Somali militants killed eight Kenyan police with a roadside bomb near the border between the two countries on Saturday, officials said, while another eight died in a bombing the same group carried out in the Somali capital.
Both attacks were...
We, the Somaliland Societies in Europe (SSE) which connects the various Somaliland communities in the European countries, write this open letter to bring to your notice our concern and that of the people of the Republic of Somaliland about...
Fifty years ago today in Somalia, Mohammed Siad Barre’s military coup ended Somalia’s brief democratic period, which paved the way for civil war when the regime eventually collapsed. His contested legacy divides Somalis to this day.
On the morning of...
In happier times the fertile red soil of Galgadud State in Somalia afforded opportunity to grow an extensive range of produce, as well as providing grazing for some of the country’s many pastoralists. Civil War and drought have wreaked...
GAROWE, Somalia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The release of a Somali man on death row for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl after he paid 75 camels undermines a landmark law to curb gender violence and promotes...
Historically throughout all the times; business people were known to exploit and show antics of opportunism during the trying and tough times a certain society is going through; whether it’s during a war, drought, inflation or political instability. Throughout...
Photo: Young girls line up at a feeding centre in Mogadishu, 2017. (Credit: UN Photo/Tobin Jones).
International aid in Somalia is going to be crucial in the country’s fight against COVID-19. But in a complex context with a chequered history...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia’s president has promised his Kenyan counterpart a “thorough investigation” into the deadly crash of a Kenyan plane carrying medical supplies in Somalia, while one Somali official asserts that the aircraft was shot down. Six people...
by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Despite the inordinate challenges confronting Somalia for decades now, one pillar has kept the country from relapsing into civil war and further disintegration: national elections every four years. In some ways, it’s nothing short of a...
It is often forgotten that the worst dictators are often, early in their careers, lauded as reformers. In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was initially embraced as a “pragmatist” by diplomats and journalists alike. In 1991, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded...