Mahbub M. Abdillahi

Ahmed Samatar, the prominent Somali scholar and intellectual, has been ousted from his political party, Hilaac.

The Somali media landscape is failing in its fundamental public duty to challenge power and through that keep citizens informed.  After riots and protests that claimed the lives of

Kenyan youth unite beyond party and tribal ties to demand a voice in shaping their nation’s future.

For the last generation, fadhi ku dirir was a chance to get together, chat, reminisce and spend time with friends.

Somalia’s failure to outlaw the charcoal trade and provide alternatives for citizens’ energy needs risks turning the country into a man-made desert 

Hargeisa is sacrificing its sparse greenery on the mantle of fast development and urbanisation; but what we gain in infrastructural progress doesn’t make up for the loss of the plants which once adorned our streets and provided spaces for our community