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Somalia
Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

Jubaland minister for internal security Adbirashid Janan has rallied to incumbent president Farmajo in a savvy political coup that is a slap in the face for all of Farmajo's direct political opponents, especially Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Subscribers only Politics 26.03.2021

Somalia and Kenya heads of state Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed aka Farmajo (left) and Uhuru Kenyatta.

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta tries to sidestep arbitration and resolve border dispute with Mogadishu via Doha

For fear of losing, Kenya has decided to boycott the arbitration hearings at the International Court of Justice on its martime border dispute with Somalia and is hoping to find a solution instead with the help of Doha.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.03.2021

Somalia
Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

President Farmajo is stoking the fire by excluding members of the opposition as he lays down the roadmap for the next election.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2021

Incumbent Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, aka Farmajo.

Spotlight | Somalia
Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

Somalia's president, increasingly isolated in the international arena, saw his term in office end on 8 February. He is desperately seeking support from outside his clan to keep himself in the top job.

Subscribers only Politics 12.02.2021

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.

Ethiopia, Somalia
The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Certain members of the Somali political class have such a strong allegiance to the TPLF that it is polarising the upcoming presidential election.

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2021

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

The Kenyan and Ethiopian heads of state are trying to have IGAD play to their tune, dampening the impact of the regional organisation's initiatives.

Subscribers only Politics 05.01.2021

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at the inauguration of the Moyale border crossing in December 2020.

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

For three days, the Kenyan head of state rolled out the red carpet for Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi. Bihi himself took advantage of the trip to meet one of the leaders of the opposition to Somali president Farmajo, with the help of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2020

Uhuru Kenyatta and Musa Bihi Abdi, on 14 December 2020 in Nairobi.

Kenya
Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

As Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalian opposite number Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo position their armies on either side of their common border, American, British and European diplomats are trying to persuade the Kenyan head of state to engage in talks.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.12.2020

President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo in 2017.

Kenya, Somalia
IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

The inter-regional institution's 20 December meeting, announced by Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, will give presidents Kenyatta and Farmajo a chance to discuss the border crisis their ministers are unable to settle.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.12.2020

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
Why Abiy and Issayas back Farmajo's re-election bid

Addis Ababa and Asmara see Somalia's president as an ally in their fight against regionalism in the Horn.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.11.2020

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Relations between Kenya and Somalia are becoming tenser by the month. The Somalian president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo is having to contend not only with Kenya renewing its claims to Somalian territorial waters (which are thought to contain vast oil [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.02.2020

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Relations between Kenya and Somalia are becoming tenser by the month. The Somalian president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo is having to contend not only with Kenya renewing its claims to Somalian territorial waters (which are thought to contain vast oil [.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.02.2020

Somalia
Federal tensions place elections in doubt

The likelihood of elections being held as scheduled in 2020 is receding as the government battles with regional resistance. In [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.02.2020

Document | Somalia
Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur on Interpol's wanted list

According to a document obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, on 6 February the Somali Police Force (SPF) asked Interpol [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.02.2020

Ethiopia, Kenya
Farah Maalim seeks Somali unity

The former deputy speaker of the Kenyan parliament, Farah Maalim (Somali/Ogaden), is up in arms against the leaders of the [...]

Subscribers only 13.12.2019

Somalia, Somaliland
Nairobi builds diplomatic bridges with Hargeisa

With relations already strained between Nairobi and Mogadishu due to their border dispute, Kenyatta has riled Farmajo by inviting Musa Bihi Abdi.

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2019

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta ready to talk but not to listen to Farmajo

Following the re-election on 22 August of the president of Jubaland, Ahmed Mohamed Islam aka Madobe, which was contested by [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.10.2019

Spotlight | Document | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, United States
Jubaland election inflames passions in Horn

Why is it that a presidential election in the autonomous region of Jubaland has given rise to a clash with international dimensions, with the Somalian government, the United States and Ethiopia in one camp and Jubaland with the backing of [.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.08.2019

Madobe takes the oath of office after Jubaland presidential election, August 22 2019.

Spotlight | East Africa, Eritrea, Somalia, Tanzania
Setbacks pile up for European Union

The limited effectiveness of its costly election observation missions, the blocking of its flagship programme to repatriate migrants to Gambia and the expulsion of its heads of delegation from several countries are just some of the setbacks suffered of late [.

Subscribers only Politics 05.04.2019

Ethiopia, Somalia, Somaliland
Is Hargeisa set to succumb to its neighbours' influence?

According to our information, the Ethiopian authorities recently requested that [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2018

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Madobe

Somalia
Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta tries to sidestep arbitration and resolve border dispute with Mogadishu via Doha

Somalia
Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

Spotlight | Somalia
Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

Ethiopia, Somalia
The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Kenya
Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

Kenya, Somalia
IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
Why Abiy and Issayas back Farmajo's re-election bid

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Somalia
Federal tensions place elections in doubt

Document | Somalia
Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur on Interpol's wanted list

Ethiopia, Kenya
Farah Maalim seeks Somali unity

Somalia, Somaliland
Nairobi builds diplomatic bridges with Hargeisa

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta ready to talk but not to listen to Farmajo

Spotlight | Document | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, United States
Jubaland election inflames passions in Horn

Spotlight | East Africa, Eritrea, Somalia, Tanzania
Setbacks pile up for European Union

Ethiopia, Somalia, Somaliland
Is Hargeisa set to succumb to its neighbours' influence?

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Somalia Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

Kenya, Somalia Kenyatta tries to sidestep arbitration and resolve border dispute with Mogadishu via Doha

Somalia Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

Spotlight | Somalia Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

Ethiopia, Somalia The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Horn of Africa Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Kenya Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

Kenya, Somalia IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia Why Abiy and Issayas back Farmajo's re-election bid

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Somalia Federal tensions place elections in doubt

Document | Somalia Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur on Interpol's wanted list

Ethiopia, Kenya Farah Maalim seeks Somali unity

Somalia, Somaliland Nairobi builds diplomatic bridges with Hargeisa

Kenya, Somalia Kenyatta ready to talk but not to listen to Farmajo

Spotlight | Document | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, United States Jubaland election inflames passions in Horn

Spotlight | East Africa, Eritrea, Somalia, Tanzania Setbacks pile up for European Union

Ethiopia, Somalia, Somaliland Is Hargeisa set to succumb to its neighbours' influence?

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Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Somalia
Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta tries to sidestep arbitration and resolve border dispute with Mogadishu via Doha

Somalia
Farmajo is rescheduling the presidential election and did not invite the opposition

Spotlight | Somalia
Under pressure from Turkish and Qatari sponsors, Farmajo clings to presidency

Ethiopia, Somalia
The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Kenya
Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

Kenya, Somalia
IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
Why Abiy and Issayas back Farmajo's re-election bid

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Troops mass either side of Kenya-Somalia border

Somalia
Federal tensions place elections in doubt

Document | Somalia
Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur on Interpol's wanted list

Ethiopia, Kenya
Farah Maalim seeks Somali unity

Somalia, Somaliland
Nairobi builds diplomatic bridges with Hargeisa

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta ready to talk but not to listen to Farmajo

Spotlight | Document | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, United States
Jubaland election inflames passions in Horn

Spotlight | East Africa, Eritrea, Somalia, Tanzania
Setbacks pile up for European Union

Ethiopia, Somalia, Somaliland
Is Hargeisa set to succumb to its neighbours' influence?