Editor’s Note: Hassan Abdullahi Duale “Hassan Jabhad” is a Somali community activist, intellectual, and former freedom fighter in the national liberation movement in Western Somalia, now the Somali Regional State (SRS) of Ethiopia. A graduate of Gahayr University and an economist by training, Duale worked for the Central Bank of Somalia in the Economic Research...
November 14, 2026
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Displaced women in eastern Ethiopia stand up to pressure, stigma over family planning
UNITED NATIONS, New York/SOMALI REGION, Ethiopia – Trik Dulene knows all about bullying and coercion when it comes to a woman’s reproductive choices. Although she and her husband agreed to use family planning after their two daughters were born, her in-laws demanded she give them more grandchildren. The pressure eventually broke apart her marriage: When her daughters were...
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Trump tweet condemning Somali terrorists blasted as ‘racist’
A Washington, D.C.-based group named Muslim Advocates criticized President Trump on Tuesday for a tweet drawing attention to two Somalia refugees arrested in Arizona for allegedly trying to join ISIS, citing the tweet as one of of many “racist” and “bigoted” attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and immigrants by Republicans and Fox News. “President...
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Diary of millennial addicted to screen
By LILYS NJERU “I have an assignment for you. Switch off your mobile phone for 72 hours and write about your experience,” an email from one of my editors read. I’m a typical millennial. My mobile phone is like an extension of me. I make plans, my phone makes sure that I execute them. My...
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With Guns, Cash and Terrorism, Gulf States Vie for Power in Somalia
By Ronen Bergman and David D. Kirkpatrick When a small car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in the bustling port city of Bosaso in northern Somalia, local news reports chalked it up to Islamist militants retaliating for American airstrikes. At least eight people were wounded, and a local affiliate of the Islamic State claimed responsibility. The attack, however,...
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New bullying claims over Somali schoolgirl, 12, drowned in river
Family of Muslim refugee says school failed to act over abuse and investigation by Greater Manchester Police was inadequate Mark Townsend Fresh allegations of bullying have emerged in the case of a 12-year-old schoolgirl who drowned in a Lancashire river, a tragedy that has raised concerns about the treatment of refugees in British society. Shukri...
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Somali man granted asylum: ‘I’m feeling like somebody who came back to life again’
Hannan Adely From the second-floor balcony at the Motel 6, Malyuun Mahamed saw her husband emerge from a car as a free man for the first time in nearly two years. She ran down the stairs and into the parking lot, smiling wide with arms outstretched. There, Abdikadir Mohamed hugged her tightly, buried his head...
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Edmonton scholarship to be awarded in slain journalists’s name Social Sharing
Nobody can replace her but I hope somebody will stand up and fill up her spot’ Thandiwe Konguavi She showcased positive aspects of Somali communities in Canada and in Somalia. And now a new Edmonton scholarship aims to continue the legacy of Somali-Canadian reporter Hodan Nalayeh. “Nobody can replace her but I hope somebody will stand up...
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Slain Canadian-Somalian journalist Nalayeh a trailblazer
BY NATALIE SCHACHAR AND TRACEY LINDEMAN OTTAWA, ONTARIO,As bombings and attacks rocked the African nation of Somalia in recent years, Canadian-Somalian journalist Hodan Nalayeh found what she believed was a higher calling: Showcasing the hidden beauty of her homeland and its people. On Twitter, she shared posts featuring marine life dangling from the hands of...
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Five-year jail sentence for Somali policeman who murdered a journalist
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate arrest of a Somali policeman so that he can begin serving the five-year jail sentence he received last November for fatally shooting a journalist. The sentence was not made public and RSF has only just learned of its existence. The verdict issued by a military court on...