Commodified Cities: Urbanisation and Public Goods in Somalia
Urbanization in the Somali territories is transforming Somali society in multiple and profound ways, with the growth of urban centres and networks paralleled by...
Somalia President Tests Positive for COVID-19
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Friday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was in self-isolation.
Abdikarim Ali Kaar, Mohamud’s spokesperson, said the...
Islamic Development Bank, ISDB Collaborate with SPARK on Somaliland Post-COVID19 Negavive Impact
HARGEISA, Somaliland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Somalis have experienced years of struggle, climate shocks and disease outbreaks in recent years. COVID-19 has worsened the situation as well, with...
Considering Political Engagement with Al-Shabaab in Somalia
The war with Al-Shabaab’s Islamist insurgency has dragged on for fifteen years. As it reviews its options, Somalia’s new government should look into what...
UN Agencies Respond to Somalia Famine, Launching Relief Package
UN agencies have launched the minimum response package (MRP), a critical life-saving project that will address urgent needs of more than 100,000 people displaced...
Hunger in Somalia
My colleague Abdi Latif Dahir has written a terrifying article that no one should have to write in 2022: Children are dying of hunger in Somalia....
Grave Violations Against Children in Somalia – Report
Two years after raising the alarm on the dire situation of children affected by conflict in Somalia, a new report shows that grave violations against children...
Somalia Attempts to Revive Lands Blighted by Deforestation
When farmer Mohamed Ibrahim Aden isn't tending to his own fields, you can often find him watering seedlings at a small community nursery in...
Killings in Somalia: War Crimes, Deception, and Impunity
After taking a motorbike ride from Mogadishu’s bustling Taleh junction to a dirt road on the outskirts of the Somali capital, where I trekked...
Somaliland is Invited to a Kenyatta Reception for Diplomats, Piqued Somalia Walks Out
At a lunch reception that His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya threw today for the resident diplomatic community in Nairobi, the...