Recognizing Somaliland is more than a moral imperative for the United States. It is also a strategic opportunity.

Isahakia clan urges government to formally recognise them as Kenyans, saying years of exclusion and land disputes have left ...

An Israeli strike hit a street in central Gaza on Thursday where witnesses said a crowd of people was getting bags of flour from a Palestinian police unit that had confiscated the goods from gangs ...

Social media-savvy performers are injecting new life into buraanbur, which uses powerful, rhythmic verse to bring audiences together at weddings and celebrations.

If the groups are made up of clans or even men with links to Bedouin tribes, then it’s possible that it will be hard for them to make inroads among other Gazans. It’s worth asking whether the ...

In Somalia, Darwish was part of a minority tribe and it was found that he would face 'persecution' if he was returned to the east African nation. Now he has been granted protection in the UK. The ...

In Somalia, clans define the relationship between people and all actors in the society. The connections of the new group to the Ali Suleiban sub-clan enabled it to profit from the clan’s links to ...

In Somalia, clans define the relationship between people and all actors in the society. The connections of the new group to the Ali Suleiban sub-clan enabled it to profit from the clan’s links ...

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational militant group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the ...