From Berbera to Bab el-Mandeb: Enter the New Great Game in the Horn of Africa

Officially concluding over 30 years of diplomatic seclusion for the self-declared republic on Somalia’s northern coastline, Israel became the inaugural UN member state to acknowledge Somaliland’s independence in late December 2025. The declaration issued …
From Berbera to Bab el-Mandeb: Enter the New Great Game in the Horn of Africa