As needs grow and refugees continue to arrive, UN agencies and partner organizations today appealed for US$116 million to provide life-saving assistance to Somali refugees seeking safety in an extremely…
By Abdirahman Abdishakur Despite billions spent on the humanitarian response, Somalia faces another year of drought and hunger. We desperately need money, but it needs to be better spent In Somalia,…
By Dr. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad The legacy of colonialism and interference from the U.S. and other states keeps Djibouti’s president in office after 25 years. Djibouti needs democracy and sovereignty for…
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the country will organise the next national elections by universal suffrage, a departure from an indirect voting system that has often triggered crises. The…
A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old. It is the first…
Jubaland is alleging a plan to destabilise its government through the recruitment of clan militia allegedly formed to fight the Al-Shabaab terrorists. The Jubbaland state interior minister General Yussuf Hussein…
Somaliland, the self-declared independent region in northern Somalia, has accused Ethiopia of fueling the conflict in Las Anod, the administrative capital of Sool region. On 9 March, the Somaliland Council of Ministers, in…
Somali songstress Amina Abdullahi Hersi, renowned for her songs about love and patriotism, passed away on Saturday in Borama, Somaliland’s Awdal region, according to her family. Amina was born in…
The Somaliland army has been accused of killing prisoners captured from fighting forces on Saturday by Abdirisaq Hassan Falaalug, the spokesperson for the SSC 33-member committee. The Saturday battle occurred…
The Somaliland Community in the UK held demonstrations outside the UK PM’s Office on Downing Street on Saturday to show solidarity with their troops who are fighting in the disputed…