Archive - Acacia

Goodbye everyone!

Sep 6 •

August 2025

DIY skin lightening & Sudanese and Emirati jockeying in Mogadishu

Issue #12: Somalia is increasingly caught in the geopolitical crosshairs of Sudan, the UAE, Egypt, and Ethiopia. We break it down.

Aug 30 •

Mahbub M Abdillahi

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Somalia’s third republic could end if things don’t change, warns Afyare Elmi

Issue #11: All of Somalia’s former living presidents also united to condemn the alleged misuse and sale of public land by the government.

Aug 23 •

Mahbub M Abdillahi

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Telecom oligarchs, government ghost workers & Ayaan Hirsi Ali still grifting

Issue #10: Ayaan Hirsi Ali is still recyclying tired stereotypes about Muslims and Somalis in which she's found a lucrative career

Aug 16 •

Mahbub M Abdillahi

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Spaceports, satellites and Somalia gets Starlink

Issue #9: It’s a big week for Somalia in space, with Türkiye beginning construction of a new spaceport and Starlink going live.

Aug 9 •

Mahbub M Abdillahi

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Somali Airlines returns, the Soviet Somalis & more Ls for France

Issue #8: Somalia’s national carrier, Somali Airlines, is set to make its comeback after 30 years — but not without some controversy over how.

Aug 2 •

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Mahbub M Abdillahi

July 2025

Somalis allegedly being Arabised and Minneapolis’s Mamdani

Issue #7: Omar Fateh has won his party’s backing for Minneapolis mayor, sparking a right-wing media frenzy.

Jul 26 •

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Mahbub M Abdillahi

Racism, visa free travel to Kenya & Speed does the dhaanto

Issue #6: Minnesota state senator, Omar Fateh, launches Minneapolis mayoral bid amid a wave of racist attacks from far-right figures.

Jul 19 •

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Mahbub M Abdillahi

Mogadishu 2026 (?!), negotiations with al-Shabaab and Kenya protests

Issue #5: Mogadishu 2026 is trending on TikTok as the next big tourist destination.

Jul 12 •

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Mahbub M Abdillahi

Emirati radars, illegal fishing & forest fires

Issue #4: A major fire has broken out across the Daallo Mountains, an ecologically rich area in Sanaag, known for its forests and scenic highlands.

Jul 5 •

Mahbub M Abdillahi

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June 2025

Independence, aid dependence and Trump's beef with Ilhan Omar

Issue #3: Somalia is still catching strays in Trump’s ongoing feud with Ilhan Omar but a few Somali political figures surprisingly agree with him ...

Jun 28 •

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Mahbub M Abdillahi

American bombs, borders and Somalia's sick federal system

Issue #2: The gang rape of two young girls, Fahima & Farah, sparks outrage as authorities in SSC-Khaatumo arrest more than twenty suspects.

Jun 21 •

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Mahbub M Abdillahi

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