Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Against Forced Russian Citizenship
Moscow ramped up its efforts to make Ukrainians Russian. Ukraine is planning to fight back.
Can Somalia finally defeat al-Shabab?
As in Afghanistan, Trump’s decisions to withdraw have only emboldened terrorists.
After a long delayed indirect election, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud faces many challenges.
Rising wheat, fuel, and fertilizer costs amid a historic drought could lead to mass hunger and instability throughout the Horn of Africa.
In a long overdue step, the U.N. Security Council may finally address climate security.
A similar rapid collapse of state institutions awaits if Somali elites and Western governments don’t alter their approach.
From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.
Lacking formal international recognition, the territory is seeking to make its mark through infrastructure deals and bilateral ties with key global powers.
Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.
Somalia’s president says entrenched elites are blocking the path toward universal suffrage and insisting on an indirect electoral system that maintains their power.
Wealthy countries love to celebrate immigrant success stories, but they are letting many potentially productive citizens fall through the cracks.
The vote scheduled for early February was canceled, leading to uncertainty and a power vacuum in Mogadishu.
Somalis are having the wrong national dialogue.
U.S. troops are scheduled to leave the country on Jan. 15, opening the door for al-Shabab terrorists to step up their attacks. The new administration should recommit to protecting the country.
Essential reads from a Chinese wind farm in Del Rio, Texas, to U.N. headquarters.
The world in 2021 will be haunted by the legacies of 2020: an ongoing pandemic, an economic crisis, Donald Trump’s divisive presidency—and new threats emanating from wars and climate change.
Whether political theater or not, calls to leave could exacerbate violence and increase the influence of Russia and China.
Hodan Osman couldn’t stamp out Somalia’s endemic corruption. But she made sure the country’s soldiers got paid.
A solid blue state is closer to being in play this year—galvanizing Somali Americans in an election they call “do or die.”