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Putting the U.S. First, At Africa’s Expense

Putting the U.S. First, At Africa’s Expense

In November 2016, the United States (US) concluded one of the most divisive presidential elections in its history. It is also hard to identify any public policy issues around which there have been strong and stable bipartisan cooperation in recent years. However, US relations with Africa have, in large part, enjoyed just such cooperation. Since […]

Somali Pirates Release Oil Tanker and Crew

Somali Pirates Release Oil Tanker and Crew

Somali pirates have released a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew, according to Somali security official and the pirates, bringing the first hijacking since 2012 to a conclusion, apparently without the payment of a ransom. Thursday’s release followed a gun battle earlier in the day between the pirates and the marine force, […]

Helicopter Gunfire Kills Dozens of Fleeing Somalis

Helicopter Gunfire Kills Dozens of Fleeing Somalis

More than 30 Somalis have died after gunfire from a helicopter struck their boat off Hodeida’s coast in Yemen. It is not clear who was behind the attack. At least 33 migrants died and dozens of others were wounded after gunfire from a helicopter hit their boat on Friday, an official told AFP news agency. […]

President Kenyatta makes historic visit to KDF in Somali

President Kenyatta makes historic visit to KDF in Somali

President Uhuru Kenyatta today made a historic visit to Somalia, meeting Kenyan troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia at Dhobley Military Camp. The Commander-in-Chief, dressed in military fatigue, met KDF and thanked them for their sacrifice and service to their motherland. It was President Kenyatta’s first visit to Somalia in the context […]

UAE oil tanker Aris 13 reportedly hijacked off Somalia, first pirate attack of a commercial vessel there since 2012

UAE oil tanker Aris 13 reportedly hijacked off Somalia, first pirate attack of a commercial vessel there since 2012

Pirates in Somalia have hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew onboard, the first time they have successfully taken a commercial ship since 2012. Mohamud Ahmed Eynab, district commissioner for Alula town in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland, said on Tuesday that a day earlier “the pirates hijacked the oil tanker and they […]

Khat in the Horn of Africa – A Scourge or Blessing?

Khat in the Horn of Africa – A Scourge or Blessing?

Throughout a Sunday afternoon in the Ethiopian capital, Yemeni émigré men in their fifties and sixties arrive at a traditional Yemeni-styled mafraj room clutching bundles of green, leafy stalks: khat. As the hours pass they animatedly discuss economics, politics, history, life and more while chewing the leaves. The gathering is a picture of civility. But […]

Female Presidential Hopeful for Somalia Fadumo Dayib Defies Critics and Vows to Stay in Politics

Female Presidential Hopeful for Somalia Fadumo Dayib Defies Critics and Vows to Stay in Politics

“The more I get threats, the more I get insults … the more I’m convinced that I’m doing the right thing” Casting her bright yellow scarf over her golden Somali “dirac” gown, Fadumo Dayib speaks in a hushed tone. But as the first woman to run for president in Somalia, she means to be heard. […]

Can Aid Come in Time to Avert Famine in Somalia?

Can Aid Come in Time to Avert Famine in Somalia?

The drought in Somalia is so severe it threatens not only to trigger famine, but also the viability of the age-old pastoralist way of life. Somalis are tough and resourceful, but this is the third consecutive year of failed rains. Whatever resilience remains is being tested to the limit. On the road out of Garowe, […]

Somalia Starvation Kills Over 100 As Famine Looms

Somalia Starvation Kills Over 100 As Famine Looms

The UN has said 5 million people are at risk, and thousands have already begun streaming into the capital in search of food. Aid efforts are being hampered by a lack of international response and conflict on the ground. Somalia’s prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died of hunger in the past 48 […]

Drought, hunger push Somalis to flee amid fears of famine

Drought, hunger push Somalis to flee amid fears of famine

Her eyes glued to the feeble movements of her malnourished baby with protruding ribs and sunken eyes, Fadumo Abdi Ibrahim struggled to hold back her tears in the stifling and crowded feeding center in Somalia’s capital. She waved a scrap of fabric over him to create a current of air. She is one of thousands […]

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