In September — the peak of the pastoral lean season — food security is deteriorating across most parts of northern and central Somalia. Deterioration is expected to continue through January 2026, driven by the cumulative impacts of successive below-average rainfall seasons (2024-2025), an atypically dry xagaa season, and forecasted below-average October-December deyr rains. The 2026 jilaal dry season, beginning in January,...
(ERGO) – A farming community in a remote valley east of Lasanod in northern Somalia’s Sool region is facing crisis, after a combination of drought and crop pests destroyed their harvests, leaving them penniless. The farmers in Ooda-gooye say pests invaded their farms in August, at the same time that water became scarce. The onions, tomatoes,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — On Monday, the fragile ceasefire in Gaza led to freedom for Israeli hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. It was the culmination of a long and tortuous process — but it may, in the end, have been the easier part. The coming weeks, months and years will require more than...
By Dr. Abdulkadir Osman Farah A note on the book “Dare to Write” The Art of Academic Writing by Dr Ibrahim Farah, Looh Press. Regarding tracing human genealogy, Dr. Abdimajid (2024), working with scientists at a Swedish university, concluded that people currently inhabiting the Somali Peninsula are direct descendants of those who populated the peninsula...
MOGADISHU– Somalia and Djibouti have welcomed the Gaza peace deal and applaud the regional and international efforts to secure a ceasefire, humanitarian access, and the prisoner release. In a statement, Somalia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday reaffirmed its support for Palestinian rights, including the establishment of an independent sovereign state. “Somalia hopes that this agreement will...
KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still provide the bulk of that work. A changing climate adds to the anxiety. Kaloleni in Kilifi County is one of Kenya ’s poorest areas. Women carry buckets of water for miles through the dusty...
(ERGO) – Women in the drought-stricken farming village of Arshale, in southern Somalia’s Bakool region close to the border with Ethiopia, are spending days away from their children as they move to find work in traditional housebuilding in another town. Bareey Ali Ahmed, 46, walks 40 kilometres from Arshale to Washaaqo each week to work with...
Egypt have booked a berth at the FIFA World Cup 2026 with an easy 3-0 win over Djibouti in Casablanca that gave them top place in Group A with one game remaining. Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored twice and Ibrahim Adel claimed the other goal for the Pharaohs on Wednesday, as they became the third...
(ERGO) – Suldan Jama, a father of 12, sold his family home in Galkayo for $13,000 in June to raise money to free his daughter, who is being held in a Libyan jail by traffickers. He moved his large family into a shack – but still can’t meet the traffickers demand of $20,000 in ransom for...
LONDON / ISTANBUL– A UN expert has recommended that Israel be suspended from international football matches, citing official conclusions that Tel Aviv has committed genocide. Speaking to Anadolu, Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights Alexandra Xanthaki Xanthaki, one of the UN experts who urged that football authorities FIFA and UEFA expel Israel after the UN Commission...