Charcoal-powered coffee machine - living in a recovering failed state like Somalia means being innovative At The Village Restaurant, a popular open-air hangout for Mogadishu's returning diaspora community, a charcoal-powered Italian espresso machine brews Somalia's best cappuccino. Wi-fi internet beams throughout...
Nairobi- Somali pirates are still holding 11 foreign vessels for ransom with 167 crew members as hostages as of Sep 30 even as the number of ships signaling attacks by Somali pirates has fallen to its lowest since 2009, a global...
MOGADISHU -- The Somali Football federation officials asked the African Union peacekeepers in Somalia (AMISOM) to vacate the country's largest football facility Stadium Mogadishu during an official visit to the site on Monday. Somali Football Federation president Ali Said Guled...
MOGADISHU -- Somalia's Banadir State government on Tuesday unveiled plans to renovate one of East Africa's largest open air markets after two decades of closure. Mohamed Yusuf Osman, Spokesman of Banadir government, told local media in the Somali capital, Mogadishu,...
August 2012 saw Somalia’s first parliament since 1991 inaugurate in Mogadishu, bringing the war torn country one step closer to pivotal change. With its newly elected parliament, potential for change has never been higher. This change is assisted by Somalia’s vast...
SOMALIA, Kismayo -- Soldiers serving with the Kenyan Contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) stand infront of a mosque in the grounds of Kismayo University in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, approx. 500km south...
MOGADISHU -- The property market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has boomed since the government pushed out al-Shabab fighters. The most peaceful period in the city in over two decades has brought thousands of Somali expatriates back to their homeland. But...
Sunday, October 14, 2012 Somali government forces backed by African Union (AU) peacekeeping forces are spreading their control over territory run by Al-Shabaab rebels in the south of the Horn of Africa country. The allied forces this week consolidated their control...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia does not plan to nullify oil and gas exploration contracts made in recent years in favour of those that were signed prior to the toppling of the government in 1991, a senior state official said...

Recent trip to Somalia

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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem   I thank Allah(SWT),our donors and the community that run the projects that Amoud Foundation supports. For the past twenty years, brothers and sisters stay behind and sacrifice everything they have.   Trip Summary: On my most recent trip, I have...