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In the waning moments of the 1980s, Somalia’s flame of civil democracy had been extinguished, replaced by the embers of military socialism. As armed tribal groups began to rise, the nation’s fragile structures collapsed by 1991, leaving these groups to claim the remnants. Those of my generation bore witness to a series of harrowing events,...

SOUTH-WEST STATE, Somalia – Weeks turned into months, and still the rains never came. As the drought in Somalia scorches the land, the chances for a family’s survival wither and die like crops and livestock, forcing them to search for lifelines elsewhere.   In February, Hodan Khalif*, 14, moved to an internally displaced camp (IDP)...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands. NATO member Turkey condemned the civilian deaths caused by Hamas’s Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel, but also urged Israeli...

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...