On the parched plains of Somaliland, the latest victim of the drought is not even old enough to have a name. By local tradition, a sheep ought to have been slaughtered to name Khadra Saaed’s baby boy, but none...
Somalia and Eritrea Monitering Group( SEMG) submitted a comprehensive report to the UN; accused Somali Federal Government(SFG) to support terrorist group Alshabab.
SEMG said in a statement that the Somali government has failed to contain the arms control of traders and...
Reports from the self-clan regional administration of Puntland in Somalia say plans are underway to deploy 2000 militants from Majerten clan to Kismayo to help the Ogadeni militants, who recently captured the city with the support of Ogaden men...
Somalia/Eritrea Monitoring Group's (SEMG's) 2018 reports on Somalia and Eritrea, which have recently been made public. While the SEMG's reporting on Eritrea was very much eclipsed by the (positive) political developments in the region, the Somalia report is the...
Thirty years ago, the US-backed Somali government slaughtered an estimated 200,000 people. Now survivors want US help uncovering the crimes.
By Ismail Einashe and Matt Kennard
On a hot and humid June afternoon, a group of boys wearing FC Barcelona jerseys kicked around a...
“Men may promise more in a day than they will fulfil in a year”. In the previous talks many pledges (secondary ones though) were taken but with discontented outcomes.
Rumours about the resumption of Somalia - Somaliland talks, stalled since...
By Hassan Mohamed
Revenge killings are a common feature amongst nomads everywhere in the world, including Somalia's myriad clans that often fuelling a complex web of the unstoppable circle of violence.
In the past few weeks, such clan feud has left...
The Secret History of Al-Qaeda’s Most Powerful Ally by Harun Maruf and Dan Joseph
by Liban Obsiye
Saturday, December 15, 2018
This is one of those rare books that simply focuses on the subject from the beginning and keeps readers captivated. There is...
Somalia, easternmost country of Africa, on the Horn of Africa. It extends from just south of the Equator northward to the Gulf of Aden and occupies an important geopolitical position between sub-Saharan Africa and the countries of Arabia and...
Neil Hodgson
Spectrum Geo Ltd.
As Somalia announces plans to open its first offshore exploration license round in 1Q 2017, explorers analyzing new seismic data have recognized the potential of finding reserves to match those of its neighbors in East Africa....