Day: 11 May 2026

The Mogadishu Standoff: A Republic on the Brink

What began as a protest against land grabbing by those close to power and forced evictions quickly turned into a referendum on the presidency itself.

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Kormeeraha Magazine @kormeeraha.bsky.social 2d ago

#Somalia & #BurkinaFaso couldn’t be further apart — one hugs the Indian Ocean, the other is landlocked in the Sahel. But analysts have been drawing a grim parallel for years. Both nations are besieged by al-Qaeda affiliates & they're both #Türkiye's clients...
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Kormeeraha Magazine @kormeeraha.bsky.social 6d ago

The attack on #Mali on April 25 underscored both the vulnerabilities & the latent strength of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The alliance was designed to replace foreign security dependencies with African-led coordination...
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Kormeeraha Magazine @kormeeraha.bsky.social April 30, 2026

Somalia, under the Western-backed presidency of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has become a police state where freedom of expression is a crime. Sadia Moalim is just the latest victim of a system where everyone risks arbitrary arrest & torture, and where justice no longer exists.
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Kormeeraha Magazine @kormeeraha.bsky.social April 29, 2026

As the Turkish drillship Çağrı Bey bores into a potential 10-billion-barrel well off Somalia’s coast—escorted by Turkish F-16s and frigates—a fierce debate erupts: Is this a strategic alliance, or a new form of dependency?
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Kormeeraha Magazine @kormeeraha.bsky.social April 27, 2026

Sudan’s war is no longer just a domestic struggle. It has become an internationalized conflict shaped by covert foreign involvement, illicit economies...

Sudan’s War Without Borders: Covert Alliances and a Shadow Conflict www.kormeeraha.com/sudans-war-w...