For many countries in crisis, brain drain can feel like an unbreakable loop. Armed conflict, climate shocks and economic downturn drive out local experts who take with them the know-how that is essential to reversing the crisis. So the crisis continues. And the brain drain intensifies. But what if there was a way...
ISTANBUL- The UN Security Council rejected the announcement by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of a parallel governing authority in Sudan, warning that it threatens the country’s unity, territorial integrity and regional stability. “The members of the Security Council rejected the announcement of the establishment of a parallel governing authority in areas controlled by...
Mombasa (WDN) – Two Somali sisters drowned on Wednesday in a swimming pool at their family’s home in Mombasa, Kenya, police confirmed. The victims, identified as 13-year-old Ca’isha Mohamed and her 8-year-old sister Hamdi Mohamed, were reportedly on school holiday when the incident occurred. According to Mombasa Police Commander Peter Kimani, the girls entered the...
Mandera Senator Ali Roba has urged the government to act decisively to protect lives and property in Mandera, as fighting between the Somali National Army and Jubaland Security Forces escalates. The clashes, centred around control of the strategic town of Bula Hawa on the Kenya–Somalia border, have left Mandera residents living in fear. Those near...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, sent a letter to President Trump urging the administration to formally recognize the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state. Excerpts and highlights from the letter: “Somaliland has emerged as a critical security and...
More than four million people in Somalia face “acute food insecurity”, while over 100,000 have been displaced by conflict since June, its disaster authorities said Thursday. Somalia is grappling with a resurgence of the extremist militant group Al-Shabaab, alongside clashes between regional forces and the federal army. The Horn of Africa nation is among the...
Mogadishu (WDN) – Reports from the 13 August meeting between President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Opposition of the National Salvation Council (Samato Bixinta) indicate that negotiations have collapsed after the president refused to abandon his contentious One Person One Vote (1P1V) election plan. Opposition leaders rejected the proposal outright, though sources suggest some members...
ANKARA / ISTANBUL– South Sudan on Wednesday denied reports that it is holding talks with Israel to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, saying it “firmly refutes” recent claims in Israeli media suggesting such plans. South Sudan “firmly refutes recent media reports claiming that the Government of the Republic of South Sudan is engaged in discussion with...
Poverty, insecurity, and distance already impede access to care in remote areas of Somalia, and the suspension of USAID funding has caused the closure of at least 37 health sites around Baidoa. Just 10 days after giving birth to twins at home in Diinsoor in Somalia’s Bay district , Aisha* began experiencing heavy, potentially life-threatening bleeding,...
(Ergo)- A women’s organisation in Baidoa, which works to resolve family conflicts and advocates for girls’ right to education, has released data showing that about 500 girls have dropped out of school in the past three years after their parents forced them into marriage. Of these girls, 300 are now struggling as single mothers in...