Empowering our Community
After years in Dadaab, Ibrahim Hussein is one of many refugees facing a return to Somalia after the Kenyan government’s order to close the camp For Ibrahim Hussein, it was the final blow. When the Kenyan government ordered the closure of the Dadaab refugee cam... More »
“Of course, I think about the instability, I think about the insecurity, I think about the challenges that lie ahead, but I think these challenges face women wherever they are,” said future Somalian presidential candidate Fadumo Dayib, who is graduating from t... More »
U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM AGENCIES have long been preoccupied with the threat posed by the recruiting successes of the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab in Western countries. The group has managed to lure hundreds of foreign fighters — including some 40 Americans ... More »
Baidoa is not the Somali capital (Mogadishu), which was taken by the UIC in July. But it is the home of the UN-sponsored transitional federal government (TFG), formed in 2004 in Kenya. The transitional administration could never establish itself in Mogadishu, ... More »
Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Peace and Security Council on Somalia. I am glad to be doing so with my friend and colleague, Ambassador Maman Sidikou. Tomorrow we will be briefing the UN Security Council together. The AU-UN partnership in Somalia... More »
Madaxweynaha maamulka Jubbaland Axmed Maxamed Islaam ayaa isku Shaandheyn ku sameeyay qaar ka mid ah golahiisa wasiirada, waxaana qaarkood look ala wareejiyay xilalka ay kala hayeen wasiirada. Isku shaandheynta ayaa lagu sameeyay wasaaradaha kala ah wasaaradda... More »
One of the most senior figures to defect from Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab has urged his former colleagues to stop targeting civilians and to begin negotiations with the Somali government. In his first interview with a foreign journalist,... More »
The UN envoy to Somalia warned Tuesday that al-Shabab militants are expected to do everything they can to derail elections next year and urged military forces to prepare to respond to any sign the Islamist group is benefiting from its links to extremist groups... More »
Mudanayaasha Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya oo shalay loo akhriyay mooshin ka dhan ah dhismaha Baarlamaanka Jubba ayaa maanta mar kale guda galaya dooda ku saabsan mooshinkaas. Mooshinkan oo ay gudbiyeen Tiro Xildhibaan ah ayaa waxay uga soo horjeedaan qaabka loo xul... More »
The Bajuni domain, at least since the 14/15thentury, is associated with the string of coral islands that runs from Kismayuu, 16 kms south of the mouth of the Juba, down to Kiwayuu Island in northern Kenya. just north of Pate Island, a distance of some 150 mile... More »
The President of the self-declared state of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamud Silanyo has warned the international community against rebuilding of Somali National Army. Speaking during the 24th anniversary of self-declared independence, Silanyo said the international c... More »
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned all US airlines from flying over Somalia deeming it too dangerous. Federal Aviation Administration has cited threats from armed group Al Shabaab to the airlines using the route saying similar attacks like... More »