Why grassroot reconciliation can speed up rebuilding of Kenya’s neigbour Somalia
I was at a restaurant in Mogadishu in 2014 when a man approached me and unexpectedly confessed to having been part of the gang...
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump, asks Interpol to help
Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried...
UN pleads for Sh160bn to avert famine in Somalia
The United Nations has said Sh160 billion is needed to respond to severe drought that has been ravaging Somalia since January last year.
According to...
After close brush with Iran, Trump finds an off-ramp – for now
U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly escaped immersing the United States in a broad war with Iran, at least for now, after his...
St. Paul adds a new sister city: Mogadishu TwinCities
Once controlled by the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, the port city of Mogadishu is more than just the capital of Somalia — it’s also...
State Department Policy is Fueling Al-Shabaab Resurgence
l-Shabaab, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization with ties to Al Qaeda, is on the warpath. In November 2019 alone, its leader appeared on video for the first time, the group invaded a...
Talking guns: The absurdity of Kenya’s proxy war in Somalia – Daily Nation
Since the bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi in 1998 by Al-Qaeda, Kenya has been attacked countless times.
But we did not invade Somalia...
Mitigating the Hunger Surge caused by the COVID-19 Recession before it is too late
Marco V. Sánchez Cantillo Deputy-Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Many uncertainties haunt the world’s campaign...
FESOJ condemns killing of journalists in Kismayo terrorist blast
Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ today) strongly condemns the murders of Somali-Canadian female journalist Hodan Naleyah, the founder of Integration TV and Mohamed Sahal...
Somalia-Turkey ties will triumph despite the murder of a Turkish citizen
Turkey's economic, humanitarian and nation-building efforts in Somalia have forged a bond that cannot be derailed by terror attacks. On Sunday, the Al Qaeda-affiliated...