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...
Friday December 10, 2021 Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, once considered a fair leader by the opposition, is now on the receiving end of the wrath of the opposition and other political leaders. Tables turned Recently re-elected Senator Muse Sudi Yalahow...
By Abdullahi M Arale To all intent and purposes, 4.5 formula gives equal quota to the four “major” clans, and a half-point to a cluster of “minority” clans in Somalia. However, according to a spokesperson for Arta Peace Conference in...
Somaliland government bans its citizens from participating in Somalia’s political process. This was disclosed in a presidential decree that the office of the presidency has released on Wednesday. The decree issued by Somaliland President H.E Musa Bihi Abdi clearly...
No one could have predicted that the war will drag on this long and with no end in sight at the moment, it’s even harder to predict the outcome. Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, promised a swift military action...
In the historical study of Somali labour under a pastoralist economy, livestock represented the family’s wealth and has traditionally been the property of men where women’s role was solely in the sales and exchanges of livestock products such as milk...
Both livestock and agriculture play an important role in Somalia’s economy, with the two sectors being the main sources of economic activity, employment, and export in the country ROME, Italy, December 1, 2021/APO Group/ -- Sureedo lives on her farm...
Currently, there are nearly 6,000 Somali migrants in Libya GENEVA, Switzerland, November 26, 2021/ -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM), through its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme, facilitated the safe return of 32 Somali migrants in November 2021. “Currently, there...
UNICEF calls on all parties to uphold the safety of children and protect them from violence NAIROBI, 25 NOVEMBER 2021 – “At least 13 school children and four school staff are among dozens reported to have been injured when a bomb...
By Osman H. Yusuf To refresh our memory, the idea of an indirect election based on a 4.5 clans power-sharing formula for troubled Somalia was meant to be a way of finding an acceptable temporary solution to long-standing mistrust among...