Somalia

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International News

Alliance of Sahel States Officials Travel to Moscow for Joint Summit

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In December 2023, three countries in West Africa, formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger coming together to proclaim their commitment to building an independent existence […]
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International News

White House Quest for Critical Minerals Cannot Bring Peace and Development to the DRC

April 1, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Reports have surfaced during the early months of 2025 regarding a possible deal between the current government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under President Felix Tshisekedi and the United States […]
Somalia divided with Somaliland and Puntland in the northern region
International News

Instability in Somalia Endangers the Entire Horn of Africa

September 15, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Somalia has warned governments in the Horn of Africa and corporations seeking to conduct business in the region that Mogadishu will not tolerate any contracts which do not recognize it as a […]
East Africa food insecurity map
International News

East Africa Food Insecurity and the Role of AFRICOM

July 29, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On July 19, several media sources reported that airstrikes were carried out against what was claimed to be bases of the Islamist group fighting the central government in the Horn of Africa […]
Africa drought report
International News

Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa

July 21, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe There has been a deteriorating situation within various African states related to the impact of drought and the consequent lack of food for hundreds of millions of people. These events on the […]
International News

Biden Redeploys Pentagon Troops to Somalia

May 20, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Joe Biden of the United States has announced through the Department of Defense the redeployment of Pentagon troops to the Horn of Africa state of Somalia. This is not the first […]
Somalia conflict within SNA over presidential tenure
International News

Instability in Somalia Continues Despite Years of Western Interventions

May 10, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A decades-long effort by the United States and other western states to remake the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia in their images has only resulted in further political fragmentation and economic […]
International News

Regional Dimensions and Imperialist Interests in the Ethiopian Tigray Conflict

December 11, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe With the intervention of Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) troops into the northern Tigray region of the Horn of Africa nation, aimed at dislodging the provincial leadership and establishing firm administrative control, […]
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Domestic News

United States Continues Imperialist Policies Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

April 5, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Countries throughout the globe are focusing on the eradication of the COVID-19 pandemic which has infected nearly a million people and killed over 45,000. During the early phase of the detection of […]
International News

Somali war: A continuing result of United States foreign policy

December 28, 2018 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Pentagon bombing operations against the Horn of Africa state of Somalia have killed numerous people over the last several weeks under the guise of the United States “war on terrorism.” On November […]