Bosaso (WDN) –Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni has officially established a new government body tasked with managing and verifying the identity of the region’s citizens. The announcement was made today through a presidential decree issued from Bosaso, where President Deni is currently based. According to the decree, numbered Lr. 04 and dated April 9, 2025,...
Mogadishu (WDN)— Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has issued a directive mandating all government and non-governmental agencies providing essential services to link service delivery to the national identity system. The Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting in Mogadishu today, focused on the nationwide implementation of the digital national ID, where he formally unveiled the...
(ERGO) – Shifting sand dunes have forced 150 families from their homes, destroying their livelihoods in Midnimo settlement north of Kismayo, in Lower Juba region. These families include those repatriated back to Somalia from Kenyan refugee camps and others who have been internally displaced within the region. Hamdi Muhumed Hilowle, a former refugee from Kenya, had...
By Abdullahi A. Nor To those in power, when they leave this world, will their name be remembered with honor or shame? In the heart of Somalia’s darkest times, when bullets replaced ballots and destruction became the language of governance, one woman stood as a beacon of hope. Dr. Hawa Abdi did not hoard wealth,...
By Shamso Sheegow I had a significant moment of reflection recently when an academic researcher reached out to discuss a study he was conducting on marginalized clans in Somalia. During our conversation, he used a term commonly used in Somali post-civil war discourse: “Dadka laga tirada badan yahay,” which translates to “Those who are fewer...
By Abdinasir Ali BBC Somali Outrage has spread in Somalia after an eight-year-old girl, who had been missing for six months, was found living with a man who said he was her husband. The girl was reported missing by her family in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland last September. Months later, it emerged the girl’s...
CAIRO (AP) — Muslims around the world are bidding farewell to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and will soon start celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Eid is typically greeted with joy and excitement and is marked with congregational prayers and festivities that usually include family visits, gatherings, outings and new clothes. For some Muslims, this...
NAIROBI, Kenya — A German nurse abducted while working in Somalia seven years ago has pleaded with the German government to secure her release as security in the country continues to be fluid after an attempted assassination on the president by al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants. In a video shared on social media, a visibly distressed Sonja...
By John Musinguzi, The Observer Jacinta Kaahwa, a Ugandan national who served for six years as a finance and administration officer in Mogadishu under the employment of UK-based security firm SafeLane Global, is now entangled in a prolonged legal and diplomatic battle after her sudden dismissal and abandonment in Somalia. Kaahwa was hired in September 2016...
(ERGO) – Since fleeing conflict in their home area in Erigabo in December 2024, Hibaq Ahmed Mohamed and her seven children all squeeze at night into the tiny two-metre square room lent to them by a family they know in Badhan. Hibaq, with two disabled children and an elderly disabled husband, manages to put together one...