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![<p>People attend a march in support of the Somali government’s plans for universal suffrage in preparation for a one-person, one-vote presidential election in 2026, in Mogadishu, Somalia on November 26, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin- Backgrounder
Somaliland: The Horn of Africa’s Breakaway State
![<p>Somaliland’s Independence Monument in Hargeisa depicts a hand holding a map of the area.</p>]()
![<p>Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud walks near a Turkish Navy Ship after it docked at the Mogadishu Sea Port following the signing of a defense and economic agreement between Somalia and Turkey in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 23, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Somali protesters march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal at the Yarisow stadium in Mogadishu, Somalia on January 3, 2024.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin- Backgrounder
Al-Shabaab
![<p>A military spokesperson for al-Shabaab issues a statement from south of Mogadishu. </p>]()
![<p>Members of Somalia’s military officers parade during the handover ceremony of newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 23, 2022</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Members of the Somaliland community in Britain’s capital celebrate the 20th anniversary of its declaration of independence from Somalia during a demonstration in London May 18, 2011. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed looks on as military officers parade during celebrations to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Somali National Armed Forces in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 12, 2022.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![Al-Shabaab in East Africa cover image]()
By Claire Klobucista, Jonathan Masters, Kevin Lizarazo and Jeremy Sherlick![<p>U.S. President Joe Biden convenes a virtual summit with leaders from democratic nations at the State Department’s Summit for Democracy, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S. on December 9, 2021.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>UK-based Somalilanders waving the self-declared republic’s flag at a rally near Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, in 2012.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Somali legislators of the lower house of parliament raise their hands to vote to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s term for another two years to let the country prepare for direct elections, in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 12, 2021</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![Cover for Nonstate Warfare by Stephen Biddle, beige with a photo of a group of men on top of a tank.]()
Nonstate Warfare
Stephen Biddle
![Book cover for Beyond the Sand and Sea, a woman and a small child holding hands, walking through a desert with a large blue sky with wispy clouds]()
Beyond the Sand and Sea
Ty McCormick
![<p>Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo attends his inauguration ceremony in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, February 22, 2017.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>Muslim faithful chant slogans during a protest against the August 27 killing of Sheikh Aboud Rogo Mohammed, after Friday prayers at the Masjid Musa Mosque in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, on August 31, 2012.</p>]()
By Guest Blogger for John Campbell![<p>Italian and Somali security forces are seen near armored vehicles at the scene of an attack on an Italian military convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia September 30, 2019</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin
