The holotype (original specimen) of Leucoraja longirostris .
The skate is found in deep waters and it’s not clear how fisheries might threaten the species.
A khat trader carries shoots for sale in Meru, central Kenya.
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Khat is classified as a cash crop in Kenya, but its detractors say it is a harmful product and some regions have moved to ban it.
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As climate change ravages coastal livelihoods, piracy is on the rise, imperilling seafarers and trade.
A Palestinian girl holds aloft an empty bowl to protest food shortages in Gaza on March 12, 2024.
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In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
Somalis celebrate the electoral victory of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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The Somalia waters deals could upset the cordial relations between Ethiopia and Turkey, and put the UAE at odds with Egypt.
Road collapse in northern Kenya due to flash floods on 22 November 2023.
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Projections show that there’ll be Indian Ocean dipoles in the future – and that means more rainy days, and more extreme rainfall.
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in March 2024.
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All states have limited security capabilities and they generally prioritise them close to home. where it matters.
Somali soldiers at a military training given by the Turkish Armed Forces in Mogadishu.
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The persistence of the Al-Shabaab terror group has convinced Turkey it needs to provide more active military support in Somalia.
Demonstrators in Somalia protest news of a Red Sea deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland in January 2024.
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Ethiopia has maintained strong ties with Somaliland since the 1980s when it supported a rebel movement in the breakaway region.
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International law provides pathways for landlocked countries to access the sea but this depends almost entirely on striking deals with neighbours.
Israeli soldiers take positions near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Dec. 11, 2023. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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The best — or least bad — solution to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict involves setting up a transitional administration in Gaza. Here’s how it could work.
A naval soldier guards a warship from its deck.
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Piracy off the Somali coast remains a high-risk undertaking with a low probability of success.
Beledweyne city in Somalia, under water following a flood.
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Funding climate adaptation in conflict areas may require engaging local communities and armed groups where national governments are absent.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2023.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claims his landlocked country has a right to demand maritime access to a Red Sea port from its neighbors in the Horn of Africa − Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
U.S. Marines gather near an American flag in Somalia on Dec. 1, 1992.
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Thirty years after the Battle of Mogadishu, the US continues waging war in Somalia, with little public knowledge, scrutiny or constructive results.
Pirates leave a Ukrainian merchant vessel for Somalia’s shore in 2008.
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The success of the Somali case illustrates what a high degree of shared interests among international actors can achieve.
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Without refugee status people aren’t able to receive valuable support, like the right to live and work in a country.
Axmed Naaji (left) performs in London, where he lived in exile in the later part of his life.
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For six decades he was a household name in urban Somalia.
It may be only the Burundian troops that leave Somalia by the end of 2024.
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A rapid exit of AU troops from Somalia could hand a battlefield and propaganda advantage to al-Shabaab.
Groundwater is vital to communities in northern Kenya during droughts.
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Better monitoring of groundwater is important for sustainable management.