From refugee to storyteller, a Danish Somali filmmaker challenges stereotypes about young Somalis - one film at a time. (more…)
Telling the stories of Somalia’s lost warriors
From refugee to storyteller, a Danish Somali filmmaker challenges stereotypes about young Somalis - one film at a time. (more…)
Tennis governing body defends umpire after Serena Williams flap
LONDON -- The International Tennis Federation is defending the chair umpire who gave Serena Williams three code violations during the U.S. Open final, saying his "decisions were in accordance with the relevant rules." (more…)
Suicide Car Bomb Kills at Least Six in Somali Capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb rammed into a local government office in Somalia's capital on Monday, killing at least six people in an attack claimed by al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab. (more…)
Somali militants kill soldiers, kidnap scores of elders
Officials on Thursday said gunmen from Somalia’s Al Shabaab group killed six people including at least four soldiers in the streets of the capital, a day after the Islamist movement kidnapped scores of elders in a central region. (more…)
Somali airliner denied permission to land at JKIA
An airliner from Mogadishu has been stopped from landing at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. (more…)
Somalia State of Accountability marqaati
Executive Summary The election of Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on 8 February 2017 was exciting as Farmaajo seemed to be the friendliest candidate for accountability. However, the President took little interest in governing and ceded much authority to his Prime Minister. (more…)
Somalia’s capital Mogadishu hit by huge explosion
A suicide bomber has attacked a government office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, causing a nearby school to collapse, police say. (more…)
Somali national blames ‘fake food’ probe for looting spree in Soweto
A Somalian national helping his fellow countrymen pack up a shop in Diepkloof‚ Soweto‚ said on Thursday they were targeted by looters after the health ministry announced an investigation into the alleged selling of suspected expired or counterfeit goods. (more…)
UK Somali teenagers taken ‘on holiday’ and forced into marriage
British Somali teenagers are being taken back to their parents’ homeland under the pretence of a holiday and then kept in detention centres before being forced into marriages. (more…)