Nick Ferris reports, Independent The start of 2026 has not been easy for the residents of Madina Camp, on the outskirts of the city of Baidoa, in Somalia’s South West State. According to Adan Adan Abdi, a sub-camp leader of around 50 people, there is an “urgent need” for both food and water, with thousands having...
By Save the Children Mogadishu– Prices for food, fuel and water in Somalia soared in March, with conflict in the Middle East compounding a humanitarian emergency in the already fragile country where one in three people are going hungry. Fuel prices in Mogadishu surged 150% in March, from $0.60 to $1.50 per liter ($2.27 to...
The United Arab Emirates has in recent days canceled the residency visas of Iranians outside the country, leaving some stranded abroad, according to accounts and information received by Iran International from affected individuals. Iranian residents discovered their visas had been revoked before returning to the UAE, preventing their re-entry, several affected individuals told Iran International,...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Lagos taxi driver Adegbola Isaac went to the gas station twice last weekend. Each time, the price in the Nigerian city had climbed further and hit 1,350 naira ($0.99) per liter, a nearly 35% increase since the Iran war started. That’s wiped out most of his daily profit. “It is hitting hard,” Isaac...
DOLLOW, Somalia (AP) — The sound of a crying child is a sign of hope in a crowded displacement camp in southern Somalia — the most malnourished children are too weak to even cry. For the mothers in the Ladan camp in the town of Dollow, survival is the only thing on their minds — not the Iran war or...
ISTANBUL–African Union (AU) Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Thursday hailed a UN resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and the enslavement of Africans as the gravest crimes against humanity as “an important step toward truth, justice, and healing.” Youssouf said the resolution, moved by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, the AU champion on reparations,...
By Hussien Mohamed Yusuf The debate carried through “Is Somali Unity Possible Without Political Seriousness? A Response to Abdirashid Hashi, “Somali Unity Requires Honesty from All Sides,” and “Living with Unison: Gacmo/Ilko Wadajir Bay Wax Ku Gooyaan” is one of the most important Somali political conversations in recent times. It matters not only because it...
(ERGO) – After losing his livestock in the drought-hit rural areas of central Somalia’s Galmudug, Hassan Yasin Abdullahi bought a motorbike and is supporting his family of five now living in Hananley village near Dhusamareb as a courier. He earns between $10 and $15 a day transporting goods and passengers between scattered rural settlements. The income...
Africa grapples with energy crisis as Iran war disrupts fuel supplies across multiple economies, forcing governments to implement emergency measures and explore alternative supply sources. The interconnected nature of international petroleum distribution networks means that regional conflicts can rapidly transform into worldwide supply chain crises, forcing nations to confront their energy security vulnerabilities. These dynamics...
By Abdisaid M. Ali Somalia’s crisis is usually described through its sharpest manifestations, insecurity, constitutional conflict, electoral strain, and the persistent threat of Al Shabaab. These pressures are serious. Yet they arise from a deeper condition. Somalia’s central struggle concerns sovereignty in the fuller political sense, the capacity to organize government, exercise accepted authority, discipline...