Geopolitical, economic and security developments of East Africa.

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Koyama island, Jubaland region, southern Somalia Mihrab of old mosque of Rassini, Lower Juba, Somalia Pillar tombs in Koyama island Ancient mosque in Barawa, Lower Shebelle, Somalia G. Revoil, 1882-3 #archivesxt
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Qabridahar: Waxaa la dhamaystiray laami-saarida 1.5KM oo kamid ah Mashruuca Jidadka laamiga ah ee Magaalada Qabridahar kaas oo ka kooban laba wado oo isku gaynta dhararkoodu yahay 2.8KM. Mashruucan oo uu gacanta ku hayo Xafiiska Horumarinta Magaalooyinka iyo Dhismaha DDS,
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Heis Island, Sanaag, Somalia. 🇸🇴 📸: Elsar Media
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Ethiopian state media has entered Nollywood territory. They’re telling us, patients were ripping out IV fluids to run to the ballot box. At this rate, next they’ll report a man woke up from a 7-year coma just to vote for Prosperity. 😂 The funniest part about propaganda like this is that it always overacts. Real public support never needs this level of theatrical storytelling.
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A Ethiopian somali regional state official urged the community of his district and said “go out and use your vote, even though we’re already elected”. I’d dub him as the most honest politician in jigjiga.
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Imagine this: on June 1, 50 million people in Ethiopia will head to the polls, yet the outcome already seems predetermined. In 64 of the 509 electoral districts outside Tigray, only Prosperity Party candidates are running. The Tigray People's Liberation Front, which dominated Ethiopian politics for nearly three decades before Abiy Ahmed’s rise, has been banned. No voting will take place in Tigray, home to around 6% of the population. In some parts of Amhara, holding elections appears impossible. Meanwhile, the risk of armed clashes is growing in certain areas of Oromia. Voting in the Amhara region is expected to remain largely confined to urban centers. Due to insecurity, elections cannot be organized in many rural areas, and according to the Ethiopian National Election Board’s (NEBE) own optimistic estimates, polling stations will not even be set up in at least 30 constituencies.
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Somalia intends to expand its partnership with Türkiye into uranium and critical mineral development as offshore drilling gains pace, minister says turkiyetoday.com/business/so…
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RT @LtKhalifa: THREAD 🧵: How the 1974-1975 famine in Somali Galbeed ( Ogaden ) was covered up by major western relief institutions. The fa…
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From we will detain Getachew to welcome to Jigjiga Mr Reda😁
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This is the most artfully constructed and well-planned humiliation I have ever seen.
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Siad Barre’s visit to Nicolae Ceaușescu in Romania, 1981.
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After a 20-year period of civil war, Somalia gained a permanent government in 2012 with the support of Turkiye. People of Somalia have respect and sympathy for Turkiye and President Erdogan, regardless of any political and clan affiliation. In the coming days, Somalia will face a test of democracy, and as Turkiye, we must, as we have in the past, stand with the Somali people, not any particular political group. @HassanSMohamud @M_Farmaajo @HESharifShAhmed @HESaidADeni
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En marzo encontramos un incensario al excavar una tumba prehistórica en Somalilandia. Y ya hemos podido datarlo por carbono 14: entre 1519 y 1451 a.C. Lo cual lo convierte en el quemaperfumes más antiguo descubierto en el Cuerno de África hasta la fecha.->
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🇸🇴🇹🇷 Türkiye might carry out a launch of the #Yıldırımhan ICBM from its new joint missile test range in #Somalia as early as later this year. 🚀
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The new battleground.

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NEW — 'Next Iran'?: Turkey accelerates 60,000 tonnes aircraft carrier amid Israel tensions • As Israel likens Turkey to Iran and deepens ties with Greece and Cyprus, Ankara bets on naval power to reassert itself • The carrier would float next year middleeasteye.net/news/next-…
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As compensation for the severe morale blow suffered by the militia following the defection of General Al-Nour Qubba, and the failure of the militia’s media rooms to contain or downplay the situation, the United Arab Emirates is mobilizing new forces for the militia. It has also intensified its air support from Abu Dhabi to the Harar Meda base in Ethiopia, which has become a hub for distributing supplies.
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