Somalia conducted a stakeholders consultation workshop on the assessment of Food Systems
MOGADISHU (SomaliAffairs) – Ahead of the global United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 convened... More 
JOINT STATEMENT: UN declares the arrest and detention of journalist Mohamed Abuuja in Somalia...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 16 September 2021 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Media Association (SOMA),... More
Somalia: UN Deputy Secretary-General Encourages Sustained Progress On Women’s Political Participation As Well As...
Mogadishu – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed undertook a visit to Somalia today... More
Hirshabelle to hold Senate election/selection
The president of Hirshabelle Ali Abdullahi Hussein has on Wednesday announced the timeline for... More
Somalia: Prominent Presidential candidate calls for restraint, warns unfortunate clan violence over the assassination...
Somalia's top presidential candidate Dahir Gelle as on Friday afternoon called on brothers and... More
Somalia urges journalists to share positive images and messages about the country
Mogadishu, 3 September 2021 – Somali journalists and social media influencers attending a three-day... More
Somaliland Police and Coast Guard benefit from a management course
A team of Somaliland Police Force and Coast Guard officers attended a management training... More
Somalia conducted a stakeholders consultation workshop on the assessment of Food Systems
MOGADISHU (SomaliAffairs) – Ahead of the global United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 convened in September by United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, the... More
JOINT STATEMENT: UN declares the arrest and detention of journalist Mohamed Abuuja in Somalia...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 16 September 2021 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Media Association (SOMA), and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcome the opinion of the United... More
Somalia: UN Deputy Secretary-General Encourages Sustained Progress On Women’s Political Participation As Well As...
Mogadishu – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed undertook a visit to Somalia today in solidarity with Somali women’s calls for full and equal... More
Hirshabelle to hold Senate election/selection
The president of Hirshabelle Ali Abdullahi Hussein has on Wednesday announced the timeline for the Election/selection of the Senators from Hirshabelle state of Somalia,... More
Somalia: Prominent Presidential candidate calls for restraint, warns unfortunate clan violence over the assassination...
Somalia's top presidential candidate Dahir Gelle as on Friday afternoon called on brothers and sisters in Beletwein to show restraint and warned likely but... More
International lawyers sue Farmaajo govt over crimes against humanity
MELBOURNE (Somali Affairs) A group of international lawyers in Australia said they had filed a lawsuit that implicate the Somali federal government authorities over crimes against humanity... More .'/wp-
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In Horn of Africa, number of food insecure people has risen by nearly 4...
NAIROBI (Somali Affairs) An estimated 31.4 million people across the IGAD region were classified in crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3+) levels of acute... More
Somalia’s AG seeks Djiboutian passport as revenge fears grow in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Somali Affairs) The Attorney General of the Federal Government of Somalia, Saleban Mohamed Mohamud, has secretly left Mogadishu and arrived in the tiny... More
Climate action now! Activists hold widespread actions in Africa
NAIROBI - On Friday, environmental activists and citizens across the continent took part in a host of events, in solidarity with the Global climate... More
Climate change is posing an unprecedented threat to livelihoods here in Somalia – British...
MOGADISHU - Next week is Africa Climate Week, the regional week run by the UN ahead of COP26 in Glasgow. During the week, countries... More
Somalia: SJS concludes a three-day human rights journalism training in Kismayo
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 23 September 2021 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) today concluded a three-day human rights journalism training in the city of Kismayo, Jubbaland... More
A local radio aims to advocate for the protection of women and human rights...
For the first time in history in the coastal town of Barawe, a local community-owned Radio Barawe has begun broadcasting a unique radio program... More
SJS, SOMA sign a historic MOU to defend press freedom and improve media professionalism...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 13 September 2021 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) today signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),... More
Politics without Principle
There was a post by one young man on Facebook that I found interesting. He said his page was like a billboard that More 
Dangerous logic used by Al-Shabaab to justify killing civilians
I watched two videos, each at least an hour long, released by Al-Shabaab and documenting the group’s attacks More
Challenges galore as new UN envoy arrives in Somalia
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr James Swan, is this week expected to arrive in Somalia. Weighty...
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Climate action now! Activists hold widespread actions in Africa
NAIROBI - On Friday, environmental activists and citizens across the continent took part in a host of events, in solidarity with the Global climate... More
Stigma and Business Failure: The story of Somali barbershop owner
I have a passion for the world of entrepreneurs. I tried many different types of business for many years, but my last one was... More