I have been asked to give my comments on the current sad state of affairs in Las Anod. The solution is pressing to Somalia and Somaliland, and most importantly the estimated 200.000 new refugees and the people in and around the city

1: We at U.S. Army's Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO), part of U.S. Army TRADOC, are out with the newest edition of “OE Watch,” our monthly run-down of foreign perspectives of the international operational environment. As its EiC I’m 100% biased, but I think it's fascinating + useful:

Selv washington post kan ta feil ;aftenposten.no/meninger/debat…

I am very happy that the two sisters from Berum that left to join the Islamic state have been brought home with their children. For norway this should be a no brainer, more resources to keep track of them than the local factions, and providing duty of care.

absolutly, in jihadist insurgency "losing territory" is not the same as not governing territory

Beledweyne is a flood-prone town in south-central Somalia. Every year, floods cause damage and displacement. Communities are now using their resources to build flood barriers and water canals to shore up town's defences against floods. x.com/DhaqaneDK/stat…

Nyt Atlant Brief: "Hvad kan vi lære af krigen i Ukraine? Og hvad vil afgøre den?" Vi bør erkende: 1.     Putin agerede relativt rationelt 2.     Droner og missiler er ikke gamechangere, men vigtige komponenter på kamppladsen. 3.     Reserver er afgørende for at skabe masse,

En systematisk gjennomgang av afrikanske jihadister fra undertegnede; panoramanyheter.no/afrika-ekstrem…

Tyskland anonserer ny hjelpepakke , men bistanden er langt under pari i forhold til hva som kunne forventes av en latent stormakt; Europeisk politikk fra undertegnede: forsvaretsforum.no/baltikum-eu-fr…

There's much we still don't know about the tragic attack on a US convoy in southeastern Nigeria. I thought to offer some context based on my research on militancy in the region, and why (I think) this looks more like a "random" attack than a targeted one hudson.org/terrorism/unde…

Raad comments on the EU in Africa ec.europa.eu/newsroom/intpa…

One person one vote in Puntland, good , but we need to watch nugal dynamics..

Stolt veileder igjen. Torhild Breidlid (snart doktor Breidlid tror jeg :)) og Co tar for seg de nye homofillovene i uganda i Panorama. panoramanyheter.no/.../kutt-i.../…...

abaadstudies.org/news-59952.html

aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/…

What is this then?? i cannot see any rational interest to go clanish like this in behalf of the president. thesomalidigest.com/president-hass…...

IT HAS BEGUN! Today at 10:45 Yemen time, SMIT Salvage began the transfer of more than 1 mln barrels of oil from the decaying #FSOSafer to the replacement vessel Yemen (formerly Nautica). The transfer should be completed in less than three weeks. #StopRedSeaSpill

this was an article that i was really happy to see tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I forhold til både opptøyene i bergen og Tel-aviv er det viktig at media og politikere ser , fortvilede mennesker som demonstrerer mot et diktatur med en leder som minner om kim jong un, ikke lager det til en konflikt" der begge sider er likeverdige. håper medie norge ser det

Today in anti-Semitic madness: Tunisia's president, Kais Saied, claims that Storm Daniel (which destroyed Derna, Libya) is evidence of Zionist infiltration & a Zionist "attack on the mind & thought" bc it's named Daniel, after a "Hebrew prophet." 🤦🏻‍♀️🧵⬇️