A first of its kind all-female media outlet has been launched in Somalia, seeking to amplify women’s voices and report on the rarely-discussed challenges they face on a daily basis. Dubbed Bilan, meaning bright and clear in Somali, the media house consists of one editor and five journalists and will produce TV, radio and online […]
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Amid protests that turned deadly, persistent drought and election controversies, Somaliland’s media are coming under attack. Arbitrary arrests, threats, beatings. Somaliland’s journalists are bearing the brunt of a spike in attacks, media associations say. In a recent incident, police in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway region, detained two Horyaal 24 TV […]
Hargeysa 26 Aug 2022 (QJ)- Guddi ganacsato ah oo isu xilqaantay in ay xaliyaan khilaafka siyaasadeed ee Somaliland ka taagan ayaa soo saaray go’aano talo-soo-jeedina h oo ku socota dhinacyada khilaafka isku haya iyo daneeyayaasha kale. Go’aanada ayay ku socodsiiyeen shir gudoonka Baarlamanka Somaliland oo ay sheegeen in sharci ahaan ay tahay in ay waafajiyaan […]
Muqdisho 26 Aug, 2022 (QJ)- Raysal wasaaraha Xukuumadda Fedaralka Soomaaliya Xamse Cabdi Barre iyo wafdi uu hoggaaminaayo ayaa goordhawayd ka duulay garoonka diyaaradaha Aadan Cadde ee Magaalada Muqdisho, iyaga oo u duulay dhanka waddanka Tunisia. Raysal Wasaaraha iyo Wafidgiisa ayaa la sheegay in magaalada Tunis ee Caasimadda dalka Tunisia iney kaga qaybgali doonan shirka Caalamiga ee Tokyo ee […]
Berbera port is the main overseas trade gateway of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. The port city is located on the Gulf of Aden – one of the globally most frequented seaways connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Only a few years ago, Berbera port was a dilapidated runway, originally built by the British […]
Muqdisho 25 Aug, 2022 (QJ)- Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya, Xasan Sheikh Maxamuud, ayaa gaadhay magaaada Garowe ee maamulka Puntland halkaas oo uu kusoo dhaweeyay madaxweynaha Puntland Siciid Cabdullaahi Deni, ku xigeenkiisa iyo dad kaloo badan Madaxweyne Xasan Sheikh Maxamuud ma jirin masuuliyiin kale oo ku wehelisay socdaalkiisa marka laga tago wasiirka arrimaha dibadda oo kagasii horreeyay magaalada […]
Hargeysa 25 Aug, 2022 (QJ)- Khilaafka siyaasadeed ee ka taagan Somaliland ayaa la filayaa in xal laga agadhi kadib muddo 8 bilood ah oo khilaafku soo jiitamayay mudadaana soo amray marxalado kala duwan. Dhinacyada is haya oo ah xukuumada iyo xisbiyada mucaaradka ah ayaa imika la filayaa in ay qaateen mawqifyo isku dhow oo ay […]
Hargeysa 25 Aug, 2022 (QJ)- Murashaxa madaxweynaha ee xisbiga Waddani ayaa magaalada Gabiley wuxuu ku booqday haween u xidhan xukuumadda Muuse Biixi, kuwaas oo la xidhay mudadii ay socdeen dibad baxyada mucaaradka Somaliland dhigayeen. Cabdiraxmaan Cirro iyo weftiga uu hogaaminayay booqashadooda kadib ayaa qoraal kasoo baxay xisbiga Waddani lagu yidhi: “Murashaxa Madaxweynaha Xisbiga Waddani Iyo […]
China is making too many friends. Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have shown that they are willing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in developing countries, causing many nations to deepen their relations with China—a worrying development for those who support democracy and human rights. Fortunately, some resist the Chinese attempts to […]
When Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office in May he declared a top priority was bringing an end to the country’s 15-year Islamist insurgency. Three months later al-Shabab staged one of its most spectacular ever attacks, storming a hotel a short drive away from the presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu. They held […]