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 (WDN)— Reports from a Monday meeting of the Somali Salvation Forum (SSF) reveal growing fractures within the opposition alliance, as several key figures broke away to cut a separate deal with the Federal Government under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Some forum members who talked with WardheerNews clarified that the SSF itself has not split,...
NAIROBI, Kenya – American tech giants are tapping into Kenya’s desperate youth labor market to fuel the development of artificial intelligence, but civil society groups warn the promise of opportunity masks a deeper crisis of exploitation. In what activists are calling “AI sweatshops,” thousands of young Kenyans are being hired to train artificial intelligence systems for...
By UNDP Climate Promise Across the world, a vibrant movement of young people is taking on a formidable challenge: tackling climate change and building a resilient future. The rise of this youth-led movement has played a defining role in accelerating climate action in recent years. With creativity, drive and determination, young people have been advocating for...
Minnesota state Senator Omar Fateh has won the endorsement of the Minneapolis Democratic Party for the city’s upcoming mayoral election, becoming the latest progressive candidate to gain traction within the party. Fateh has drawn comparisons to New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who won the party’s nomination for New York City mayor last month. Newsweek contacted Fateh’s campaign for...
A teenager from Lancashire has pleaded guilty to planning a gun attack and travelling to Somalia. Muhammad Billal, 18, from Nelson, was arrested on February 11 and charged with two counts of preparation of terrorist acts and four charges of collecting information likely to assist acts of terrorism. The Old Bailey heard that between last February and last...
(ERGO) – A company set up by a Somali returnee offering easy loans or rental of motorbikes in Mogadishu is proving a popular way for unemployed youth, some of them also returnees from abroad, to earn a living. Abdullahi Ahmed Jilacow, 50, returned from Germany after 15 years and bought five Bajaj motorbikes. Now his Al...
(ERGO) – A community youth group in Dadaab has been shining a spotlight on the growing use of harmful substances among Somali refugees in the camps in northern Kenya, especially jobless young men. The Youth Organisations’ Alliance carried out a study across all camps in the Dadaab complex over seven months, finding that substance abuse had...
By Abdukadir Osman Farah, PhD In a recent Aljazeera English documentary, the editors of the program sketch the history of the legendry Sayyid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan. A leader who resisted the British Empire for over two decades (the longest anti-colonial war in Africa). The program profiles him as “the father of Somali nationalism”[i]. In a...