How to verify photos and videos on social media networks
Fake information online, be it on the topic of migrants or war in Syria – or, in fact, pretty much any story that’s in...
Somaliland Book Festival Aims to Promote Culture, Preserve Language
A weeklong festival of books, culture and literature kicked off Saturday in Hargeisa, the capital of the internationally unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland.
Authors, artists and...
Somalia: Harun Maruf launches book on Al-Shabaab inside story
The deadliest terror attack in Africa’s history began with a loaded truck barreling down a busy street in Somalia’s capital, seemingly bound for the...
Ikram Abdi Omar: The Hijabi Model Breaking Boundaries
"It's all about modesty for me. As a Muslim, being modest is a major thing and I just wanted to showcase to everyone that...
Opening libraries in Somaliland
AET Executive Director Julie Polzerova talks abouta library the organization recently opened in Hargeisa, the capital of the Republic of Somaliland, in an interview published...
Interview and images: OKC artist Ebony Iman Dallas traces her father’s history back to...
Oklahoma artist Ebony Iman Dallas traces her father's history, heritage to Africa and back in the exhibit 'Through Abahay’s Eyes'Ebony Iman Dallas never got...
Michael Soi: A Kenyan painter’s art questions China’s deepening reach in Africa
The officials in suits arrived uninvited at Michael Soi’s studio located in the fringes of the industrial area of Nairobi. They were four men...
Sahra Halgan sings recognition for Somaliland
We in the West are used to thinking of music mainly as entertainment. On occasion, it can fulfill a religious function, or be deployed...
Nadifa Mohamed is Sole British Writer to Make Booker Prize Shortlist
The author of The Fortune Men will now compete with five other novelists from South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US for the 2021...
Owning it: Will Smith Starts Dreamers Fund for Start-ups
Will Smith, one of the world’s most recognizable Hollywood movie stars, has been making headlines lately for diversifying his interests in venture capital and business...