Listen Despite continuous improvement in the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa, malnutrition continues to be a challenge in Somalia according to new findings by United Nations humanitarian aid agencies. The report argues that an improvement in food security does not imply immediate reduction of malnutrition rates. It points out factors such as diseases, [...]

Listen Authiorities in Mogadishu have downplayed a security warning issued by the UK. “The British government believes that terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in Somalia,” said the UK statement widely quoted by the Somali media on Saturday. In addition, the British Foreign Office urged UK nationals to leave the Horn of [...]

Listen Somalia has concluded a five-day conference that prepared way for judicial reform. Initiated by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, the meeting brought together over 200 experts from diverse backgrounds and interests. In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting Friday, steps to be taken to help citizens attain a credible justice system in [...]

Listen                                   Tohow Siyad takes entrepreneurship to a level many of us will never know. A native Somali, he came to the United States 15 years ago and has since created several businesses from scratch. After working a variety [...]

Listen Terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the British government has warned. Concerns about a possible attack were highlighted in a statement issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), which already advises against all travel to Somalia. The Foreign Office’s website states that attacks in and [...]

Listen The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has on Wednesday 3rd April 2013 welcomed the advance team from the Sierra Leonean contingent of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) who have joined AMISOM in Somalia. The battalion-strong contingent will be deploying shortly into southern Somalia where they will operate alongside the Kenyan [...]

Listen The allure of fighting for a cause steeped in religious obligation is one of the reasons why more and more North American youth are choosing to join terrorist organizations overseas, says Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a Canadian man who says he once fought alongside Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia. Mohamed was working for Somalia’s [...]

Listen Somalia’s new government has to build a stronger and more transparent judicial system in order to prosecute perpetrators of sexual violence against women, according to a senior United Nations official.  The call comes as Somali government officials, judges and diplomats deliberate on how to enhance the country’s judiciary. Speaking in Nairobi Thursday, the United [...]

Listen Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has embarked on a regional tour to neighbouring Djibouti, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi and possibly Kenya, at the head of a high-level delegation which includes Defence Minister Abdihakin Haji Mohamud Fiqi and Homeland Security Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled. The Prime Minister, who left here Wednesday for Djibouti, said he [...]

Listen American-born Islamic militant Omar Hamami remains committed to waging jihad against US interests, he said in an interview published on Thursday, despite a $5 million bounty that Washington placed on his head. Hamami, who has parted ways with fellow Al-Shebab militants in Somalia, told the Danger Room website that he nevertheless remains committed to [...]