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Photo view of Mogadishu city street, cars and people

Somalia: State-making at the frontier of global trade

On September 13, 2023 By

Alex de Waal

Selecting a title for their book, Tobias Hagmann and Finn Stepputat chose ‘Trade makes States.’ It’s an obvious riff on the famous line by Charles Tilly, […]

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On (Not) Being Arrested by the United Nations

On July 11, 2023 By

Thirty years ago this week, on July 11, 1993 to be precise, a military attorney attached to the UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) instructed that I should be detained.

The […]

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What now for the Somali Region in Ethiopia?

On November 17, 2021 By

The conflict in Ethiopia appears to have entered a new phase as forces loyal to Tigrayan rebels and their allies march towards the capital city, Addis Ababa. International efforts to […]

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photo of Somali diplomat, professor and politician Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmajo"

Somalia Crisis

On April 20, 2021 By

By Nisar Majid and Khalif Abdirahman

A Two-Year Presidential Extension in Somalia?

Somalia’s President and Lower House of Parliament have just extended their terms in office by two […]

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Somalia’s Disassembled State

On February 9, 2021 By

Thirty years after the overthrow of President Mohamed Siad Barre, Somalia is in a new interregnum. This time, most of the Somali political elite share a consensus on the next […]

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Hunger deaths aren’t simply about famine or no famine

On February 5, 2021 By

‘Focus on loss of life – and urgently trying to prevent it – rather than whether a famine has been declared.’

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