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Somalia

Musa Bihi Abdi isolated over the Emirates military base

The Somaliland president has been unable to wrap up a deal on the UAE base, and members of his own government are now starting to defy him…

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2018

Why the speaker of parliament found himself in the firing line

Threatened with a vote to remove him, the speaker of parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari stepped down on 9 April after [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2018

What did Musa Bihi Abdi obtain in Abu Dhabi?

Although the Somaliland president Musa Bihi Abdi did not meet [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.03.2018

CNPC places its pawns in Somaliland

According to our sources, a delegation from Chinese major CNPC [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.03.2018

Al-Shabaab pushes back against the CIA

The lull in the attacks was short-lived and the Islamist fundamentalists are gaining ground… The low-down.

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

The Americans insult Kenya (and Africa)…

On 27 February, two former US ambassadors to Kenya, Mark [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

Ankara unhappy about being excluded

The political dialogue between Mogadishu and Hargeisa, which was suspended in March 2015, is set to resume in late March [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.03.2018

Stand-off between the EU and the UAE over Berbera?

Might the deal on the Berbera military base be revised?

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2018

The CIA mediates between Addis-Khartoum and Cairo

On 21 and 22 January, the US vice president Mike Pence had talks with the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2018

Troop movements on the Somaliland border

Over the last month, the Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo seems to have been adopting an increasingly bellicose stance. [...]

Free access Politics 16.02.2018

A tightening of borders across the region

The crisis between Egypt and the Sudanese-Ethiopian alliance is deepening and there are increasing numbers of boots on the ground… [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2018

Why has Khadra Ahmed Duale been sacked?

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, the minister for trade and industry, Khadra Ahmed Duale (Dir/Issaq/Haber Jelo), [...]

Subscribers only 02.02.2018

An explosive ceasefire!

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, exchanges [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2018

The Turkish crescent arcs across Egypt and Saudi Arabia

What did Recep Tayyip Erdogan negotiate during his visit to Khartoum?

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2018

How Musa Bihi is handling the Berbera base issue

Under pressure from the Emirates, the Somaliland president has little room for manoeuvre…

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2018

The Arab crisis is driving policy in Mogadishu

Tensions between members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Qatar against the backdrop of war in Yemen have resulted [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2018

Are Hargeisa and Mogadishu ready to resume dialogue?

The Somali and Somaliland presidents Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2018

Why is the US targeting IS rather than Al-Qaeda in Somalia?

A secret report compiled by a Gulf state has noted [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2018

Musa Bihi Abdi seeks to review the Emirates agreement

Doubts surround the military base that the Emirates hopes to establish in Berbera.

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2018

China mulling a Plan B without Djibouti

The Chinese have big things in mind for Africa. Their first gambit involving Sudan proved fell flat on its face. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2018

Which oil company is coming to Berbera?

Although nothing has officially changed so far as Somaliland's oil sector is concerned, given that Mogadishu is determined to remain [...]

Subscribers only Business 09.01.2018

The challenges awaiting Musa Bihi Abdi's cabinet

At first sight, the most salient feature of the new [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2018

The pretenders vie for position with Musa Bihi shortly to be sworn in

As the new president goes about forming his government, the pretenders are readying themselves for the fray.

Subscribers only Politics 15.12.2017

How Museveni is using AMISOM to purse his own agenda

According to security sources, the Pentagon concluded an accord in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 01.12.2017

Park Strategies, Mogadishu's mouthpiece in Washington

The Somali government, through its ambassador to the United States [...]

Subscribers only Business 01.12.2017

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