Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
In his address at the Shura Council’s annual session, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani urged increased action to safeguard regional shipping lanes and critical supply networks. –…
Ethiopia is approaching a dangerous point at which an internal political conflict could develop into a wider confrontation across the Horn of Africa. The renewed fighting in Tigray, the continuing…
Airstrikes and artillery fire rocked northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region overnight into Monday, aid sources said, in clashes between federal government and rebel forces that have raised fears of wider fighting.…
The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia agreed on Sunday to bolster political and economic ties and rejected foreign interference in the region’s domestic affairs under any pretext. –…
Somalia will not accept Israeli presence in the country “under any circumstances,” President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said. – In an interview with Al Jazeera to be broadcast on Sunday, excerpts…
The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan will hold a four-way summit in the northern Egyptian city of New Alamein on Sunday to discuss regional developments amid the ongoing…
The decision by the United States government to terminate United Nations logistical support for the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia represents a watershed moment in the geopolitics of the…
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, among other Arab and Islamic officials, condemned the “illegal and unacceptable” step taken by the Somaliland region in opening a purported “embassy” in occupied Jerusalem. –…
Somalia has condemned Somaliland’s decision to open an embassy in Israel, calling the move illegal and a threat to the country’s sovereignty. – In a statement published on Wednesday, Mogadishu…
Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has slammed Israel’s “interference” in his country, saying its recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland has further increased instability and weakened international order. –…