Stories from the Horn #162
January 24, 2023
Big apologies for the lack of emails these past two months. During December and January I was in three different countries and hosted visitors from all around the planet, plus family, plus holidays, and I couldn’t keep up. Thank you for being patient!
I am also nearing the end (sort of…) of my double masters program and classes are kicking my butt this term. In my attempt to take an easier load due to travel and family responsibilities I…failed and signed up instead for a PhD level course which welcomes a few (2) Masters level students. Let me just say that I have to use Google for a lot of new vocabulary words.
Here is a link to an important conversation I had with the Upwardly Dependent Podcast about The White Savior Complex.
On to the news stories
Somalia
Uprising by Somali Clans puts Al Shabaab on the Defensive
Somalia faces crises on many fronts in 2023
Why Somalis are starving but officials won’t call it a famine
Extremists storm government building in Mogadishu, at least 5 dead
7 killed in Al Shabaab attack on Somalia military base
Somalia government and Al Shabaab deny peace talks
US extends deportation protection to Somalis
Hundreds rally against Al Shabaab
Djibouti
New book from Djiboutian author Abdourahman Waberi: Why Do You Dance When You Walk?
The White Mosque: A Memoir by Sofia Samatar. Mennonite history in Central Asia? A Somali-Muslim Mennonite? Border crossings and international survival adventures along with beautiful writing? This is a surprising, lovely book.
US provides agricultural tools to famers in rural Djibouti
Ethiopia
Amhara forces withdraw from Tigray region
Tigray rebels start handing over weapons
President denies the declining value of the birr
Have a lovely week and see you again soon.