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Jubaland election inflames passions in Horn

Madobe takes the oath of office after Jubaland presidential election, August 22 2019. © Reuters

Why is it that a presidential election in the autonomous region of Jubaland has given rise to a clash with international dimensions, with the Somalian government, the United States and Ethiopia in one camp and Jubaland with the backing of [...] (580 words)

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Abiy irked by choice of Somalia's new PM

Abiy dithers amid deepening Addis housing crisis

MBDA to help Kenyan forces in AMISOM demine Al-Shabaab-plagued Somalian front

Kenya puts boots on ground and planes aloft on Somalian front

Ambassador Qin Jian speaks his mind over Somaliland

Erdogan exploits Djibouti summit to consolidate influence in Horn

PAE to train Kenyan drone pilots in Manda Bay to keep watch over Al-Shabaab

Abdirashid Hassan Abdinur on Interpol's wanted list

Federal tensions place elections in doubt

Estonia banks on digital to drive its commercial push

Fresh setbacks in Hargeisa and Mogadishu mediation efforts

Crisis meeting to discuss Smaïl Chergui

Risk Advisory investigates HornConnect contract

Farah Maalim seeks Somali unity

PAE to take care of AMISOM's logistics

Farmajo manoeuvres to shore up his power

Clash of Turkish and Qatari interests in Mogadishu

Jubba Airways criticised by UN

Nairobi builds diplomatic bridges with Hargeisa

SAIC to advise US mission in Mogadishu

Kenyatta ready to talk but not to listen to Farmajo

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi still optimistic about his mediation abilities

PR battle over Africa's UN Security Council seat

Somali National Army still struggling to be operational

Ismail Omar Guelleh senses dissident rumblings within his army

Mogadishu and Nairobi set to cut diplomatic ties

No imminent plans for Kenya Defence Forces to return to Somalia

Farmajo tries to avoid fueling the fire with Kenyatta

Ethiopia and Eritrea to shore up Farmajo

Emirati intelligence exposes Iranian networks in Somalia

Is Hargeisa set to succumb to its neighbours' influence?

As AMISOM departs, the Ethiopians arrive

Farmajo begs Kenyatta for help

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