From the waters of the Red Sea to the Ethiopian plateau, a file is taking shape that could redraw maps of influence in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia’s renewed ambition to secure maritime access.

"I love Israel!" Three little words rarely heard together in the Muslim world, and yet have become a common phrase in ...

Yet funding is not the only barrier, politics is also blocking basic operational logic. In northern Somalia, regional humanitarian teams have been inhibited from travelling between Garowe, the capital ...

Shabab emerged in the mid-2000s as the armed wing of the now-outlawed Islamic Courts Union coalition before aligning itself with Al Qaeda. At its peak, it controlled much of southern and central ...

Legal advocates and local officials said the Trump administration is using immigration courts to target asylum-seekers as part of its deportation efforts — and that fast-tracking cases means they ...

January 15, 2026: The Somali military recently over a number of M48 and M60 tanks. The military took possession of the tanks at dockside. Turkey also has some of its Mi16 aircraft stationed in Somalia ...

The Trump administration has announced the end of a massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota after two and a half ...

African Union denounces Israel’s Somaliland recognition, links it to sovereignty threats and wider tensions over Israel’s ...

The region has become a critical theater for global rivalries amid Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland and Washington’s counterterrorism efforts.

Senator Ted Cruz ignites a tense exchange during a Senate hearing, confronting panellists over Minnesota welfare fraud, Somali-American public assistance usage, and federal oversight failures. Cruz ...

An aircraft on the shoreline after veering off the runway during an emergency landing, Mogadishu, Somalia, 10 February 2026 ...