somaliland
For The Somaliland National Team, Recognition Means More Than Acclaim
In representing a country that remains unrecognized by the international community, the Somaliland national team are making a statement both on and off the pitch.
'We All Live in Fear': How Climate Change Is Devastating to Refugees
In Somaliland, a crippling drought has driven many women and children from their rural villages and into dangerous and overcrowded refugee camps.
'We All Live in Fear': How Climate Change Is Devastating to Refugees
In Somaliland, a crippling drought has driven many women and children from their rural villages and into dangerous and overcrowded refugee camps.
In Drought-Battered Somaliland, Climate Change Is Deadly Serious
A multi-year drought is killing off animals in the Horn of Africa, making life hell for the livestock herders who depend on them.
Thousands Flee Flash Floods in Somalia as El Niño Intensifies Rainy Season
Flood waters have damaged latrines, destroyed people’s belongings, and cut off roads as rivers over-flooded in the country’s Shabelle basin, which includes areas around the capital Mogadishu.
This Network of Merchants Is Helping Refugees Flee the Horrors of Yemen
As a Saudi-led naval blockade has slowed the flow of humanitarian aid into Yemen to a trickle, desperate people packed aboard cattle boats are being ferried by the hundreds to Somalia.
Yemen’s Conflict Is Getting So Bad That Some Yemenis Are Fleeing to Somalia
Somalia is not exactly a safe haven, but this week it saw the arrival of the first small exodus of Yemeni refugees fleeing the worsening fighting in their own country.
The Glue-Sniffing Street Kids of Somaliland
No matter how prosperous Somaliland might become, it's doubtful that any of that good fortune will trickle down to Hargeisa's homeless children—young outcasts living on their own who are at best ignored and at worst abused and treated like vermin.
UK Accused of Training and Supporting Deadly Somaliland Counter-Terrorism Unit
Counter-terror squad accused of extrajudicial killings and intimidation by Somaliland MPs.
Communities Full of Land Mines Are Rejecting Land-Mine Removal
Which is a tragedy, because getting rid of things that explode people indiscriminately should be one of the world's more uncontroversial aid projects.
Degmo Is a Cultural Boot Camp for Somalis in the Welsh Countryside
Between April and October, Hangingheld Farm in the UK transforms into Degmo, a name derived from the Somali term for nomadic families who’ve pitched tents together. Degmo aims to solve some of the problems of this huge immigrant community by...
Somaliland's Circus Performers Are Acrobats with a Social Mission
The performers draw people in with the novelty of the circus and then hit them with didactic plays on the major social ails of the country, like khat abuse, human trafficking, unemployment, and female genital mutilation.