By Farouk Chothia “War makes for bitter men. Heartless and savage men,” Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said when he received the Nobel Peace Prize less than a year ago – only for him to now wage a military operation in his own country. Over about a three-week period, his troops fought their way through...
November 14, 2026
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Saudi Prince: ‘Netanyahu is a liar, crown prince did not meet with him’
Former Head of Saudi intelligence Prince Turki Al-Faisal has denied news of an approaching Saudi normalisation deal with the occupation, as well as the alleged meeting held by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the latter a “liar”. This came in an interview with CNN, in which Al-Faisal discussed...
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Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Cutting through the information blackout
The BBC has managed to speak to some people inside Mekelle, the capital of the Ethiopia’s conflict-hit region of Tigray, for the first time since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared an end to the four-week-long military operation. “It is really scary. It is really difficult. I don’t think Tigray has ever been in such a...
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DP WORLD V DJIBOUTI CONTINUES
DP World has hit back at President of the Republic of Djibouti following media comments made about the disputed Doraleh Container Terminal and the company’s Port of Berbera developments. Comments made by Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, in an interview published in Jeune Afrique and the Africa Report, “are false, and cannot be left unchallenged,” said DP...
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Dr. Mohamud M. Uluso, Dr. Aweys O. Mohamud, and Mr. Faisal Roble: Better ways to serve
By Abdi Mohamud There is no doubt that every Somali is concerned about the many challenges, confronting the Somali nation. These challenges are multiple and multi-dimensional. Insecurity, lack of economic opportunities, rampant poverty, inadequate health care system. The rudimentary and often fragmented education system, never-ending, and destructive clan rivalry are a few examples of many...
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Djibouti refuses to establish ties with Israel until it makes peace with Palestine
Djibouti will not establish official ties with Israel until it works towards peace with the Palestinians, said the African Muslim state’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh. In September, Palestinian minister Ahmad Majdalani said that Djibouti was one of the five other Muslim-majority countries along with Oman, Sudan, Comoros and Mauritania to be in talks with Israel...
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Will the Tigray conflict strengthen Abiy’s hand in Ethiopia?
Experts say a rapid victory against Tigray’s rebel government would personally benefit the Ethiopian prime minister. They also warn it could lead to outright guerrilla warfare — with disastrous consequences. The humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia is growing by the day. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed refuses to change course. Abiy is relying on the power...
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If Ethiopia descends into chaos, it could take the Horn of Africa with it
As conflicts rapidly unfold in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen, the US, UK and European states are being sidelined Simon Tisdall The Ethiopian army’s assault on Tigray province marks a serious backwards step by the country’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, who has been feted internationally as a moderniser and Nobel peace prize winner. Abiy calls...
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Former Somali leader, Twin Cities professor is mourned
Professor and onetime prime minister worked to rebuild his homeland. By Eric Roper A former Somali prime minister and Minnesota resident who devoted much of his life to rebuilding the east African country’s democratic institutions has died. Ali Khalif Galaydh earned a reputation as an elder statesman in Somalia after a long career in politics that continued...
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Somalia worries that a U.S. withdrawal will be disastrous
By Abdi Latif Dahir and Eric Schmitt An elite commando unit supported by U.S. forces could fall apart, officials say, leaving the country more vulnerable to the Shabab and other terrorist groups. NAIROBI, Kenya — The American-trained Somali commando force Danab is usually deployed to counter the Qaeda-linked group Al Shabab: liberating areas it controls,...