Somali studies

La Reconnaissance du Somaliland par Israël: Un Cadeau Empoisonné? in The Conversation, Dec 2025

Al Shabaab Governance: Illiberal Modernization? published in the Canadian Journal of African Studies, July 2025

PhD thesis: The State in Somalia. Between Self-Governance and International Order, Oct 2022, defended at Sciences Po Paris/CERI in Jan 2023

Article about current developments in Somaliland, Oct 2020

Report on Al Shabaab governance, April-July 2019

Donor influence in Somaliland: general notes and fieldnotes from Berbera

Trip to Berbera and Sheekh, June 2019

Mes efforts pour recupérer les statues de Berbera, en français, juin 2019

Report on the Business Community of Mogadishu, March 2019

News analysis: Somaliland and Puntland sliding toward war, June 2018

Description and analysis of mysterious ancient statues in Somaliland, 2018

Reports about the Somaliland elections of 2017 – the campaign and election day

The worst road trip ever: from Hargeisa back to Addis through back roads to avoid Somali-Oromo clashes

Brief description of cultural heritage in Taleex: the fort of the ‘Mad Mullah’ and other buildings from the early 20th century, May 2017

Analysis of international interventions in Somalia from the colonial times to the War on Terror (with link to the first chapter of my PhD)

Reflections about the UN Security Council’s take on Somalia