Somalia
WORLD
Idlib to Bamako: The Real Differences in Jihadist Power
Africa’s jihadist groups are gaining territory and pressure, but they still lack the cohesion, legitimacy, and state collapse that made HTS’s seizure of Damascus possible.
WORLD
Somalia Electoral Crisis Worsens the Federal Fracture
Mogadishu's two-day firefight over a contested presidential term tells Jubaland, Puntland and Somaliland that federal authority ends at the gun barrel.
WORLD
Hargeisa Celebrates a Fragile Diplomatic Milestone
Israel's recent diplomatic recognition of Somaliland puts the full load of final sovereign legitimacy squarely on the political will of African capitals.
Exhibitions
The Myth of African Art at Venice Biennale
Under a Dakar mango tree, Koyo Kouoh's curatorial team heard fruit fall whenever an artist's name rang true, composing Venice's awaited future in minor keys.
BUSINESS
Piracy Around the Horn of Africa is Going Global
With four tankers seized near Somalia in a fortnight, POTUS describes his own navy boarding foreign ships as piracy.
Popular
Gulf Airlines Sell Reassurance as Their Core Summer Product
Emirates and Etihad are not simply selling seats this summer; they are selling the idea that the Gulf is safe enough to book, and those are very different products.
Gibraltar Border Opens, but the Real Test Starts Now
The new Gibraltar treaty removes a border that had become economically absurd, but its real success will depend on whether Britain, Spain and the EU can turn symbolic relief into durable trust.
Football Becomes Another Front in the Falklands Dispute
Argentina's win over England has reignited old grievances over the Falklands, though the celebration conceals a claim with little new diplomatic leverage.
The Iran War Outlives Its Architects
With Khamenei dead and Graham gone, the Iran war is spreading through runways, courts, and homemade drone fleets.
How Germany’s Taliban Pact Built a Recruiting Ground
Bonn's Taliban-run consulate is now hiring unpaid interns, the direct product of a deportation bargain Berlin struck last year to speed removals back to Kabul.
