An investigation into a cross-border cycle in which commercial supply chains feed Houthi weapons production in Yemen, while arms, training and maritime networks generate money, recruits and strategic footholds across the Horn of Africa The Houthis no ...
Sheba Intelligence previously warned that piracy was re-emerging around the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters. A new appeal by the International Maritime Organization now gives that warning official weight. The International Maritime Organization has called...
Targeted killings in Aden and Hadramawt expose a widening security vacuum after the STC rebellion and complicate Saudi-backed efforts to restore normality in government-held areas. The assassination of Mohammed Aidha, the Al Arabiya and Al Hadath correspondent ...
Piracy is gradually returning to the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia and Yemen, raising concerns that an old maritime threat is reappearing at a time when international naval attention is heavily focused on Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab. Recent mari...
More than 83,000 migrants entered Yemen in the first five months of 2026, exposing how a humanitarian route from the Horn of Africa is increasingly intersecting with smuggling networks, Houthi influence and Saudi border security concerns. Sheba Intelligence previously warned that Afri...
A German media investigation into suspected fraud in GIZ-funded work in Yemen has reopened a wider question that has followed the country’s aid economy for years: how were billions of dollars in humanitarian and development funds monitored in one of the world’s most di...
Port Sudan has resumed cargo transshipment operations after a long halt, in a development that carries significant economic and logistical importance for a country devastated by war since April 2023. The Red Sea city has become a key alternative hub for state institutions, i...
Yemen’s recent push to strengthen local authorities has reopened a sensitive debate over decentralization, federalism and the future shape of the state after years of war. The debate gained momentum after the National Conference on Partnership and Integration b...
Saudi Arabia’s latest financial support to Yemen’s internationally recognized government reflects Riyadh’s continued effort to prevent economic collapse in the country and contain the wider security risks such instability could pose to the Red Sea, Bab al-M...
The attacks, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday around Jabal al-Aqeedat, reportedly killed and wounded a number of traditional miners. The exact toll remains unclear due to the difficulty of reaching the targeted sites and the remote nature of the mining zones. Vid...
The regional rivalry reshaping the Red Sea is increasingly moving south into the Gulf of Aden, where Somalia’s fragile political landscape, armed networks and contested ports are becoming part of a broader struggle over maritime influence between Yeme...
In late May, security authorities in Hadramout, eastern Yemen, announced the dismantling of four illegal gold mining and processing workshops in the city of Mukalla, only one week after a similar workshop had been seized. The Criminal Investigation Department of Hadr...
Yemen’s electricity crisis has returned to the forefront with the onset of summer, as rising temperatures widen the gap between growing demand and limited generation capacity in areas controlled by the internationally recognized government. In the latest eff...
Somalia’s 2025 was not defined by security challenges alone. It was a year in which the country’s fight against Al-Shabaab intersected with a sensitive security transition, deepening federal tensions, unresolved constitutional disputes, and growing...
Sheba Intelligence is preparing to publish a special investigation tracing how gold may be moving out of Yemen through airports and official exit points in areas controlled by the internationally recognized government, based on documents and data reviewed by the platform. T...
The current Iran-Israel escalation has pushed the region into a more dangerous phase. On Monday, June 8, 2026, Israel said it had struck military targets in western and central Iran after Tehran launched missiles toward Israel in response to an earlier Israeli str...
Yemen’s crisis in 2025 was not shaped by a single battlefield, political dispute, or humanitarian emergency. It was a year in which the conflict expanded into a broader struggle over sovereignty, state authority, regional influence, maritime security, and econom...
Sudan’s war in 2025 moved beyond a contest for military control. It became a struggle over territory, legitimacy, humanitarian survival, regional influence, and the future shape of the Sudanese state. At the beginning of the year, the Sudanese Armed Forces ap...
Heavy rains have caused catastrophic flooding across the western coastal areas of Tihama, Yemen, resulting in at least 50 fatalities or disappearances. The relentless floods have wreaked havoc, displacing hundreds, destroying numerous homes, killing livestock, and causing severe damage t...
The plight of Yemen's fishermen extends far beyond the nation's war-torn economy. Along the Red Sea coast, they face relentless challenges, including harassment by Eritrean authorities and the depletion of marine resources by foreign vessels. Fishing trips have trans...