2020

EDITORIAL | On January 27, the leaders of Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia issued a formal proclamation suggesting that a new regional bloc was in the works, confirming what experts had talked about before. The meeting in Asmara, Eritrea, told the leaders that their "sincere and comprehensive discussions" about the situation in their countries had seen that a solution could come from some form of formal cooperation. "The three leaders adopted a joint action plan for 2020 and beyond," said a dispatch shared by Villa…

Turkey in Somalia: Honest friend or producer of problems? 24.01.2020.

EDITORIAL | Somalia's Galmudug state at the end of Friday whether they have a new Speaker of the local parliament taking the next step in electing a federal state president who will succeed Ahmed Duale Gelle. When 89 new lawmakers gather in Dhusamareb, the state capital, it could mark the end of a chaotic year in which the federal government and local factions played a se-saw to control the region. Either that or it could open a new chapter of war that strikes a blow at plans to bring all regions to a political side…

EDITORIAL - This week, Saudi Arabia cemented its idea of ​​having an African-Arab bloc to secure the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and provide a corridor for safe movement of goods. Known as the Council of Arab and African States for the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, eight countries bordering this region published the formative charter of a bloc that could work for or against the Horn of Africa. But the meeting convened by Saudi King Salman showed that the countries were working together to work together on common…

EDITORIAL - Al-Qaeda-linked Somalia-based Al-Shabaab this week ended a decade with yet another deadly attack on civilians; possibly bulging recent statements from government officials that the group jumped out. But the incident, in which 85 people were killed and followed by another off the Kenyan coast, showed that the group could benefit from political strife in Somalia, probably due to outside interference. Despite the Somali national army responding by killing more than a dozen militants, key Somali leaders…