New IRC report: promoting self-reliance for Somali youth living in Kenya
A new report from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) highlights the challenges young Somali refugees face in becoming economically self-reliant in Kenya while also providing policy solutions that could unlock...
The most successful Somali people aren’t outside Africa
An aspiring entrepreneur Hodan Nalayeh felt Western media lacked nuance on Somalia and launched her own YouTube channel to counter oversimplified or exaggerated media...
Somalia: Death toll at Hotel Sahafi triple-blast rises to 44
Confidential sources put the death toll at yesterday's Shabaab triple-blast assault on Hotel Sahafi at Kilometer 5, Mogadishu, at forty-four, with more than 100...
Minnesota could elect 1st Somali-American to Congress in historic year for women candidates
Amid a wave of female candidates running for office, freshman state representative Ilhan Omar hopes to become the first Somali-American in Congress.
The former refugee, who is...
Halima Aden: From refugee to Somali American hijabi model
Can the Somali American model navigate New York's demanding fashion industry while balancing family expectations?
Halima Aden has heard it all: "You're not Somali enough....
‘I went through a long period of wanting to kill the Somali pirates who...
Writer Michael Scott Moore set out to write a book about pirates in the Horn of Africa but ended up being held hostage for...
Somali refugee casts first-ever ballot in same election he wins Victoria city council seat
Sharmarke Dubow, who came to Canada in 2012, says he’s honoured and excited to get to work
Sharmarke Dubow couldn’t wait to vote in this...
Young Somali men violently targeted in London. Why?
Parents in London’s Somali community are concerned for their sons’ welfare – and some have even sent their children out of the capital
AT LEAST...
Sarah Mohamed Khalif: First Somali woman to win city council election in Belgium
In the elections that took place in Belgium on Sunday, a 21-year-old Somali woman made history for becoming the first of her kind to...
eDahab transforms financial system, promotes market efficiency
On the dusty streets of Somaliland's capital Hargeisa, Mohammed Ahmed Ismail is arranging paper money in his tidy, waiting for clients who wish to...
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