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Could Turkish Become Somalia’s Second Language?
The Turkish language in Somalia is growing fast. An estimated 100,000 Somalis can now speak it. That number keeps rising, according to language educators in […]
UN Begins Reducing Its Presence in Somalia
The United Nations has begun reducing its presence in Somalia, downsizing its staff and planning to sell some assets of the UNSOS support mission. The […]
Supreme Court Annuls Galmudug Election Results
Somalia’s Federal Supreme Court has annulled the Galmudug election results. The court made the ruling on Monday. Judges found that the July 30 […]
Somalia Accelerates National Skills Development to Tackle Youth Unemployment
Mogadishu – The Federal Government of Somalia has formally accelerated its national strategy for skills development and job creation, with the newly established National Committee […]
Mogadishu’s “forced” eviction Turns into War
The demolition of homes in Tookiyo neighbourhood, in Mogadishu’s Yaqshiid district, has triggered tensions and clashes between government forces and local residents who opposed the […]
Somalia and UNDP Strengthen Cooperation on National Financing
Somalia’s Minister of Finance, Biixi Imaan Cige, has held talks with UNDP Somalia Resident Representative Christophoros Politis during a visit to the Ministry of Finance […]
UK public confidence in AI weather forecasts lags behind existing methods, Met Office study finds
The study, published in Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, investigates public confidence in using AI forecasts, as well as perceptions of accuracy of AI […]
The Economist Acknowledges Shift in Mogadishu’s Security Landscape
The Economist, a leading international publication that previously described Somalia’s state-building project as “broken” and warned that Mogadishu risked falling to Al-Shabaab, has now published […]
Texas teacher cries after high school students fail to write
Darius Williams, a teacher at Wheatley High School in Houston, Texas, has sparked a nationwide conversation after posting an emotional video of himself crying over […]