Somali authorities have released prominent clan elder Hussein Xaadoole after holding him in detention for 33 days, following his vocal opposition to government-led evictions of civilians from public ...

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda once described the Somali tragedy as a “slow-motion genocide.” His words ring painfully ...

Mirreh’s characterization of federalism as a colonial-style plot engineered by Addis Ababa is ahistorical. The concept of ...

Privately, representatives of humanitarian and development organisations often confide that al-Shabab would be a more efficient partner than the federal government.

Despite this apparent governance success, al-Shabab faces a crucial paradox: legitimacy without popularity. While Somalis may ...