By Rachel Stonehouse Parents are wrongly being arrested and having their children taken into care due to the stigma around female genital mutilation (FGM), members of the UK Somali community have told the Victoria Derbyshire programme. They say figures suggesting tens of thousands of girls are at risk in the UK are inaccurate. “Social services with the police came to...
May 12, 2026
Three teachers killed in suspected militant attack near Kenya’s Somalia border: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Three teachers were killed near Kenya’s border with Somalia in a suspected attack by al Shabaab militants early on Monday, police said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of assaults by the group in Kenya since the New Year. A child was also wounded by a stray bullet when the militants attacked Kamuthe...
Mohamud Ali: from Manchester’s roads to football history with Somalia
Non-league defender and driving instructor starred in the team that recently secured Somalia’s first World Cup qualifying win Jamie Jackson Ahot night in Djibouti City, 5 September, and Mohamud Ali is in disbelief at having just written himself into Somalian history. Theformer £50-a-day factory worker was man of the match as his nation beat Zimbabwe 1-0 to record a first World...
Ethiopian PM Abiy expects parliamentary election in May or June
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election in May or June despite security and logistic concerns, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Sunday. The election will be the first under Nobel Peace Laureate Abiy, who took office in April 2018 and launched political and economic reforms. His reform agenda has also stoked violence and highlighted ethnic divisions...
Hail democracy, but long live autocracy in the Horn
By PETER KAGWANJA Two years ago, the Horn of Africa was on the cusp of a democratic revolution. “There is a wind of hope blowing in the Horn of Africa,” said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. REGIME CHANGE However, although Ethiopia and Somalia are among 14 African countries holding elections in 2020, democratic revolution in the Horn is retreating. Conceptually,...
Dubai’s real estate firm launches property expo in Addis Ababa
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle January 11, 2020 (ADDIS ABABA) – Dubai’s luxury housing developer, DAMAC Real Estate, on Saturday, January 11, 2020, launched its “Dubai Property Expo 2020” in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa as the firm eyes to expand its business to potentially targeted African countries. The two-day Property Expo event launched today is being held at Hyatt Regency hotel...
Saudi Arabia woos Horn of Africa states to protect Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
By MAWAHIB ABDALLATIF Saudi Arabia’s move to pool countries in the Horn of Africa into a co-operation council for the Red Sea and Gulf Aden suggests officials in Riyadh are desperate to pull the region from other Middle Eastern powers. On January 6, Riyadh hosted several foreign ministers from the Horn countries to a meeting addressed by Saudi King Salman,...
Britain tells its Citizens to avoid the Kenya – Somali border
The British government has issued a travel advisory to its citizens visiting Kenya, warning that terrorists might try to carry out attacks. The UK government advises British citizens to be vigilant when visiting areas frequented by foreigners including hotels, bars, restaurants, sports bars and nightclubs, sporting events, supermarkets, shopping centres, and commercial buildings, coastal areas including beaches, government buildings, airports,...
Puntland Government Policy Paper on Constitutional Review Process of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Constitutional Review Process: Best Practices Around the world, there is not a perfect “single model” to implement a Constitutional Review Process, nor is there a definitive data supporting a single model for a post-conflict fragile setting, such as Somalia. However, constitutional experts are in general agreement that there must be a determined commitment to put aside short-term personal or partisan...
Shock as Kayunga imam discovers his newlywed wife is a man
By FRED MUZAALE A fortnight ago, Mr Mohammed Mutumba, a resident of Kyampisi Village in Kayunga Sub-County, Kayunga District, exchanged marriage vows in Islamic culture or Nikah (legal marriage contract between man and woman) with his ‘wife’ Ms Swabullah Nabukeera. However, the couple which had not had any sexual intercourse before marriage also spent two weeks of their marriage, without...