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Wanted man

17 May 2008

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…

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Hunger for peace

15 September 2011

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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Expo 67: Take off

19 September 2013

Somalia is a failed state. But its Aden Abdulle international airport – once a no-go zone – may hold the key to its recovery.

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The Foreign Desk - Somalia votes

15 October 2016

Somalia has been without a functioning government for more than 25 years. The fact that it is about to hold a presidential election should be seen as progress but the more you learn about how the election works the less…

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Africa/Middle East

9 September 2014

A revolution of the culinary kind in Cairo and why Tunisia might be set to reform

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On the hook

1 May 2009

The world’s shipping is being held to ransom by a band of Somali pirates in battered launches. As yet another new president tries to take control of the failed state, perhaps it’s time we stopped playing nice and took…

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Africa/Middle East

20 October 2011

In our View from Dubai column, we check the mood in the UAE. We also have reports on Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo's election.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Horn of Africa – Somalia

27 May 2017

In the first of a three-part special looking at the Horn of Africa, Steve Bloomfield explores a country in a state of flux: Somalia. The threat of terror, corruption and famine are high and help from outside often does more…

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Mogadishu - Take Off

20 September 2013

Somalia is a failed state but its airport, once a no-go zone, could offer a glimmer of hope. Writer Tristan McConnell and photographer Pete Muller illustrate the change.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Explainer 252: Somalia’s political problem

10 February 2021

Somalia failed to hold elections before the term of incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ended on Monday. Andrew Mueller explains the ramifications for the already fragile country.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Somalia: could the world be doing more?

22 June 2019

It might feel as though the rest of the world has given up on Somalia. This is not, however, something the rest of the world can afford to do: the country’s perch on the Horn of Africa gives it extraordinary strategic…

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The Briefing - Why is Egypt getting between Somalia and Ethiopia?

29 August 2024

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan concludes a three-day trip to China by meeting president Xi Jinping. But what does the visit signify for the future of US-China relations? Then: Egypt sends military aid to Somalia…