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Somalia
Intelligence chief Fahad Yasin turns to politics as influence wanes

The all-powerful director of Somalia's National Intelligence Service Agency (NISA), Fahad Yasin, will no longer be calling the shots in Mogadishu. [...]

Published on 30/08/2021 at 06:00 GMT

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Somalia
Intelligence chief Fahad Yasin turns to politics as influence wanes

Inner circles | Somalia
How Fahad Yasin patiently forged his reputation as Farmajo's all-powerful spymaster

Somalia
Ousted spy chief Fahad Yasin stuck between Djibouti and Istanbul

Somalia
Farmajo fights back in wake of AU report

Somalia
Puntland leader Said Deni keeps rivals guessing over his presidential ambitions

Somalia
Weakening of Farmajo and Bihi could open way to resumption of dialogue

Somalia
PM Roble caught up in Kenyatta and Farmajo's war of the skies

Somalia
Qatar quietly prepares for life after Farmajo

Somalia
Farmajo bets the farm on Gulf neighbours