Hundreds of people have gathered at a vigil in Melbourne's west, following the police shooting death of a man on Thursday night in Footscray. About 200 people rallied at Nicholson St in the heart of Footscray, many holding signs saying "Black Lives Matter" and calling for more mental health support....
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Ethiopia-Somalia Tensions: Power Dynamics and Extra- Regional Actors in the Red Sea Region
Signed in 2024, the Ethiopia-Somaliland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has reshaped regional dynamics, potentially granting Ethiopia sea access via Berbera in exchange for Somaliland’s recognition. This move challenged Somalia’s territorial integrity and prompted Mogadishu to align itself with Egypt, Eritrea, and Djibouti against Ethiopia. While the crisis reflects Ethiopia’s strategic...
Tribute: In Memory of Gen. Shegow-A Hero Tragically Silenced-We belong to God and to him we shall return.
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ The sudden death of General Shegow Ahmed Ali — may Allah grant him mercy — has left a profound sense of shock and suspicion in its wake. Enveloped in uncertainty, the details of his arrest, prolonged detention, and the ensuing unjust verdict have ignited...
FAKE MEDICINES & UNSAFE FOOD IMPORTED IN SOMALIA!
Melbourne, 09/04/2025 (banooda)-In 2006, I wrote an article about the importation of fake medicine and unsafe food by local businesspeople into Somalia during the time the Courts (Mahaakiimta) were ruling the country. Unfortunately, the situation and conditions in the country have not changed much in the 19 years since then....
Internal Displaced People-Somalia
Melbourne, 08/04/2025 (banooda)- According to UNHCR, at the end of 2023, 68.3 million people remained internally displaced due to conflict and violence. An estimated 9.1 million people were displaced within Sudan, the largest internally displaced population ever reported. This was followed by Syria (7.2 million), and the Democratic Republic of the...
ISIS IN PUNTLAND COUNTERTERRORISM, HUMANITARIAN SITUATION & THE STRUGGLE FOR STABILITY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Bari region of Puntland, Somalia, has become a critical battleground in the fight against terrorism, particularly due to the rise of the Islamic State in Somalia (ISIS-Somalia). Since 2015, ISIS has exploited weak governance, political instability, and socio-economic vulnerabilities to establish a stronghold in the resource- rich...
Somalia Annual Country Report 2024 – Country Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025
Overview Somalia is grappling with a severe and complex humanitarian crisis driven by prolonged conflict, displacement and recurrent climate shocks. Over 4.4 million people are experiencing crisis-level food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or worse), and 1.6 million children under five are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition. High food prices,...
Somalia offers US ‘control’ over strategic ports
THE SCOOP Somalia’s government has offered the US “exclusive operational control” over strategic ports on the Gulf of Aden in a bid to derail any recognition by Washington of breakaway regions in the troubled Horn of Africa nation. It made the offer despite not being in control of the sites....
145 stranded Somalis return home from Libya
The official Somali news agency announced on Tuesday that the federal government successfully facilitated the return of 145 Somali citizens who were stranded in Libya via two flights, after facing severe hardships. The agency explained that this was through the Voluntary Humanitarian Return program, funded by the European Union and...
Somali-American Received Millions in U.S. Taxpayer Dollars, MaineCare Funding While Claiming to Bankroll Jubaland Militia
Somali-American Abdullahi Ali has had a prolific life since arriving in Lewiston, Maine as a refugee in 2009. Ali has become a U.S. citizen, started a nonprofit to help fellow immigrants, started several businesses, including a multi-million dollar MaineCare-funded migrant services agency, and even — according to an interview he...