POTUS saying the quiet part out loud as he usurps Congress’s war powers to wage an unlawful and unnecessary conflict against Iran.
Word games aside, congressional authorization was necessary and this war is flagrantly illegal.
Brian Finucane
AFRICOM has announced its 45th strike in Somalia of 2026.
www.newamerica.org/insights/ame...
Quillette magazine article stealing our Sudan control map. It's credited to avoid plagiarism, but using it without our permission is still (illegal) copyright violation, and a well-known publication should really know better.
#Sudan #geopolitics #geography #copyright #iplaw #maps #mapping
May 4th brought another strike in Somalia against ISIS.
This is the 62nd declared strike this year and 63rd by our tally which includes one reported strike that AFRICOM has denied.
www.newamerica.org/insights/ame...
Episode 2 of the Beyond Series explores digital connection and mobility across conflict-affected borderlands.
@petechonka.bsky.social reflects on how social media shapes migration dreams and risks for youth in Hargeisa.
Listen: tinyurl.com/BeyondXCEPT2
More about this project: xcept.riftvalley.net
Dr Firehiwot Sintayehu reflects on how women in academia remain underrepresented and often excluded from key research and publishing spaces.
As part of the lead-up to #SHECONF 2026, #EWNET is featuring voices from across the network.
Conference details: riftvalley.net/events/sheco...
It was not hard to forecast this hybrid, very low-key wind of change — we predicted how her government was gonna be in this 2023 issue
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rita20/1...
David Sterman
Politics in Italy 2023. From Mario Draghi to Giorgia Meloni: Domestic Political Change and Management of International Crises. Volume 15, Issue 2 of Contemporary Italian Politics
Good video report from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by Bastien Renouil, @willswanson.bsky.social, and @artefr.bsky.social for @france24.com. (Apparently shot last Nov.)
www.france24.com/en/somalia-i...
#geopolitics #conflictzone #security #armedgroups
Notice the #Puntland soldiers wearing prominent #Somalia flag patches. Despite not recognizing the federal govt in Mogadishu, Puntland still considers itself proudly part of Somalia. Last year we debunked misconceptions that it had declared #independence: www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/punt... #geography
The original map and original accompanying article on our site:
www.polgeonow.com/2024/06/suda...
Trump: "We have a thing called a war, or as they would rather say, a military operation. It's for legal reasons. Because as a military operation, I don't need any approvals. As a war you're supposed to get approval from Congress. Something like that. So I call it a military operation."
Federica Genovese
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Jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) group have established a stronghold in Somalia’s Puntland region, operating largely undisturbed across a vast mountainous area after setbacks in Iraq and Syria an...
