When Israel formally recognised the Republic of Somaliland on 26 December 2025, the move instantly became one of the most discussed diplomatic developments in the Horn of Africa in decades. For Somaliland, it marked the first formal recognition...
The strategic space linking the Eastern Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean is increasingly operating as a single geopolitical theater in which maritime security, infrastructure connectivity, and supply-chain governance converge. This article argues that the Red Sea corridor...
If not stopped soon, this war could easily turn into a global conflagration, effectively into World War III. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth...
A beauty salon in a small southern Kenyan town is dimly lit by a few lights. There’s no streetlighting here in Mtito Andei so those lights are how customers make their way. The salon’s owner is Rehema Yusuf, a mother of...
Baku sta compromettendo i propri rapporti con la Turchia parlando di ritorsioni contro l’Iran. Segue nostro Telegram . La recente dichiarazione del presidente iraniano Masoud Pezeshkian, secondo cui l’Iran non intende attaccare i paesi confinanti, ha generato diffuse interpretazioni errate...
14 March 2026 Transcript: Resistance News Question : Jeffrey, we have just heard from the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Mujtaba Khamenei. His statement was the first since he was elected by the Assembly of Experts. It was read on...
Two deportees sent to Eswatini were from Somalia, one was from Sudan and another was from Tanzania The government of Eswatini announced on Thursday it received four more “third country” deportees from the United States, as part of the...
Bloomberg reported Wednesday that Israel is in talks with Somaliland officials to form a strategic security partnership, which might include granting Israel access to a military base or other security installation along the Somaliland coast from which it can launch...
This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 6 March 2026. One journalist killed, another abducted and reportedly tortured The IPI global network strongly condemns the killing this week of Somali journalist Abshir Khalif Shidane – the latest incident...
This story was originally published by ProPublica . Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat veteran Wes J. Bryant had pored over in his mission to...
Baku is damaging its ties with Turkey by speaking of retaliation against Iran. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The recent statement by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian asserting that Iran does not intend...
Since the start of Operation Metro Surge in December, the Trump administration has waged an economic battle on the Somali community in Minnesota, using the threat of detention — including of legal residents and citizens, as well...
These are decisive days in the battle for the future of the Middle East. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region and analyst on Saudi Arabia. He was...
There are no more red lines for Tehran – just a slow, calculated strategy to exploit the blind spots of Washington and its allies Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United...
As Gulf states reel from Iranian reprisals, Sudan’s three year conflict may either gain renewed international attention or slip further into neglect — a precarious balance with implications for Red Sea security and global trade routes. Sudan’s three-year-old war may...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy, following an appearance before a U.S. Senate panel this week that provoked...
On the geopolitical chessboard, the opening move has been made. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su After the farce over Greenland, the theatrical abduction of a Venezuelan president presented as a prelude to...
China announced a seven percent boost to its defence budget for 2026 on Thursday as it steadily increases spending to counter the United States and enforce its claims over Taiwan and the South China Sea. A screen shows Chinese Premier...
The United States is seeking to destroy the UN, as well as Iran. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016....
The second American-Israeli attack on Iran in as many years has killed Iran’s longstanding ruler, Ali Khamenei, and triggered a wave of escalation that has rattled across the region as Oman-brokered negotiations with Tehran were dramatically sabotaged by the United...
As the war initiated by the US / Israel against Iran continues with Iran attacking US bases and interests in the Gulf, Kasirim Nwuke recaps events, looks at the impact on African economies and warns that Africa could...
President Donald Trump’s Pentagon is reportedly preparing a potential military assault on Iran . Washington and Tehran are set to resume Omani-mediated talks on Thursday, but the threat of war is rising nonetheless. This month, the...
In an unprecedented demonstration of communal solidarity during the holy month of Ramadan, Dahabshiil, on Thursday, organized simultaneous mass iftar gatherings across five major cities: Hargeisa in the Republic of Somaliland, Mogadishu and Baidoa in Somalia, Djibouti in the Republic...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 24 February 2026. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately restore the registration of independent outlet Addis Standard after the Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) revoked its online...
Last month , Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pulled over several cars in Eagle County, Colorado. They took the occupants away in handcuffs, according to a witness, and left the cars idling at the side of the road. When family...
