Hargeisa Draws the Line: Somaliland Rejects Ankara’s Patronage Politics. Somaliland’s response to recent remarks by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan marks more than a diplomatic spat....
The Turkish Protectorate: How Mogadishu’s Claim to Sovereignty Became a Legal and Geopolitical Fiction. The diplomatic standoff gripping the Horn of Africa is routinely framed as...
MOGADISHU / DOHA — Intelligence indications that Turkey and Qatar are exploring a mediation channel between the Somali Federal Government (SFG) and the Al-Shabaab militant group...
Mogadishu Trapped, Cairo Panics: The Horn Enters Its Most Dangerous Phase. In just twenty-four hours, the geopolitical scaffolding that anchored Somalia’s relations with the Gulf for...
Israel, Greece, and Cyprus have quietly signed a trilateral military cooperation work plan for 2026, deepening a strategic alliance aimed at boosting regional security and deterring...
Somalia’s Dangerous New Alliance: A Pact That Undermines Regional Stability and Vindicates Somaliland’s Path. MOGADISHU — Somalia’s newly approved five-year defense pact with Pakistan signals more...
Why Somaliland Now Matters More Than Ever in the Red Sea Strategic Equation. Turkey’s expanding footprint in Somalia is often framed as humanitarian partnership or infrastructure...
Ankara’s multi‑billion‑dollar investment in Mogadishu provokes questions over transparency, influence and arms embargo compliance. Turkey’s deepening involvement in Somalia—spanning a $1.15 billion aid package, a sprawling new...
Whistleblower reveals President and Speaker approved secret deal granting Turkey control over 90% of Somalia’s oil and gas — triggering calls of betrayal and neo-colonialism. “90%...
Turkey is attempting to deploy radar systems inside Syrian territory, a move that Western intelligence sources warn could sharply alter the regional military balance and directly...
A senior military delegation. A private jet. An emergency signal—and silence. TRIPOLI / ANKARA — Libya’s Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Al-Haddad, was killed Tuesday...
One of Somalia’s most reliable partners has not paid on time—and the delay is rippling through an already fragile budget. The Somali government has confirmed a...
Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy does something Washington avoided for years: it treats Africa not as a humanitarian afterthought, but as a frontline in great-power...
How Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey Quietly Built a Unified Framework to Cripple Somaliland’s Sovereignty. The Doha Forum did not convene to discuss the future of Somalia—it...
The deadly unrest in Borama has crossed the threshold from an internal security failure to a strategic crisis with international consequences. What began as a local...
Why Erdogan Fears Missiles More Than Extremists Inside Turkey. Turkey says it needs its own Iron Dome. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved massive contracts for...
U.S. special operations forces joined Puntland’s elite counterterrorism units in a major assault on an Islamic State stronghold in Somalia’s Balade Valley, according to Somali security...
Analysis: U.S.-Backed Warning Says Al-Shabaab’s Advance Now Threatens Mogadishu as Somalia’s Federal Order Fractures. A new assessment from the Africa Center for Strategic Studies warns that...
How Hassan Sheikh’s “New Blood” Government Revives Brotherhood Playbook. Mogadishu has officially joined the chorus of Middle Eastern and African factions fabricating narratives against the United...
The grim realities unfolding off the coast of Lampedusa, where desperate men, women, and children flee failed states only to perish in the Mediterranean, are a...