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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with Somali President
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy
Ahmed following a press conference in Ankara, Turkey,
December 11, 2024 Presidential Press Office/Reuters

Somalia-Ethiopia détente: Turkey calms tempers with agreement

A deal to give Ethiopia commercial Red Sea access in return for its recognition of Somali territorial integrity has been brokered by Ankara to much acclaim. Where does that leave Egypt?

Amr Emam 17 December 2024
A US-built Egyptian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft is displayed during the first Egypt International Airshow at Alamein International Airport in Alamein in northern Egypt on September 4, 2024. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP

Egypt arms shipments to Somalia part of a wider picture

Tension in the Horn of Africa is not new, but the rivalry between Cairo and Addis Ababa has escalated, as Ethiopia forges ahead with projects that threaten Egypt's national security

Amr Emam 04 October 2024
A file image of an Egyptian army M60 main battle tank. Egyptian troop deployment to Somalia comes days after Ethiopia completed the final filling of its GERD reservoir. AFP

Egyptian troops in Somalia up the ante in Ethiopia dispute

Egypt is betting that its military presence near the Ethiopian border may succeed where diplomacy has failed

Amr Emam 07 September 2024
Somalia is a shining example of how two countries can help each other out. It lacks institutions and needs support to build infrastructure in all fields, and Turkey is happy to help. shutterstock

Turkey's win-win approach is paying off in the Horn of Africa

Somalia is a shining example of how two countries can help each other out. It lacks institutions and needs support to build infrastructure in all fields, and Turkey is happy to help.

Omer Onhon 25 March 2024
Where once Middle Eastern states took little interest in this war-torn Arabic-speaking state on the Horn of Africa, today it is a key arena for Middle Eastern foreign policy and, at times, competition. Nash Weerasekera

The Middle East’s growing interest in Somalia

Where once Middle Eastern states took little interest in this war-torn Arabic-speaking state on the Horn of Africa, today it is a key arena for Middle Eastern foreign policy and, at times, competition

Christopher Phillips 19 February 2024
FILE - A child is weighed at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, on Sept. 19, 2022. In many Middle Eastern and African nations, climatic shocks killed hundreds and displaced thousands every year, causing worsening food shortages. With limited resources, they also are among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable to climate change impacts. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

In War-Torn States Hurt By Climate, Scant Hope For New Funds

In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts kill hundreds of people and uproot tens of thousands from their homes. These countries and many others in the…

AP 22 November 2022
A view shows smoke rising following a car bomb explosion at Somalia's education ministry in Mogadishu, Somalia October 29, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Abdihalim Bashir/via REUTERS

Somalia President: at Least 100 People Killed in Car Bombs

At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country's president said in a statement…

30 October 2022
Civilians gather outside their makeshift shelters at the Kaxareey camp for the internally displaced people in Dollow, Gedo region of Somalia May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Somalia: A Troubled Nation on the Horn of Africa

Over many decades, external efforts at institution-building in Somalia have failed to resuscitate a functional central government there. Somalia had endured many conflicts and tribal battles and had…

Suzan Quitaz 17 September 2022
Protesters against Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed seen in Mogadishu, Somalia, April 2021. Feisal Omar / Reuters

Somalia’s Dangerous Authoritarian Turn

Until recently, Somalia was on an upward trajectory. Although it continued to struggle with piracy, famine, and terrorism, the country was turning the corner after decades of bloody civil war. It had…

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 29 January 2022

Somalia Must Learn to Stand Alone

InMarch 1977,EthiopiaandSomaliaedged toward war over the region of Ogaden, which both claimed. Cuba’s revolutionary PresidentFidel Castromade a desperate dash to theHorn of Africawith a bold plan to…

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 30 November 2020
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