Baidoa (WDN) — The human cost of the latest fighting in Baidoa is becoming painfully clear inside the city’s hospitals, where dozens of wounded people are receiving treatment after heavy clashes erupted across the city and its outskirts on Thursday. The fighting pitted forces loyal to the Federal Government of Somalia and its allies in...
Garbaharey, GEDO (WDN) — In a striking display of public anger, residents of Garbaharey have taken to the streets to protest the attack that took place in Doolow, with demonstrators publicly burning the Turkish flag in a dramatic gesture that appeared to blame Turkey for the violence. Reports from Garbaharey, the administrative capital of Gedo...
By Abdulhakim A Sheik Somali society rebuilt itself after the state fell on trust, privacy and quiet mediation. A generation raised on the smartphones is now testing whether any of that still holds. Picture a house in Mogadishu, or Minneapolis, or Nairobi. A husband and wife are arguing — not violently, but badly, the way...
Geneva (WDN) — A new United Nations investigation has found that Sudan’s devastating war has expanded far beyond the country’s borders, with transnational networks operating across the United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Chad, Libya and Somalia allegedly facilitating the movement of fighters, weapons, military equipment, training and logistical support to forces involved in the conflict. The...
Denmark and four other European Union countries agreed Friday on a model for “return hubs” in non-EU nations and hope to begin sending migrants to the facilities as early as 2027, an official said Friday. The announcement, made after a one-day meeting in Copenhagen, is the latest development in an effort by EU states to...
By Abdulkadir Osman Farah, PhD Once, two Somali diaspora friends met in a major Somali city. The first returned to the homeland decades earlier. Witnessing people’s suffering and helping them recover from a devastating civil war. The second returned periodically also offering his people qualified support. One day, during a casual conversation over coffee, the...
Baidoa, Somalia (WDN) — Heavy fighting has erupted early this morning in and around Baydhaba between forces loyal to former Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen and troops aligned with the Federal Government of Somalia, as the battle for control of the strategic city enters another dangerous phase. Reports from Baidoa indicate that Laftagareen-aligned...
Beledweyne, Somalia (WDN) — HirShabelle’s disputed election process has been thrown into fresh turmoil after armed men reportedly seized a voter-registration center in Beledweyne, turning a political dispute over the credibility of the vote into a direct security challenge. The incident comes as the National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission moves ahead with plans to...
JANNALE, Somalia (WDN) — A civilian was reportedly killed and four others wounded after artillery shells struck the village of Dag-wariiri, near Jannaale in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, early Wednesday, according to local sources. The sources said the dead was a boy, while those wounded included a woman and three boys. The reported shelling also...
Nairobi, (Reuters) – Kenya’s aviation workers have called off a strike that disrupted flights at its main international and other airports, Transport Minister Davis Chirchir and aviation workers union head, Moss Ndiema, said on Tuesday. The strike, mostly by air traffic controllers on Sunday and Monday, disrupted several flights into and out of the main...