KAKUMA, Kenya (UNHCR) - Hawiya Abdi Aden does not speak a word of English. She has never ever seen a washing machine, nor a flush toilet, nor a commercial airliner. But in a few months' time, this ...

Somalia confirmed its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mogadishu on March 16 th , by April 14 th online training for over 100 nutrition NGOs working in Somalia had begun. UNICEF Somalia Somalia ...

The Somalia Humanitarian Funding (SHF) has allocated US$26 million to scale up life-saving assistance for about 1.2 million people in the country. These critical funds, part of the SHF 2021 Reserve ...

DADAAB, Kenya, August 25 (UNHCR) - The air is thick with anticipation at the refugee transit centre in Nairobi. People chat excitedly as they pile up their bags and pull their trolleys around. Sitting ...

MOGADISHU (Nov. 19, 2025)—Less than a third of people needing food assistance in Somalia received support in October, with worsening conditions prompting the country to declare the first national ...

At the Brian Coyle Community Center, blocks from the West Bank campus, grade-school students scurried in and out of a tutoring class Tuesday. Two University students, Mona Mohamed and Suad Hassan, sat ...

This next one is about how an encounter with a book at just the right time in your life can change you. It comes from our new international podcast, Rough Translation. Here's Gregory Warner. GREGORY ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A federal judge sentenced two Somali men to life in prison on Monday for their roles in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Africa that left all four Americans on board dead. The ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At home in central Somalia, Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse studied English, frequented a dusty, outdoor cinema after school where he watched Bollywood films dubbed into his native ...

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has survived six assassination attempts by the al-Shabaab terrorist group since he was first elected in 2012, with the latest of which took place in Mogadishu ...

September 8, 2025: Apparently, members of the U.S. Congress are discussing recognizing Somaliland as a state separate from Somalia. This would be a change in policy. Why recognize Somaliland as a ...