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Burkina Faso Enacts Legislation Banning Homosexual Activities

Burkina Faso's Controversial Step Backward: The New Anti-Homosexuality Law In a rapid and unsettling turn of events, Burkina Faso's transitional parliament has unanimously passed a bill that criminalizes homosexual acts, placing the West African nation in a club of over 30 African countries where same-sex relations are outlawed. The new law imposes harsh penalties, including prison sentences ranging from two to five years, fines, and even the threat of deportation for foreign nationals caught violating its provisions. This…

Somalia and Serbia leaders sign healthcare accord, commit to stronger ties

Somalia and Serbia Reach for Old Ties to Shape New Deals In the polished halls of Belgrade’s presidential complex, Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre stood beneath a bank of flags and spoke a sentence you now hear in capitals across the Global South: “Somalia offers vast opportunities for investment.” On Tuesday, Barre and Serbian Prime Minister Đuro Macut signed a health cooperation agreement and pledged to deepen ties in trade, investment, education and security—an agenda that reads less like a single visit than a…

Influential clan elder slain by gunmen in Somalia’s Gedo region

Prominent elder slain in Somalia’s Gedo region as tensions simmer along border Attack in Beled Hawo A prominent community elder and local council member was shot dead late Monday in Beled Hawo, a hard-to-govern border town in Somalia’s Gedo region where political strain and armed groups have frayed the edges of daily life. Residents identified the victim as Aden Mohamud Buurdhubo, a respected figure known for mediating disputes and pushing for calm in a place that often runs on uneasy truces. Gunmen opened fire under cover…

Somali police incinerate 250 cartons of seized narcotics in Mogadishu

Somali police publicly burn 250 cartons of seized drugs in Mogadishu, widening a high-stakes crackdown Somali authorities burned 250 cartons of seized drugs in Mogadishu on Tuesday, a public destruction meant to send an unmistakable message: the country’s ports, airports and border crossings are being watched, and trafficking will be met with the full force of the law. The haul was confiscated at Mogadishu Port and Aden Adde International Airport after weeks of heightened surveillance, police said. The Banadir Regional…

President Mohamud, PM Barre to attend new Northeastern State leader’s swearing-in

Analysis: A New Chapter in Las Anod Tests Somalia’s Fragile Federalism In the dust-brown city of Las Anod, the center of a long-contested patch of northern Somalia, a political ceremony is poised to send a message that carries well beyond the city’s edge. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre are expected to attend the swearing-in of Abdikadir Ahmed Aw-Cali—widely known as Firdhiye—as president of the newly formed Northeastern Somali administration. The move signals not only the…

Kenya and Uganda remove trade barriers to boost cross-border commerce

Kenya and Uganda Move to Tear Down Trade Barriers. Can the Northern Corridor Finally Breathe? At dawn on the Malaba border, the hiss of air brakes is as constant as birdsong. Truck drivers brew tea on camp stoves beside long queues of lorries, waiting for stamps, scans, and weighbridge ticks that can eat full days of their lives. On Saturday in Mbale, Uganda, ministers from Kenya and Uganda said they want to change that—fast. In a joint communique, Kenya’s Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui and…

Jubbaland accuses federal government of abandoning key priorities, backs opposition alliance

Analysis: Jubbaland’s Broadside Against Mogadishu Exposes Somalia’s Uneasy Balancing Act Somalia’s fragile political compact wobbled again this week as the Jubbaland regional administration publicly accused the federal government in Mogadishu of drifting from core national priorities, including the campaign against al-Shabaab and the country’s hard-won political unity. In a blunt statement issued Monday, Jubbaland warned that “short-term political interests” were eroding trust and urged a return to consensus politics. “The…

Somalia executes two al-Shabaab militants over deadly attacks and ambushes

Somalia Executes Two Convicted al-Shabaab Members as Military Court Steps Up Death Sentences Somalia’s military court on Monday executed two men convicted of belonging to al-Shabaab and participating in targeted killings and ambushes in Mogadishu, in the latest sign that authorities are accelerating capital punishments amid an ongoing offensive against the extremist group. The men were identified by the court as Ibrahim Adan Madeey and Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, known by the noms de guerre “Maaxi” and “Yoonis.” The…

Kenya and Uganda commit to cut border bottlenecks, speed trade

Kenya and Uganda order rapid fix to border logjams, vow to align trade with EAC rules Kenya and Uganda moved to ease persistent friction along their busy frontier on Friday, ordering a rapid clean-up of congested crossings and pledging to strip away barriers to commerce that have frustrated truckers and traders for months. After a meeting in Mbale, eastern Uganda, Kenya’s Trade Minister Lee Kinyanjui and Uganda’s Minister Wilson Mbasu said they would bring operations at key crossings—Malaba, Busia, Suam and Lwakhakha—into…

Somalia Officially Establishes Northeastern Federal State in Major Milestone

Somalia’s New “Northeastern” State Emerges From the Fault Lines In a sun-baked Las Anod still bearing the scars of last year’s street battles, the Somali federal government says it has finished a job many thought impossible: bringing the disputed regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn into the federal fold as a new “Northeastern” state. It is an administrative milestone—and a political gambit—that reshapes Somalia’s internal map and tests the limits of its federal project. What Changed Today Mogadishu’s Interior Ministry…

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