...Rights Watch, Somalia: Events of 2023 (2024). Available at: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/somalia ACLED Data, Somalia: The Government and Al-Shabaab Vie for the Support of Clan Militias. September 15 (2023). Available at: https://acleddata.com/2023/09/15/somalia-situation-update-september-2023-the-government-and-al-shabaab-vie-over-the-support-of-clan-militias/...
Somalia
Special Issues
The “Somali Question” and Ghosts of Past Security Dialogues in Africa
by 'Funmi Olonisakin
...the people of Somalia through the deployment of a peacekeeping force—the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Joining AMISOM invariably serves the interests of Kenya; ensuring a stable Somalia means...
Viewpoint
On the Role of Women in Building Peace in Somalia
by African Peacebuilding Network
...1998. Asha has, by invitation, advocated across Europe and in the United States for Somalia to be accepted as a peace-loving nation, while simultaneously raising awareness about Somalia’s motivated efforts...
Essays
Al-Shabaab Terror in Kenya: Implications for Peace and Security in the Region
by Shadrack W. Nasong'o
...organization following the successful intervention in Somalia of African Union forces under the auspices of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). As a terrorist organization, Al-Shabaab’s attack on the Westgate...
Africa
Resetting US–Africa Partnership for Peace after Trump
by Ndubuisi Christian Ani
...to African Civilians,” Institute for Security Studies, February 27, 2019, https://issafrica.org/iss-today/drone-strikes-a-growing-threat-to-african-civilians. 16 “US Forces in Somalia,” Airwars, https://airwars.org/conflict-data/?belligerent=us-forces&country=somalia. 17 “US Forces,” Airwars. For additional information on activism, see “Somalia: US...
Essays
Statebuilding and Peacebuilding in Contexts of Identity-Related Conflicts: A Necessary Collaboration
by Dorcas Ettang
...Somalia.” Fair Observer, November 19, 2014, http://www.fairobserver.com/region/africa/new-approaches-needed-state-building-somalia-01748/, accessed November 24, 2014. “The state” broadly refers to actors or institutions of governance that are accorded judicial, executive, and legal powers. These...
International Relations
Strategic Diplomacy Beyond Recognition: Taiwan and Somaliland’s People-Centered Relations in the Global Arena
Conflict
The 9/21 Attack on Westgate Mall: Understanding the Youth Factor in Violent Radicalization in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa
by Alfred Ndumo Muteru
...fundamentalist and Islamist-nationalist ideology in Somalia, while also mounting an insurgency against foreign peacekeeping troops under the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Al-Shabaab has mobilized support by adeptly taking advantage...
Government and Politics
President Ruto’s decision to scrap National ID vetting for Kenyan Somalis – A right to citizenship or political expediency?
by Dr. Nicodemus Minde and Dr. Halkano Abdi Wario
...was part of the ‘Greater Somalia’ vision or Pan-Somalia nationalism at the time. Following the War, the Kenyan government instituted stringent measures aimed at distinguishing its Somali citizens from their...
Special Issues
Westgate, Counterterrorism, and Good Governance in Africa
by Ato Kwamena Onoma
...anthems, waving flags, and asserting national unity, people in Somalia—where Al-Shabaab originated and is based—and other countries touched by Somalia’s instability should, above all else, rededicate themselves to the fight...