Affairs / Government
Hunger for peace
With the sudden exit from Mogadishu of Islamist insurgents, life in the Somali capital has shifted yet again. Just as war has abated, famine has arrived. Who can fix this ravaged city?
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Affairs / Diplomacy
High noon for Sharif
The new president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has a lot to contend with: pirates, a humanitarian disaster and deadly rivals. But is he the man to revive the failed state? We meet him in Nairobi during a round…
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 December
Where rebel tourism rules
In the street cafés of Asmara, which serve some of the best macchiatos and cappuccinos outside Italy, opposition politicians and rebel leaders gather to discuss how they are going to overthrow the government.
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Wednesday 30 December
2010: Somalia’s forgotten civilians
A year which began with a tiny sliver of hope for Somalia has ended in yet another tragedy.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Africa/Middle East briefing
Kenya's drink-driving crackdown, a new island in the Med and a new metro for Algiers, 40 years after its initial conception.
Affairs / Society
Africa/Middle East Briefing
The substantial motorcade of the 'humble' Ugandan president, Norway looks to turn Quatar's desert green and a new bridge betwen Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Affairs / Politics
Wanted man
As a former radio journalist, Ahmed Abdisalam Adan has faced death threats and seen colleagues killed. Now, he is deputy prime minister in Somalia’s first functioning government since 1991. He tells Monocle about life in…
Affairs / Urbanism
Summer of the siege
Two years after the war with Israel, another battle was raging in Lebanon among its own people. But as the bullets flew, there was still time for mojitos – the Lebanese are used to surviving crises. Our correspondent…