By Osman Ali Hassan The modern state of Kenya stands as one of East Africa’s most influential political and economic powers, yet beneath its constitutional promises lies a persistent contradiction: the uneven enforcement of laws designed to protect national cohesion. Among these, incitement and hate speech laws that administered through institutions like the National Cohesion...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Years after a lead acid battery recycling plant shut down in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa, residents of Owino Uhuru say they are still suffering from lead poisoning, a growing public health risk as Africa’s clean energy boom drives a surge in battery use. Faith Muthama, 40, a mother of four,...
By Ahmed A. Yusuf In a move that has stunned citizens, legal observers and further deepened Somalia’s escalating political crisis, the Governor of Banadir Region, Hassan Mohamed (Muungaab), has unilaterally appointed district commissioners for Shangaani, Dayniile, and Gubadley, directly overriding a recently established electoral framework that was supposed to mark a turning point toward democratic...
Addis Ababa (WDN)- Nearly 200 Ethiopian nationals have reportedly been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after being convicted on drug trafficking charges, an extraordinary development that is drawing intense international scrutiny and raising urgent human rights concerns. If confirmed, the scale of the ruling would mark one of the largest known instances in which...
Mogadishu (WDN) — Somalia’s Ministry of Interior has unveiled the Bulsho Project, a $35 million initiative billed as a bold step toward bringing government closer to its citizens. With speeches polished and ambitions set high, officials promised a decade-long transformation of local governance, decentralization, inclusion, and service delivery finally taking center stage. Interior Minister Ali...
By Hassan Mohamed Oshen LLC Somalia is moving toward digital systems. From education platforms to financial services and public administration, the language of “digital transformation” is no longer aspirational. It is now part of the national direction. Government leaders, development partners, and private actors all speak of modernization as both necessary and urgent. At the...
Mogadishu (WDN) — A devastating maritime tragedy has claimed the lives of 17 Somali youths in the waters between Algeria and Spain, after a migrant boat reportedly capsized during a perilous attempt to reach Europe. The Federal Government of Somalia confirmed the deaths, describing the incident as one of the most harrowing recent cases linked...
(ERGO) – Thousands of farming families displaced by inter-clan conflict in parts of southern Somalia’s Bay region are facing worsening living conditions in camps around Baidoa and Bardale, after losing their farms, food stores, and homes. The families fled from Kurji, Kuusow, Duugsoy, Darab-Ajuuso, Moora-Qasaale and Buulo-Bilaan villages near Bardale in March, when fighting spread through...
The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises, released on Friday by an alliance of UN agencies, the European Union (EU) and partners, finds that 266 million people across 47 countries experienced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025 – nearly a quarter of the population analysed and almost double the share recorded in 2016. The report paints...
GENEVA: Drought displaced nearly 62,000 people in just five Somali districts since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, estimating that the countrywide number could be in the hundreds of thousands. The United Nations’ migration agency said that in the five out of Somalia’s 90 districts that it had surveyed, three out of...