Somalia

Villagers return from a market to Yechila town in south central Tigray walking past scores of burned vehicles, in Tigray, Ethiopia, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Giulia Paravicini

Dangerous trends in Ethiopia: Time for Washington’s tough love

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, August 9, 2021

This camp is managed by both the state and humanitarian organizations, and the displaced people have found a more normal life here than elsewhere / The UNHCR official makes the children repeat certain phrases.The region of Cabo Delgado, in the northeast of Mozambique, has been experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian drama for the past 4 years. Al-Shabab jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State since 2019 are wreaking havoc there. This armed group terrorizes the different ethnic groups while carrying out coordinated and simultaneous attacks against public institutions. To date, more than 2,800 people have been killed.In Pemba, the capital of the region and a former tourist town, the humanitarian situation has continued to deteriorate. The town's population has doubled. The displaced are piling up on the beaches or waiting in buildings requisitioned by the state before being rehoused.Camps are multiplying throughout the region. The inhabitants are totally dependent on humanitarian aid. The conditions are precarious, between insecurity, extreme poverty and the beginning of famine.Where: Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, MozambiqueWhen: 28 Apr 2021Credit: Chris Huby/Le Pictorium/Cover Images

Events of last six months show fragile countries must remain priority for the US and its allies

Alexandre Marc and Bruce Jones

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Rhinos in Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Africa in the news: Wildlife, Horn of Africa, and infrastructure updates

Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White

Saturday, May 15, 2021

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) looks at specimen collection tube part of the quick test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mexico City, Mexico November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Beware the criminal threat to the fight against COVID-19

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, December 18, 2020

Sheik Muktar Robow Abu Mansur (2nd R), spokesman of Somalia's Islamic al-Shabab, leaves a news conference after vowing to step up attacks against government soldiers and foreign troops in Mogadishu December 14, 2008. Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf sacked his prime minister on Sunday after they disagreed on a new cabinet demanded by donors, throwing his Western-backed interim government into disarray. Hassan Hussein Nur Adde was the second premier fired by Yusuf and had been in the job for only about a year. The fragile administration is fighting Islamist rebels who control the south and are camped on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA)

Facing elections and a potential US troop withdrawal, risks to Somalia’s security abound

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, November 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The new interim president of Mali Bah Ndaw is sworn in during the Inauguration ceremony in Bamako, Mali September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Amadou Keita/File Photo

Africa in the news: Mali’s transitional government, Somalia’s debt relief, and Togo’s first female prime minister

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Somalia's Supreme Court Chairman Baashe Yusuf Ahmed swears in new prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble in front of Somali parliament members in Mogadishu, Somalia September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Africa in the news: Zambia’s debt, Kenya’s parliament and trade, and politics in the Horn of Africa

Saturday, September 26, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Somalia's Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire addresses the Parliament seating where he was confirmed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

Africa in the news: New funding to fight COVID-19 in Africa, Somalia’s prime minister voted out, and political updates in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire

Christina Golubski and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, August 1, 2020

A chain is used to secure the gate of the Abuja National Mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in the news: Debt relief in Somalia, government efforts to combat COVID-19, and new Boko Haram attacks

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 28, 2020

A desert locust is seen on the farmer's hand in a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Africa in the news: Nagy visits Africa, locust outbreak threatens East Africa, and Burundi update

Payce Madden and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, February 1, 2020