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Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)4. Almost all media fall in this trap, but: It's wrong to call <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a> a "semiautonomous region". Puntland is *entirely* autonomous (self-governed/controlled), now not even cooperating with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a> federal govt. It says it's part of Somalia in principle, but that's about it.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defacto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#defacto</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#borders</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@washingtonpost</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independence</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autonomy</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)3. <a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@washingtonpost</a> story says woman shooting 2 soldiers was "first time a female combat fighter from an Islamist group has been seen in Somalia". This is only true if suicide bombers don't count. Though rare, women have acted as suicide bombers for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AlShabaab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlShabaab</a> several times before.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIL</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Several smaller criticisms of <a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@washingtonpost</a> report on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIS</a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a>:1. Describing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a> state in general as "remote" is dubious, since it lies on one of world's most important shipping channels (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GulfOfAden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GulfOfAden</a>), including major port city (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bosaso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bosaso</a>)2. Miskad Mts are not on "the very tip" of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HornOfAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HornOfAfrica</a>, they are about 100 mi (150 km) southwest of it(...)<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)The title of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@washingtonpost</a> story, "The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia — and has global ambitions" is also strikingly off-base, since journalist Katharine Houreld is in fact reporting on the group's dramatic retreat in face of offensive by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a> state forces. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIL</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HornOfAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HornOfAfrica</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/middleeast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#middleeast</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Story in <a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@washingtonpost</a> calls itself "most complete account to date of how the Islamic State was able to regroup [in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a>] over the past decade". Yet all but the most recent of such info had already been covered several times over by reports from UN, Intl Crisis Group, etc<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIL</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IslamicState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IslamicState</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HornOfAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HornOfAfrica</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#factcheck</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/unitednations" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@unitednations</a>

Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)🧵Investigative journalism in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a> is welcome, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@washingtonpost</a> report from Feb made valuable contributions to story of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIS</a> foreign recruitment in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a> state. But the story vastly exaggerates its own importance, among other issues... <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/09/somalia-islamic-state-puntland-terrorism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/09/somalia-islamic-state-puntland-terrorism/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ISIL</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HornOfAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HornOfAfrica</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#factcheck</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a>

Mathieu GottelandThe Somali government immediately proceeded to expel the Ethiopian ambassador, now relying on inefficient mediation. It further issued an unenforceable ultimatum to close <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ethiopia</a>’s consulates in Hargeisa (<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Somaliland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somaliland</a>) and Garowe (<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a>). This naturally triggered a show of defiance. Rumors of elevating Ethiopia’s consulate in Hargeisa to embassy status seem to be substantiated. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a>

Mathieu GottelandFor the past 10 weeks however, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a>’s strategy has become haphazard, as if she was bent on sabotaging her own position on an interest deemed vital. Hassan Sheikh, who was elected on the promise to finalize the constitution, has chosen this most delicate time to put his plan in motion. Ethiopia’s and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a>’s reactions — the latter immediately “seceded” — were entirely predictable.<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Somaliland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somaliland</a>

Mathieu GottelandRecent diplomatic successes (such as the recent entry in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EAC</a>), the détente with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kenya</a> (since 2021), wide-ranging cooperation with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UAE</a> play their part. DP World (UAE) has announced the port expansion in Bosaso (<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a>) should be completed this year (<a href="https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-dubai-s-dp-world-will-finish-366-million-bosaso-port-expansion-this-year" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-dubai-s-dp-world-will-finish-366-million-bosaso-port-expansion-this-year</a>). <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedArabEmirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedArabEmirates</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EastAfricanCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EastAfricanCommunity</a>

Mathieu GottelandWhile <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ethiopia</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Somaliland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somaliland</a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Puntland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Puntland</a> tried to benefit from the situation with a MoU promising sea access to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Somalia</a>'s landlocked neighbour against the recognition of Somaliland and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PMPF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PMPF</a> paramilitary leading anti-<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#piracy</a> operations, the recent agreement between Somalia and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> is both directly adverse to those other efforts and potentially historic in its consequences (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/turkey-provide-maritime-security-support-somalia-official-2024-02-22/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/turkey-provide-maritime-security-support-somalia-official-2024-02-22/</a>).

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