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Turkey is strengthening its ties with Somalia, expanding investment in the country’s defence and energy sectors. These efforts are part of Turkey’s broader strategic goals in the Horn of Africa. Federico Donelli, who has studied Ankara’s strategy in the region, explains how changing power dynamics in the Horn have created an opportunity for Turkey to benefit from the moment.
What can birds tell us about human spirituality? An astonishing amount if you look at the pastoralist Nuer people of South Sudan and Ethiopia. In the first comprehensive study of its kind, a group of Ethiopian researchers teamed up with European scholars to identify the many spiritual and cultural roles birds play in daily life. Their study makes it clear that some crucial conservation lessons can be learned from people living in harmony with nature.
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Federico Donelli, University of Trieste
Turkey’s investment in Somalia is driven by regional and domestic security considerations.
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Abebayehu Aticho, Jimma University; Abebe Beyene, Jimma University; Andrew Gosler, University of Oxford; Desalegn Chala, University of Oslo; Nils Christian Stenseth, University of Oslo; Shimelis Aynalem Zelelew, Bahir Dar University
Birds play a wide range of unique cultural roles for the Nuer people, who have three interchangeable names for them.
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David Matsinhe, Carleton University
The future of Mozambique rests on the ability of the new president.
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Jacob Lewis, Washington State University
Elite corruption can provoke popular protest for several reasons.
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Justin Willis, Durham University; Sharath Srinivasan, University of Cambridge
The conflict in Sudan is the world’s biggest hunger and displacement crisis.
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From our international editions
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R. Alexander Bentley, University of Tennessee
Whether intentional or not, the way mega-settlements in southeastern Europe from 6,000 years ago were laid out would have cut down on the spread of disease.
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Iwan Dinnick, University of Nottingham; Daniel Jolley, University of Nottingham
When faced with uncontrollable climate change, people often embrace conspiracy theories to regain a sense of control.
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Henry Chung, University of Essex; Chris McManus, University of Essex; Sally Waterworth, University of Essex
We identified 14 genes that were linked with weight loss from exercise.
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Aman Agrawal, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
The earliest cells likely didn’t have membranes to separate and protect their components and chemistry away from a harsh surrounding environment. But they may have made do with rain.
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