PUNTLAND SIGNAL
Commentary
This report examines the role of the Government of Sudan, then dominated by the National Islamic Front (NIF) under the ideological leadership of Hassan al-Turabi, in the Somali Civil War following the collapse of the Siad Barre government in 1991.
Security & Regional Affairs
The Puntland Maritime Police Force has recovered the oil tanker M.T. SIBU 1/SEAMUL from Somali pirates, rescuing all 20 crew members in an operation that marks a significant result for Puntland’s maritime-security efforts.
Politics
A letter from the Office of the President of Puntland to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of the UN Security Council has placed growing public support for a more fundamental break with Mogadishu into Puntland’s formal diplomatic messaging.
Commentary
For years, Puntland’s political establishment maintained what amounted to a nuclear option: if Mogadishu violated the constitutional arrangement agreed upon in 2012, Puntland would walk away.
Security & Regional Affairs
The resurgence of piracy off Puntland is increasingly revealing a threat that extends well beyond the armed men who board commercial vessels. A new international analysis argues that the networks sustaining piracy now include financiers, weapons suppliers, logistics providers and cross-border connections operating across the Gulf of Aden.
Commentary
It is something that happens every four or five years: an incident that further fuels and strengthens the anti-federalism policy towards Puntland. It also strengthens a form of government confined to Mogadishu. Puntland carries a responsibility that it is not actually aware of, a responsibility that harms its own interests, the interests of its people, and its region.
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