Nairobi reality distorted in fiction film about drone attack on Shabaab
A street in Nairobi’s Eastleigh section. A fiction film supposedly set in the neighbourhood opened in wide release...
Suicide bomber strikes while hugging official in Somalia’s Puntland
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – An Islamist militant suicide bomber put his arms around a local official as if in...
Somalia: USD 105 million urgently needed to save lives in drought-affected areas
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 31, 2016/APO (African Press Organization) Aid agencies in Somalia today launched a Call for Aid...
I opened the first psychiatric hospital in Somalia
BBC World Service – In 2005, Outlook Inspirations nominee Abdirahman Ali Awale opened Somalia’s first psychiatric hospital. The...
Somalia’s Sufi revival
After years of war and devastation, Somalia’s Sufi community regroups to begin recovery process. Hamza Mohamed | 29...
Can drone strikes defeat al-Shabab?
Abukar Arman, Somalia’s former special envoy to the US, debates Ahmed Abdisalam Adan, the country’s former deputy PM....
Somalia’s forgotten soldiers
There is a growing sense of neglect among Somali soldiers as they are left to deal with loss...
With all these shenanigans, is there any hope for Somalia?
Muqdisho,28 March 2016: In Summary It is believed that Italian journalist Iliara Alpi’s discovery of a “guns-for-waste” trade between...
Diaspora Celebrate Alongside UK Ministers To Show New Narrative For Somalis
Mo Farah amongst those recognised at International Somali Awards Muqdisho,25 March 2016: Prime Minister David Cameron cited the incredible...
SOMALI OSCAR NOMINEE KNOWS ALL ABOUT TORONTO’S DIXON ROAD COMMUNITY
Barkhad Abdi is building on the momentum from his Oscar-nominated performance in Captain Phillips as an empathetic pirate. But the Somali-American...