Somalia’s financial system has certainly evolved dramatically over the past decades. It was shaped by a combination of political upheavals, complete institutional collapse of the state, warlordism, unfettered religious violence, continuing corrupt governance structures, and
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday emphasized the urgent need to recognize Palestinian statehood on the territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital. He made his
L’armée malienne a annoncé la reddition de onze combattants présumés du groupe Etat islamique (EI), parmi lesquels figure un chef local, dans la région de Gao, au nord du pays. Les individus se sont rendus
“Sadly, some gallant warriors paid the supreme price in the day-long battles while four wounded in action troops are currently receiving treatment for their gunshot wounds,” it said. The Nigerian Army has confirmed that bandits
In 2024, a United Nations monitoring team reported that the relationship between Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group and Yemen’s Houthi rebels was “transactional or opportunistic, and not ideological.” In a 2025 report, the U.N. said those
The Nigerian Navy has arrested 76 vessels and at least 242 suspects in anti-oil theft operations, and destroyed more than 800 illegal refining sites during a two-year crackdown, it said on Thursday. Rampant oil theft
Key Takeaway: Former Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has reentered Congolese politics to capitalize on the eastern DRC crisis and regain power by positioning himself as the leader of a broad
Somalia does not currently produce any oil or gas. It relies on imported petroleum products. The country does not have operational refineries. There was once a refinery in Mogadishu, but like anything Somali, it collapsed
The Somali National Army (SNA) has destroyed a suspected Al-Shabaab weapon store in central regions, following a sophisticated operation launched by the military within Adan Yabaal district, which is largely under the militants. The two
The International Criminal Court has been asked to review a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner Group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West Africa on social media,