Mekiya learned about the risks of FGM at school in Ethiopia./ UNICEF/UN0410904/Ayene
By Zubaida Baba Ibrahim
According to UNICEF, this trend is adopted to have one...
Somalis have experienced years of struggle, climate shocks and disease outbreaks in recent years. COVID-19 has worsened the situation as well, with up to 20 percent...
The recent GSMA report puts Africa at the forefront of the mobile money revolution. In 2021, the industry processed over $1 trillion in transactions...
AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:
Countries in the Horn of Africa are experiencing their worst drought in 40 years. Four years of insufficient rain has displaced hundreds...
Armed residents and local security forces in Somalia's Galmudug state killed 70 Al Shabaab fighters as they repulsed a raid by militants on Bahdo...
An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) – Ugandan soldiers guard the frontline of the Yaaqshiid District. Photo: AMISOM / Alamy
By Mohamed Gabobe
After taking...
by Bashir M. Sheikh-Ali
In my paper on Federalism and Somalia, I discussed how Somali cultural norms, the current state of different regions/member states, and clannism exasperate...
A severely malnourished two-year-old girl is fed via a tube in Banadir Maternity and Children Hospital in Mogadishu
The United Nations has predicted that 350,000...
The government of the Republic of Somaliland has described it as unfortunate and an expression of the Somali government’s hostility towards the people and...
By Abdirizak Diis
After a long-delayed election, Somalia elected has new leadership with a vision of "Soomaali heshiis ah dunidana heshiis la ah," which translates...