Empowering our Community
Soon after dawn Bashir Bilal sat outside on his usual plastic jerry can surrounded by young girls and boys chanting Koranic verses. Each child clutched a worn plank of wood instead of an exercise book, writing on it in Arabic script with ink made from charcoal... More »
For at least five centuries the Bajuni thrived, living a fairly peaceful subsistence existence, fishing, trading, and farming, in a string of cross-border settlements, from Kismayuu in southern Somalia down to the northern tip of Pate Island in Kenya, a distan... More »
President Barack Obama’s pick to be the first American ambassador to Somalia in nearly 25 years has withdrawn her nomination, the White House told lawmakers on Monday, an unexpected suspension in U.S. plans to deepen ties with the African nation plagued by vio... More »
The European Union (EU) has announced the opening of an EU Delegation office to Somalia. The announcement was made on Sunday in Mogadishu during celebrations to mark Europe Day and follows the signing of an Establishment Agreement between the President of Soma... More »
The EU organized an event in Nairobi to celebrate Somali culture NAIROBI The Somali government believes that reviving the country’s culture can help tackle radicalization among its youth, a view shared by the European Union. “We are called a nation of poets,”... More »
Introduction: Michael Parenti on Somalia and Operation Restore Hope “Just days before he left office in January 1993, President Bush sent troops to Somalia supposedly to safeguard food distribution to its hungry people. Here seemed to be another worthy humanit... More »
Newly released documents from 1960 show officials predicted Somalia could descend into violent conflict. British intelligence services warned Somalia could lapse into anarchy and tribal warfare just months before the country gained independence, it has been re... More »
NAIROBI – A military offensive has driven Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group out of major strongholds and deprived it of revenue sources, but its retreat to a southern valley and northern hills still poses a threat, the U.N. envoy to Somalia said. The Africa... More »
Shir looga hadlay nabadda laguna soo bandhigay amni-darida ka jirto qeybo fara badan oo kamid ah dalka Kenya, gaar ahaan gobalka Soomaalidu ay dagto ee waqooyi Bari, ayaa waxaa lagu qabtay magaalada Nairobi ee xarunta wadanka Kenya. Shirka oo ay ka soo qeyb ga... More »
Xildhibaan ka tirsanaa baarlamaanka Puntland ayay kooxo hubeysani ku toogteen xalay Waqooyiga magaalada Galkacyo ee xarunta gobolka Mudug. Mudanahan ka tirsanaa baarlamaanka Puntland ee la dilay ayaa magaciisa lagu sheegay, Saciid Xuseen Nuur, waxaana kooxaha ... More »
U.S. laws targeting terrorism are preventing Somali-Americans from sending vital funds back home John Kerry used the first-ever trip by a U.S. secretary of state to Somalia to express confidence in the rebuilding efforts of a country rocked by violence for mor... More »