Muhidin Libah, farmer and director of the Somali Bantu Community Association. Photograph: Greta Rybus/The Guardian
Muhidin Libah stretched his arm overhead, tapping the head of a corn stalk and sending its leaves quivering in the August sun.
“About seven feet,” he...
By Mohamed Ibrahim
As an outside observer on the tumultuous events surrounding the Somali elections, I cannot help but remember a time I was served my favourite meal and without thinking about where I have eaten more than I could...
HUGE LOSSES: Nyambene Miraa Traders association chairman Kimathi Munjuri
Image: Dennis Dibondo
Miraa farmers from Meru have asked the government to resolve the diplomatic row with Somalia saying they are making huge losses following the frosty relationship between the two countries.
After...
The planned selection of leaders for the State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (Sieit), responsible for Somaliland, ended up with two parallel lists of officials
By Abdulkadir Khalif
Somalia appeared to hit the first hurdle in preparing for the upcoming indirect elections...
We’ve all heard the quote that is often attributed to Mark Twain “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes”. In Somali, a similar saying translates to “Once unleashed, a truth...
BOSASO, Somalia, December 13, 2021-Jafar had two wishes. The first was to see his family again. He couldn't remember when he left Ethiopia; perhaps eight months ago, maybe a year.
Financial problems in the teenager's hometown convinced him that reaching...
Somalia failed to complete elections for the lower house of parliament by the Tuesday (15th March) deadline, marking yet another delay in the electoral process that should lead to the appointment of a new pesident, which has been expected...
Newly-elected Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) and former president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Mogadishu on May 16, 2022. Baseless rumours of a military coup spread online following his election ( AFP / HASAN ALI ELMI
By Gaelle Faure
A video...
Press Release
In light of the tragic incident at Zoobe junction on Saturday, Dahabshiil group is donating $500,000 to victims of the attack.
Dahabshiil Group pay through eDahab $250,000 to the injured and $250,000 to small street traders who lost their...
WASHINGTON — At least eight people have been killed and six others injured in two separate explosions in Somalia, residents say.
At least five people were killed, and four others were injured in the town of Jalalaqsi in the Hiran...