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Role Sudan Played in Somalia’s Conflict: Sudanese State Policy and the Deliberate Protraction of the Somali Civil War (1991–2006)
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
Puntland Marine Police Forces Recover SIBU 1 Tanker, Rescue All 20 Crew Members
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
Puntland Letter to UN Puts Growing Independence Sentiment at Center of Political Warning
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.
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Iman Ali
Commentary contributor to Puntland Signal.
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Puntland’s Political Amnesia: Stop Acting Like the Third Republic Hasn’t Collapsed
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.
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