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Thanks to the stable income he is now getting from his new clothing business, Nuur Adan Mohamed, 36, has been able to move his family out of the IDP camp in Dollow, southern Somalia, where they have been living for the past seven years. Nuur was awarded a $2,000 grant through Dalbile Youth Initiative business...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has received his Somali counterpart President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Istanbul, Turkish diplomatic sources said Friday. They were accompanied by Turkish National Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır and the Somali delegation, sources said. The raging conflict between Israel and Hamas and the unfolding humanitarian crisis...

The Speaker of Tanzania’s National Assembly Tulia Ackson was on Friday elected president of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU), succeeding Portugal’s Duarte Pacheco. Dr Ackson, a PhD holder in law, became the 31st leader of the umbrella body representing legislators from across the world. She will serve a three-year term as per IPU’s regulations. Her...

 Reports by journalism watchdogs offer grim picture for journalists worldwide – At least 27 journalists have been killed in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists – Overwhelming majority were Palestinians and most of them were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip ISTANBUL As conflicts continue to brew, journalism is...

A Kenyan MP was ordered to remove a traditional Palestinian scarf he was wearing during parliamentary proceedings on Wednesday. Farah Maalim said he was wearing the scarf in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. He said Palestine “needs support of everybody in Kenya”. But...

The WHO said Somalia has had uninterrupted cholera transmission in 29 drought-affected districts since 2022 and in the Banadir region since the drought of 2017. A total of 14,191 suspected cases of cholera including 38 associated deaths were reported from 29 districts of Somalia since January “WHO and health partners are scaling up the implementation...

In the waning moments of the 1980s, Somalia’s flame of civil democracy had been extinguished, replaced by the embers of military socialism. As armed tribal groups began to rise, the nation’s fragile structures collapsed by 1991, leaving these groups to claim the remnants. Those of my generation bore witness to a series of harrowing events,...

Most people living in advanced economies take literacy, the ability to read and write, for granted. But this skill is not a given in many developing countries, including in Somaliland, in the Horn of Africa. This is a country struggling under the weight of multiple challenges such as drought, hunger and poverty, reports Voice of...

In the waning moments of the 1980s, Somalia’s flame of civil democracy had been extinguished, replaced by the embers of military socialism. As armed tribal groups began to rise, the nation’s fragile structures collapsed by 1991, leaving these groups to claim the remnants. Those of my generation bore witness to a series of harrowing events,...

SOUTH-WEST STATE, Somalia – Weeks turned into months, and still the rains never came. As the drought in Somalia scorches the land, the chances for a family’s survival wither and die like crops and livestock, forcing them to search for lifelines elsewhere.   In February, Hodan Khalif*, 14, moved to an internally displaced camp (IDP)...