Military intervention by Rwanda and SADC only buys time for Mozambique to address lack of development in its northern region.
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Rwanda’s military intervention in Mozambique’s war against Islamic insurgents has included a request that Mozambique rein in Rwandan opposition members on its soil
Lamu in coastal Kenya is an area where women and girls have been recuited by Al-Shabaab.
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From the archive: a researcher on the complex dynamics surrounding Kenyan women’s involvement in Al-Shabaab. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
The first container ship to dock in the new Lamu Port.
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The Lamu port is part of an ambitious transport corridor with the aim of integrating marginalised northern Kenya into the Kenyan economy and the nation.
Education for children growing up in northern Nigeria is fraught with danger.
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This is a transcript of episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including a story on the reasons why Kenyan women who join Al-Shabaab.
The grand designs of the major political and military actors lack an important ingredient: the views and the hopes of ordinary Somalis.
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The political and security order which numerous foreign actors have been investing in has produced marginal benefits for the population.
A group of boys abducted by Boko Haram in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, after their release in December 2020.
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Plus, why women join Al-Shabaab in Kenya. Listen to episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, president of Somalia, attends a regional meeting in Ethiopia in 2019.
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Although polarising, parliament’s move to extend Farmaajo’s term has presented a practical road-map to hold direct elections for the first time since 1969.
Yusuf Haji was soft spoken, straight to the point, and open to ideas.
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Haji was an astute leader who rode the wave of leadership over a long and illustrious career in government and politics.
Muslim women and children in Lamu in north east Kenya. Al-Shabaab’s recruitment of female members is most evident in coastal and north eastern counties.
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Women’s motivations for joining terrorist networks belie Kenyan media accounts of naive girls manipulated through romantic notions of Jihadi brides or wives.
Ali Mohamed Gedi (left), then Somali prime minister, speaks during a meeting with clan elders to discuss the surrender of weapons from the Mogadishu community in 2006.
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While the insurgent group rebuffs talks on the national stage, it frequently negotiates local issues with the government and other groups through senior clan elders.
Kenyan soldiers stand over caskets bearing the remains of their fallen comrades during prayers in 2016.
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In January 2016, Kenyan troops were defeated by Al-Shabaab militants at El Adde in Somalia. This is why it happened.
Hundreds gather for prayer at the scene of a massive truck bomb attack in Mogadishu in October 2017, the deadliest to hit conflict-torn Somalia.
The death of Al-Shabaab’s leader triggered deadlier suicide bombings as the group desperately tried to demonstrate its resilience.
Somalia’s incumbent president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
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As Somalia prepares to choose new leaders in 2021, questions remain around the viability of the country’s clan-based electoral system.
The Kenya Defence Forces have been in Somalia since 2011.
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By withdrawing its troops from Somalia, Kenya could be doing more harm than good.
A Kenyan soldier urges people to take cover during the terror attack on the Dusit Hotel complex in 2018.
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The terror group uses the proceeds of criminal activity to support its political agenda.
Kenyan military troops and US marines carry out a joint military exercise in Manda Bay near the coastal town of Lamu.
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Declining US involvement in The Horn would leave a vacuum that others can fill.
America’s military presence in Somalia could be causing more harm than good.
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The resilience of Al-Shabaab raises questions about the effectiveness of the current US military strategy in Somalia.
A soldier on the African Union Mission in Somalia standing guard on a street during a security operation in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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AMISOM’s experiences suggest that urban peace operations must be given sufficient resources from the outset
Kenyan soldiers at a prayer service in 2016 to honour compatriots killed in an attack on their Somali base by Al-Shabaab militants.
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New evidence has made possible a more accurate estimate of how many African personnel have died since the Somalia mission deployed in March 2007.
Several African states are struggling to stem violent extremism.
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It is time to reconsider the predominant strategy in play on the continent for dealing with terrorism.