MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday that violence in the central Somali town of Wisil Sunday has displaced thousands of people who have moved to neighboring towns. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the displaced have arrived in Xero Dhagaxley, Hobyo and …

MOGADISHU — Today marks the International Day of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Small businesses led by women and young entrepreneurs continue to face the pandemic’s wrath economically. Lockdown measures implemented to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus have wreaked havoc on supply chains and resulted in a significant …

BOSASO — The security minister of Somalia’s semiautonomous state of Puntland escaped a bomb attack on Saturday when his motorcade was targeted in the northeastern Bari region, according to local media. The blast occurred when improvised explosive devices were detonated remotely on the outskirts of the state’s commercial city of …

MOGADISHU — Thirteen-year-old Ahmed Abdinur Abukar dreams of being a teacher. This year, in May, he took an important step towards realising that dream and sat for the national Primary Education Certificate examinations in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education says over 60 000 students across the …

MOGADISHU —  Although a bright student Ruweyda Hassan, 17, a resident of Galkayo town in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous province of Puntland has fears that she will be pulled out of school. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on phone, from Galkayo, 750 kilometers (466 miles) from capital Mogadishu, she said her parents are unwilling …

MOGADISHU —  Mahad Abdullahi Wasuge knew from the outset that hard work and determination pay. The 32–year–old who is currently a director, analyst, researcher, lecturer, and blogger epitomises Somali youth’s struggles and resiliencies – get quality education, help family and rebuild the country. Pursuing knowledge Born in Buulaburte town in …

LONDON — Some 41 million people worldwide are at at imminent risk of famine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, saying soaring prices for basic foods were compounding existing pressures on food security. Another half a million are already experiencing famine-like conditions, said the WFP’s Executive …

MOGADISHU — Three decades of violence have left 2.9 million of Somalia’s citizens internally displaced, but the country is also home to 25,000 refugees, including 6,800 Yemenis and over 700 Syrians. Faith Kasina of the U.N.’s refugee agency, UNHCR, has praised Somalia’s open-door policy for refugees, which allows them to …

NAIROBI — Hundreds of thousands of refugees in Northern Kenya’s Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps are frightened about their future after being told by the government that they must return to their homes by next year, which they had fled some years ago due to terrorist attacks and calamities such as …