By Liban Obsiye
Somalis are very creative people and many are displaying their talent across various media and cultural platforms and sectors. One of the most popular forms of self-expression and communication is photography. This is not surprising because with...
A suicide bomber killed at least 13 soldiers and wounded at least 20 more inside a military academy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, a soldier who saw the bodies said, in an attack claimed by the al Shabaab...
By Dr. Mohamud M. Uluso
The decade-long delay in the completion of the Provisional Federal Constitution (PFC) is major threat to statebuilding in Somalia. Although one of the reasons behind the delay has been attributed to the difficult process of...
More than two dozen people were killed during heavy fighting in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland.
Clashes broke out on Tuesday in the state capital Garowe as the local parliament debated changes to the voting system.
At least 26 people died,...
By M.A. Egge
The President of the Puntland State and his Parliament are bent towards deteriorating the Sool situation by fueling the war even further and thereby escalating the crisis, given his rhetorical threats on Thursday.
Both their move directly undermines...
Swedish parties are said to be demanding the recognition of Somaliland through the parliament with two major parties in the country spearheading the effort.
Markus Wiechel, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swedish Parliament recalled that nine...
By Dr. Abdinur Sheikh Mohamed
This is an attempt to shed light on the complexities of the recent constitutional review proposal made on 27/05/2023 by the National Consultative Council (NCC) composed of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and three regional presidents...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 2 – Over 350,000 children and adults across the Horn of Africa (Somaliland, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya) are learning to read and write in Somali with a free language app, Daariz.
Launched in 2021, Daariz aims...
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, August 2022 (Photo: Office of the Prime Minister-Ethiopia/Facebook)
By Ali Regah
Introduction
The construction of the Ethiopia Renaissance Dam has been a topic of controversy in the Horn of Africa region, with concerns raised about its potential impact...
MOGADISHU: A group of leading Somali politicians denounced Monday a move to overhaul the country’s electoral system and introduce universal suffrage, charging that there was a lack of broad consultation and that some of the proposals were unconstitutional.
Somalia’s central...