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Tobias Simon

Tobias Simon has been involved in African and Middle East affairs since
2010. He works as a freelance journalist for German and international
media outlets and teaches at the Academy for International Cooperation
GIZ in Germany. Follow him on Twitter @tobias_simon

July 2016

  • A Somali soldier during gunfire after a suicide bomb attack outside Naasa Hablood hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on 25 June 2016.

    Foreign troops in Somalia struggle to keep al-Shabaab at bay

    African soldiers and European military trainers are attempting to ensure peace and enable the Somali army to fight its own battles

June 2016

  • People at the scene of a terror attack on the Ambassador Hotel Mogadishu on 1 June 2016, which was claimed by al-Shabaab.

    Somalia's limited polls overshadowed by clan rivalries and al-Shabaab

    Hopes for a new government in August tempered by fears of bribery and violence, says Michael Keating, head of UN mission in Mogadishu
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