The Guardian
| 12 months ago
Somalis flee the Afgoye corridor on the road leading to Mogadishu...Photograph: Elyas Ahmed/EPA Degan Ali talks passionately about how cash transfers can give vulnerable people some control over their futures as they struggle with the myriad shocks...
BBC
| 12 months ago
Leaders of disparate Somali factions have agreed to a timetable that will elect a new president by 20 August. The historic deal came after three days of heated discussion in Ethiopia, attended by the six signatories. But hardline al-Shabab Islamists,...
Voice of America
| 12 months ago
Somalia's main political entities have ended three days of often-heated talks, saying they remain committed to a political process leading to a post-transitional government by August. Participants say the United Nations-sponsored talks were...
Leader Post Online
| 12 months ago
Somalia has begun a major offensive to clear an Islamist militia allied to al-Qaida from the world's largest camp for people displaced by war and famine. The attack on al-Shabaab is the first time that Somalia's government troops, backed by African...
Africa Headlines
| 12 months ago
UN Official Calls for Efforts to Minimize Civilian Casualties in Military Operation 23 May 2012 As military forces make their way into Somalia's Afgooye corridor, the United Nations top humanitarian official for the east African country today...
The Guardian
| 12 months ago
The Somali business community can play a central role in putting the country on the road to recovery. Photograph: Ismail Taxta/Reuters Despite or perhaps because of more than 20 years of war, Somalia has a remarkably strong private sector ,...
