By Nick Dearden 30 years after images of Ethiopian famine haunted British TV screens, they still shape how we see Africa – and ensure we fail to understand. It’s 30 years since Michael Buerke’s harrowing report of a ‘biblical famine’ reached BBC TV screens. Following a year of cynical government inaction and silence, Bob Geldof...
November 14, 2026
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Somalia: amid unstable security, UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis
Troops of the Somali National Army and the African Union Mission in Somalia, line up in a convoy on the road leading up to the Al-Shabaab stronghold of Barawe. Photo: AMISOM/Tobin Jones The top United Nations official in Somalia today condemned the car bombing which left an estimated 13 people dead and many more injured...
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Could this be the moment for Somalia?
By Isaac Muhammad For the last 25 years, Somalia has become famous for all the wrong reasons. From civil wars that destroyed the country, to droughts that killed and displaced thousands[1]. From the piracy that created ferocity in the nation’s waters that tarnished it’s markedly suffering image, to the Al-Shabab terrorism that killed more Somalis...
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Perhaps the greatest threat to Ethiopia comes from within
Some of Addis Ababa’s national-development initiatives are bringing the government into conflict with its own people Visionary: the state funeral of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in 2012; his death took Ethiopia into unknown territory. Photograph: Mulugeta Ayene/AFP/Getty Ahmed Soliman Since 2000 Ethiopia has registered some of the greatest gains in human development seen anywhere on...
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Al-Amoudi to Invest $500 Million in Ethiopian Coffee, Oranges
By William Davison Horizon Plantations Ethiopia Plc, majority-owned by Saudi billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, plans to almost double annual revenue within three years by investing at least $500 million in coffee and orange projects. The agriculture company will train workers, improve roads and replace washing units at the Limmu andBebeka coffee plantations, which together have over...
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Harassment haunts Somalis after Westgate
Nairobi – Mass arrests, extortion, deportation and suspicion: one year since Somali gunmen staged a four-day massacre in Nairobi’s Westgate mall, Somalis in Kenya say the attack has left their community battling harassment and denigration. “The Somali people in Kenya strongly condemned the attack on Westgate, but they were collectively punished for it”, said Aden...
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Somalia facing increased crises
More than 1 million people in Somalia are facing acute food insecurity, and the situation in the country is beginning to resemble the period prior to the famine in 2011. At that time, the international community was unprepared for the scale of the crisis, and that mistake must not be repeated, warns the Danish Refugee...
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Somalia refugees to return home in weeks, says UN
Aisha Mohamed arranges bar soaps after they were made at Kambioos Livelihood Centre within Dadaab Refugee camp on the 4th of December, 2013. About 2,500 refugees living in the Dadaab camp are set to be relocated to Somalia by the end of October. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP Photo/EVANS HABIL By AGGREY MUTAMBO About...
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Battle against al-Shabab heats up in Somalia
American and AU troops aided by drones ramp up offensive against armed group blamed for a wave of violence in Somalia. By Hamza Mohamed Foreign troops and the Somali army are locked in a life-and-death struggle against al-Shabab [AFP] Buurane, Somalia – Drones, Americans, French, South Africans, Fijians, Burundians and private security contractors are all on...
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Trying to Block Khatumo’s Self-determination is Just like Wadding through Glue
By Ahmed A Hirsi Since the formation and promulgation of the Khatumo State of Somalia, the residents of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn, who subscribe to the Khatumo State of Somalia, have been experiencing endless hostilities, invasions, political manipulations and provocations from Somaliland and Puntland. The sheer scale and magnitude of underdevelopment and marginalisation endured by...