Friday, 04 November 2016 00:00
SPECIAL REPORT: 20161104 Puntland Pro-ISIL group occupies Qandala Town, Bari Region
By Analysis Team
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak (Sun Tzu, The Art of War) Figure 1 Vates Corp: Puntland Somalia VEOs Approx. Areas of Operation (current as of Oct 26). Key: Al-Shabaab AO - red; Al-Shabaab transit areas – orange; Pro-ISIL AO – grey. Puntland Pro-ISIL…
Thursday, 08 September 2016 00:00
SPECIAL REPORT: 20160908 Al-Shabaab Jan 2015 – Aug 2016 Mogadishu Hotel Attacks
By Analysis Team
With the succession of high profile attacks by al-Shabaab on Mogadishu Hotels and Restaurants, some assess these incidents as an indication of the group’s strength. Indeed, the Aug 30, LVBIED[i] attack targeting the SYL hotel became the 18th high profile al-Shabaab attack IVO Mogadishu hotels and restaurants since Jan 2015…
Thursday, 19 May 2016 00:00
SPECIAL REPORT: 20160519 Somalia Election 2016 – The Road to Villa Somalia - No. 9
By Analysis Team
20160519: SPECIAL REPORT: SOMALIA ELECTION 2016 – The Road to Villa Somalia No. 9 With three months left before Somalia’s elections are due to begin, the 2016 election model is yet to be approved by the Federal Parliament. On Apr 15, UN Representative to Somalia, Michael Keating, said "Somalia’s political…
Friday, 29 April 2016 00:00
SPECIAL REPORT: 20160429 The Islamic State Threat to Somalia
By Analysis Team
We can form a single united body, while the enemy must split up into fractions. Hence, there will be a whole pitted against separate parts of a whole, which means that we shall be many to the enemy’s few. (Sun Tzu, The Art of War) There have been a series…