Tuesday extended an order barring the government from deploying hundreds of police officers to Haiti on a UN-backed mission aiming to pacify the troubled Caribbean nation. The ruling came a day after the United Nations warned that security in Haiti, where violent gangs control large swathes of the country, has collapsed...

Israeli authorities barred Palestinians from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem for the second Friday in a row. An official with the Waqf Department in Jerusalem told Anadolu that Israeli police only allowed Palestinians over the age of 65 into the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The official, who preferred not to be named, added that...

Ilhan Omar, a Muslim US representative, said she fears for her family’s safety after receiving an onslaught of threats for criticizing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. The Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota opened up in a statement about the increase in Islamophobic remarks and threats she has received, including threats directed at her family. NBC News first...

Somalia and partners say leadership wrangles within the militant group offer an opportunity to annihilate the extremists. But it may take more than just targeting its leadership. This week, the US government offered up to $5 million to anyone with information that could aid the arrest of Abukar Ali Adan, a leader in the Somali...

WASHINGTON — A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at a security post outside Somalia’s capital Saturday, killing at least six security personnel and injuring seven others, a security official and residents told VOA Somali. Militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the early-morning attack, in which the bomber drove a car packed with explosives into...

Background Geographically, the southwest of Somalia is composed of six regions that were originally known as the “Alta-Juba regions.” However, they have been split into two states as a result of politically induced drives. The Digil and Mirifle clans are the first Somali community to advocate for federalism. In the 1940s, the Hizbi Digil and...

Former CIA director David Petraeus has warned that a ground offensive in Gaza “could be Mogadishu on steroids very quickly.” Speaking to POLITICO’s Power Play podcast the former US general said if the Hamas fighters are as creative in defence as they were when they staged the attack on Israel bases on 7 October “then...