Somalia is facing its most severe crisis since the height of its civil war in the 1990s. Al-Shabaab has launched a ...

Shortly after, Somalia descended into civil war, culminating in the collapse of the Somali state in 1992. AIAI later dissolved and a group of its younger, hardline recruits joined forces with an ...

Mogadishu's rapid expansion after decades of war is giving unexpected opportunities in a male-dominated society.

Now, it faces an even bigger challenge: the prospect of war with a neighbor, Ethiopia. A busy street in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. Rising tensions between Somalia and neighboring Ethiopia ...

The foundations of Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin, or al-Shabaab (“The Youth”), originated in the late 1980s when Somalis who had joined the Afghan mujahideen in the war against Russia returned home.

They had only made it to this camp on the outer fringe of Somalia’s capital the night before we spoke earlier this month. “We had to leave because of the drought and the conflict,” said Ebow ...

Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the ...

The Iran–Israel conflict is deeply shaped by identity and ideology. In East Africa, similar dynamics have emerged ...