By Naciima Saed Salah Referring to the stigma he faces in Somalia because he has albinism, 25 year-old Elmi Bile Mohamed says: “People tell me I am a cannibal and that I will eat their children. They are terrified of me.” Mr Mohamed has struggled to find a place to live in the capital, Mogadishu,...
A crucial component of a nation’s development is economic growth, which is determined by how much more commodities and services are produced over time. Economic growth is a sign of a nation’s general well-being and wealth. Several countries have seen impressive economic growth rates, aiding their emergence as significant world financial players. Several variables, including...
By Brian Ambani Somalia’s Premier Bank Limited will complete its acquisition of a 62.5 percent stake in First Community Bank later this month after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) approved the deal. The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) had also earlier given its nod to the deal that will see the two banks merge. The...
Somalia’s government has ordered private companies – including telecommunication firms and money transfer banks – to register their businesses and clients with the authorities to curb money laundering and the financing of militant Islamist groups, state-owned Somali National TV has reported. At a news conference, Information Minister Daud Aweis also asked mobile service providers to...
By Favour Nunoo When I heard rumours of a new contender for the world’s tallest man in northern Ghana, I set out to find out if it was true. The only problem? Measuring him. A local hospital in northern Ghana told 29-year-old Sulemana Abdul Samed during one of his recent check-ups that he had reached...
The photographer best known for his portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children has turned his lens on the devastating events in Africa, where mothers are watching their children slowly starve By Lauren Crosby Medlicott Yasmiin* and her eight children sometimes go days without food. She watches helplessly as her children beg her for something to...
Having lost both his legs in two separate accidents, Abdirahman Mohamed Idris, 25, finally feels he can live independently after receiving computer skills training and getting a job as a data analyst in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Abdirahman was among 20 young people living with varying disabilities selected for a skills development programme by local...
Nairobi (ICRC) – More than 150,000 households, most of them in south and central Somalia, received enough money to buy food for a month, the first in a series of monthly payments intended to provide emergency relief to people pushed out of their homes by the severe drought battering the country. Each family was given...
Dozens of female street cleaners have been killed in the Somali capital by Improvised Explosive Devices since 2008. By Hamza Mohamed Mogadishu, Somalia – It is an hour before sunrise in downtown Mogadishu. The Somali capital is fast asleep with eerie silence hanging in the warm salty air blowing from the Indian Ocean. Apart from a small...
Djibouti, “In the blink of an eye, our lives were turned upside down and our dreams shattered.” Tigistou Charo, a 16-year-old Ethiopian migrant, survived a harrowing road accident in Djibouti despite being left to die by the smugglers who had been transporting him across the country. Though he miraculously survived the ordeal, several other migrants involved...