AEIs Critical Threats Africa File posted on 22 October 2026 an article titled "Somalia" by Michael DeAngelo, Ziv Zellars, and Liam Karr.
South West State opposition forces seized several key towns in the state in a dispute over control of the state government. The Somali federal government and the state government claim the opposition group is collaborating with al-Shabaab. The conflict has taken on wider regional implications.
