<p>Last week we published a set of three in-depth <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#map</a> reports covering territorial control across <a href="/tags/somalia/" rel="tag">#Somalia</a>'s claimed territories from 2023 to present. The June 2024 report is free for all readers, and shows the height of "<a href="/tags/islamicstate/" rel="tag">#IslamicState</a>" (<a href="/tags/isis/" rel="tag">#ISIS</a>/<a href="/tags/isil/" rel="tag">#ISIL</a>) control in the country: </p><p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/somalia-territorial-control-map-2024-isis-shabaab.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/somalia-territorial-control-map-2024-isis-shabaab.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/soma</span><span class="invisible">lia-territorial-control-map-2024-isis-shabaab.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/hornofafrica/" rel="tag">#HornOfAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#cartography</a> <a href="/tags/maps/" rel="tag">#maps</a> <a href="/tags/geography/" rel="tag">#geography</a> <a href="/tags/somaliland/" rel="tag">#Somaliland</a> <a href="/tags/puntland/" rel="tag">#Puntland</a> <a href="/tags/ssc_khaatumo/" rel="tag">#SSC_Khaatumo</a> <a href="/tags/mapping/" rel="tag">#mapping</a> @geography @cartography @geopolitics <a href="/tags/alshabaab/" rel="tag">#AlShabaab</a> <a href="/tags/alqaeda/" rel="tag">#AlQaeda</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/osint/" rel="tag">#OSINT</a></p>
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<p>Special shoutout to journalist Zecharias Zelalem doing brilliant investigative work on a part of the world few are covering. This thread is amazing:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115290520418428596" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115290520418428596"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dair-community.social/@ZekuZel</span><span class="invisible">alem/115290520418428596</span></a> (Part 1)</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115290922706015620" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115290922706015620"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dair-community.social/@ZekuZel</span><span class="invisible">alem/115290922706015620</span></a> (Part 2)</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115291272349035871" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem/115291272349035871"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dair-community.social/@ZekuZel</span><span class="invisible">alem/115291272349035871</span></a> (Part 3)</p><p>You can follow Zelalem at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@ZekuZelalem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ZekuZelalem</span></a></span> </p><p>You can follow the newspaper he was reporting for:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecontinent</span></a></span> </p><p>He also reports for Al Jazeera:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AlJazeera" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AlJazeera</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/investigativejournalism/" rel="tag">#InvestigativeJournalism</a> <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/hornofafrica/" rel="tag">#HornOfAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/djibouti/" rel="tag">#Djibouti</a></p>
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