Mogadishu (WDN) – Questions are mounting over the arrest and detention of several young people from Dayniile District following clashes between residents and police forces during a violent confrontation in the Warlalis area, where locals reportedly resisted eviction efforts. The arrests come after tensions erupted in Dayniile following clashes between security forces and residents who...
The Guardian A woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards. Sadia Moalim Ali, 27, told the Guardian she was stripped naked by two male guards in a room monitored by CCTV, kicked, beaten with a baton and left for two days in...
Maryam watched her goats starve and her crops fail. She buried two of her children before she finally gave up hope and sought help from international aid agencies in southern Somalia. She left her village with her remaining six children, making the long journey along the Jubba River to one of a clutch of makeshift...
Mogadishu (WDN) – Somalia’s rapidly deteriorating political crisis has entered a dangerous new phase after a sudden power struggle erupted between President Ahmed Abdi Kariye (Qoorqoor) of Galmudug state, and President Hassan Sh. Mohamud, exposing what many observers now describe as deep fractures inside President Hassan’s once tightly controlled political alliance. President Qoorqoor, a key member...
Mogadishu (WDN) – Mogadishu is sliding deeper into turmoil as a sweeping campaign of demolitions, forced displacement, and deadly security operations fuels outrage across the Somali capital, with critics accusing the administration of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of turning state power against its own people. Over the past 24 hours, entire neighborhoods have been thrown...
Somalia’s largest telecom operator, Hormuud Telecom Somalia Inc, has announced a new initiative aimed at accelerating digital inclusion by addressing one of the country’s key barriers to connectivity: smartphone affordability. According to the company, Somalia already has broad 4G network coverage reaching most parts of the country. However, a significant portion of users still rely on...
Mogadishu (WDN) – The fragile prospect of political dialogue in Somalia is rapidly unraveling, as opposition leaders moved decisively to confront rather than engage the initiative proposed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. At a charged press conference in Mogadishu, the opposition bloc known as the Future Council—an alliance drawing together leaders from Puntland, Jubaland, and...
(ERGO) – A growing number of displaced women in Mogadishu are taking up physically demanding porter jobs in Mogadishu’s Bakara market to support their families, after losing their livelihoods to drought and conflict. The work carrying heavy goods for traders and customers offers small daily earnings that are often the only available source of income in...
China on Friday extended zero-tariff treatment to all African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations, a move aimed at strengthening trade ties and supporting industrial development across the continent, according to state-run media. Under the new policy, tariffs have been removed on imports from 53 African nations, including emerging economies such as Kenya, Egypt,...
Mogadishu (WDN)- The Minister of Education, Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir, widely viewed as a close political ally of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has delivered a politically charged speech that has intensified debate over Somalia’s already fragile electoral process. Speaking at a large public gathering in Mogadishu, the minister moved beyond his official education portfolio and directly...