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Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Power Shift in the Horn of Africa: Somalia Recognizes SSC-Khaatumo
23 Apr 2025
Somalia’s recognition of SSC-Khaatumo as its sixth Federal Member State (FMS) has radically shifted the Horn of Africa’s geopolitical dynamics, with implications for Israel, Palestine, and Ansar…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio February 21, 2025
21 Feb 2025
In this week’s segment, we hear about US policy towards Somalia, which is again the target of US policies of destabilization and military attack. But first, we talk to an organizer about the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Trump Administration Continues U.S. Destabilization of Somalia
21 Feb 2025
Abayomi Azikiwe, is the editor of Pan-African Newswire. He joins us from Detroit to discuss U.S. policy towards the Horn of Africa nation, Somalia. The Trump administration recently carried out…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor , Dr. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad
Somaliland Pins Hopes of Recognition on Trump
12 Feb 2025
Somaliland is pinning its hopes of recognition as an independent state on Donald Trump, and Trump has suggested that the breakaway state accept Palestinians exiled from Gaza.
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
Instability in Somalia Endangers the Entire Horn of Africa
11 Sep 2024
Divisions with breakaway areas further hamper the resolution of broader issues.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Red Sea Tensions Increase
07 Feb 2024
Tensions increase in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Red Sea Politics: Ethiopia, Somalia, and the US/EU/NATO
17 Jan 2024
An MOU pairing Ethiopia’s Red Sea ambitions with Somaliland’s secessionist aspirations heightens tensions in the Horn of Africa.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Blue Flag Over Las Anod: A Victory for Somali Nationalists
30 Aug 2023
Somali nationalists claim victory and raise the Somali flag above the city of Las Anod.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
US/EU/NATO Meet with Somaliland Secessionists
26 Apr 2023
As Somaliland forces continue to fire on Somali nationalists in Laasaanood and the surrounding region, Sool, Sanaag and Cayn, US/EU/NATO officials held a joint call with secessionist Somaliland…
Jamal Abdulahi
United States’s Pursuit of Imperial Military Base in Northern Somalia Fuels Brutal War
08 Feb 2023
The history of European colonialism and the endless U.S. desire for a military presence strengthen a Somalia secessionist movement and warfare that most people in that country do not want.