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Spotlight | Somalia
President Mohamud's dangerous game with Al-Shabaab

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Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in Guba, Ethiopia, 9 September 2025.
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in Guba, Ethiopia, 9 September 2025. ©  Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in Guba, Ethiopia, 9 September 2025.
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in Guba, Ethiopia, 9 September 2025. ©  Tiksa Negeri/Reuters

The federal administration has recruited several members of the jihadist group operating in Somalia into its security agencies and immigration services. On top of this, a lack of bilateral cooperation, in the midst of a political crisis, is frustrating Mogadishu's Western partners.

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