Tag: somalia

• The Intelligence from The Economist: Unsteady state: Somalia in disarray

  August 6, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/DGu6F9f The country had been on the rise: beating back jihadists, strengthening its federal structure and gaining international stature. That has all reversed. In Britain levels of crime have… more ›

• Using Threats and False Promises, Russia Sends Africans to Fight in Ukraine – Africa Defense Forum

  May 31, 2025

  ADF STAFF Among a handful of prisoners of war captured in Ukraine after fighting for Russia, a young Somali man stood out. He said he joined the army to give… more ›

• The U.S. is waging a massive shadow war in Africa, exclusive documents reveal

  November 2, 2018

  The U.S. is waging a massive shadow war in Africa, exclusive documents reveal Six years ago, a deputy commanding general for U.S. Army Special Operations Command gave a conservative estimate… more ›

• How al-Qaeda and Islamic State are fighting for…

  November 27, 2015

  How al-Qaeda and Islamic State are fighting for al-Shabaab affections in Somalia » The global terror movements al-Qaeda and Isil are fighting a tug-of-war for the affections of al-Shabaab in… more ›