In Somaliland 75% of young people are jobless and migration is high. Daihei Mochizuki, from IOM Somalia tells us why effective policies must see both issues as interrelated Holly Young Somaliland is actually one of three governments (Somaliland, Puntland and the federal government of Somalia) the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) serves in this region. Despite the known challenges...
BY RODNEY MUHUMUZA ASSOCIATED PRESS KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Islamic extremist from Minnesota smiles as he compares Somalia to Disneyland, urging other Muslims to come and “take pleasure in this fun.” But Troy Kastigar, one of three fighters featured in a nearly 40-minute Internet video recently released by the Somali extremist rebel group al-Shabab, was...
Muqdisho, August 12, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Ra’iisul wasaarihii hore ee Soomaaliya Cali Maxamed Geedi oo dhaliil xoogan ujeediyay dowlada Soomaaliya,wariikii hore ee arrimaha gudaha Soomaaliya Cabdisamad Macalim Maxamuud oo ka hadalay amaanka dalka, gaar ahaan caasimadda,muran ka taagan gudoomiyenimada gobolka Galgaduud iyo...
The withdrawal of remittances from Somalia could undermine stability, but it’s regulators, and not just banks, that are responsible John Plastow Barclays has been placed in the dock of public opinion over its decision to withdraw banking services from UK money transfer systems that fail to meet the regulatory criteria, with potentially devastating consequences for vulnerable communities in Somalia....
Savious Kwinika in Johannesburg and Tracy McVeigh The South African cabinet is on the brink of sending troops into the ongoing conflict in Somalia, an official has told the Observer. The revelation comes after the United Nations last week said that it was also considering sending in soldiers – Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general, talked...
Garisa- Numerous unexploded explosives left behind by fighters and bandits during the colonial era and a more recent secessionist conflict are posing threat to locals living in the northern Kenyan region bordering Somalia. A latest deadly incident occurred two weeks ago, when three herd boys were killed after they unknowingly started playing with an old...
Muqdisho, August 11, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Ra’iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya Cabdi Faarax Shirdoon oo ka warbixiyay wax-qabadka xukuumadiisa iyo amaanka dalka,Al Shabaab oo sheegtay inay soo dhaweynayaan muhaajiriinta doona inay kusoo biiraan,Wasiirkii hore ee gaashaandhiga Kenya yusuf Xaaji oo ka hadlay ciidamada Kenya...
Humanitarian aid supplies worth £480,000 – funded by UK taxpayers – were seized by al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia, it has emerged. Supplies were in warehouses captured in a raid by al-Shabab in November 2011, the Department for International Development’s (DfID) accounts reveal. DfID would not specify what those supplies included. It said all material was...
Muqdisho, August 10, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Ciidan wanaagsan dhamaan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Maamulka Puntland oo dekadda Bosaaso ka celiyay Markab mucaawinmo waday oo ay dowlada Turkiga soo dirtay iyagoo eedeeyay dwolada federaalka,midowga Afrika oo dowlada Itoobiya ugu tacsiyeeyay saraakiishii ciidaan ee ugu dhintay diyaaradii ku burburtay Muqdisho,xildhibaano...
PRESS RELEASE A ship transporting so-called food aid from Mogadishu intended for specific districts of Puntland has arrived near Port of Bossaso, while Puntland Government received no communication regarding this matter whatsoever. The illegal manner in which the food shipment arrived in Puntland and the intentional bypassing of Puntland Government is clear violation by Federal...