The Lancet has released the most extensively researched study of the Gaza death toll . Using methods based on in-person interviews of 2,000 households, it tallied their deceased and injured family members. The findings indicated that the...
This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. On May 30, 2018, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis announced that, “in recognition of the increasing connectivity, the Indian and Pacific Oceans, today we rename...
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that two Muslim Democratic US Representatives, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, should be "institutionalised" and sent back to "where they came from," a day after they had...
In 1963, my friend George Bennett, who has died aged 91, saw an advertisement for a talks writer in the African section of what was then called BBC External Services and is now the World Service. This began his 26-year...
The president of the breakaway Somaliland region, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, is expected to make his first official visit to Israel at the end of March, three months after Tel Aviv recognised the breakaway state's independence , according...
The speed at which Hodan Mohamud Diiriye was executed has raised questions about the fairness of her trial On 12 November last year, Hodan Mohamud Diiriye called her husband to tell him that his 14-year-old great niece, Saabirin Saylaan, who had...
Arrests follow Israel’s December recognition, sparking political debate and calls for both transparency and national unity. Authorities in the Republic of Somaliland announced Tuesday they had dismantled what they described as a foreign-backed network allegedly supported by Somalia’s federal government and...
Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium. Officials in the breakaway territory of northern Somalia say there is...
Ranked among the many issues for which the winter of 2025-26 might be remembered in the United States – ranging from explosive exposes of abusive tycoons linked to a country whose genocide of Palestine Washington has long supported, to a...
A massive, well-fortified training facility in Ethiopia near Sudan's border has been revealed to host fighters from Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The camp in the remote Benishangul-Gumuz region, capable of housing up to 10,000 fighters, represents the first...
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has deployed a massive U.S. naval and air armada to the vicinity of Iran, seeking to coerce the Islamic Republic into signing a deal that mostly favors the U.S. side. These assets have arrived...
Saudi Arabia feels itself being boxed-in by UAE and Israel, and is building new alliances to re-balance Middle Eastern power. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region and analyst...
Britain's populist Reform UK party unveiled "radical" plans on Monday to stop what it called an immigration "invasion", promising to create an agency to deport thousands of illegal migrants and to leave human rights treaties if it wins...
Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for multiple nationalities, particularly for those from outside Europe, who comprise most TPS recipients. Some of his most vocal threats have been to...
Somaliland is willing to give the United States access to its minerals and military bases, a minister has told AFP , as the breakaway region of Somalia seeks international recognition . Israel became the only country in...
…todo proviene de un grupo de imperialistas fanáticos que llevan décadas tratando de afirmar la supremacía global de Estados Unidos y que hoy, a su vez, parecen haber retrocedido en el tiempo e imaginan un país que simplemente ya no...
Turkey’s late-January deployment of F-16 fighter jets to Somalia marked the most visible escalation yet in Ankara’s long-running engagement in the Horn of Africa. While Turkish officials have framed the move as support for Somalia’s fight against Al-Shabab...
By Jama Ayaanle Feyte Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s official visit to Ethiopia due next week carries implications far beyond a routine diplomatic engagement. The composition of his delegation—including the Foreign Minister and heads of intelligence agencies—underscores that the agenda encompasses sensitive...
The Government of the Republic of Somaliland blasts off a strong, no-nonsense press release on Wednesday, responding to recent comments made by the President of the Republic of Türkiye denigrating Israeli recognition of Somaliland. In the statement, Somaliland strongly...
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Israel's recognition of Somaliland "does not benefit" the region. His comments came during a visit to Ethiopia , where he signed major economic deals and held talks with Prime...
A senior adviser to UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) has issued a sharp public critique of Wahhabism , the religious doctrine historically associated with Saudi Arabia, highlighting a widening rift between the two Gulf powers. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla,...
A mere 15 years ago, during an epoch that now seems as distant as the Paleozoic era, an American president attempted to use military power to prevent a dictator from slaughtering his own citizens. Barack Obama billed the action in...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hargeisa, Republic of Somaliland | 18 February 2026 The Government of the Republic of Somaliland strongly condemns the recent remarks made by the President of the Republic of Türkiye. These statements constitute unacceptable interference in our national sovereignty and...
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