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The curious incident of the novelist who conquered his fear of flying with the help of Valium, Mogwai and Ethiopian Airlines flight 707 to Addis Ababa Mark Haddon i Experts in their field: Mark at the Halaku irrigation Scheme in Awassa. He is talking with farmer Alamu Kufa, who is 35 and has seven children....

Women in Somalia need our support. As refugees, we appreciate the life we have in Ireland Ifrah Ahmed: FGM is now illegal in Ireland and Ifrah hopes to stop the practice of it in Somalia. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Ifrah Ahmed I was born and brought up in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. In 1996 I...

By Raven Rakia Eastleigh neighborhood in Nairobi Meet Ifran. She is a Somali refugee living in the Eastleigh neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya. She sells tea out of a cart to survive and usually makes about 150 Kenyan shillings per day (Less than $2). Last November, her life changed when police started bullying her into bribes,...

By KIPCHUMBA SOME Kenya: When Operation Usalama Watch began nearly a month ago in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate, a tinge of sadness came over Hussein Guleid, a prominent businessman there. He is a Kenyan in every sense of the word, just like his father, who served the Kenyan people with loyalty as a police officer until...

Photo: Wikimedia Commons The money transfer business in Africa is dominated by international companies such as Western Union LONDON, 22 April 2014 (IRIN) – All over the world migrant workers are sending money home to their families. The money pays hospital bills and school fees, buys land, builds houses and sets up small businesses. The cash...

Al Jazeera investigation uncovers allegations of beatings and rape in Kenya’s ongoing anti-terrorism operation. Malkhadir Muhumed Some Somali families have locked themselves in their homes during the operation [Malkhadir Muhumed/Al Jazeera] Nairobi, Kenya – In Eastleigh, a mostly Somali area of Nairobi, residents say they constantly look over their shoulders when entering grocery stores, to make...

By Anjli Parrin NAIROBI (IRIN) – Somalia’s economy has managed to survive state collapse, maintaining reasonable levels of output throughout the country’s two-decade-long civil war. Now, with political recovery and transition slowly underway, the country’s economy faces new hurdles. Investors have come to Somalia looking to cash in on the rebuilding process and abundant natural...