Somalia’s footballers have always struggled to make an impact on the continental stage, and its men are currently ranked 201st out of 210 national teams in the world – with only Seychelles and unranked Eritrea beneath them in Africa. They have never made it past the preliminary round in qualifying for the Africa Cup of...
Taiwan has condemned Somalia for banning travellers with Taiwanese passports from entering or transiting through the East African country. The ban took effect on Wednesday following an order issued by Somali aviation authorities last week, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said. Somalia is yet to comment on the ban which comes as Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed...
Abdinasir Ali BBC Somali service Astaan TV Guudey Mohamed Geedi, a married father of 11, was shot dead not long after finishing a film warning of the devastation clan killings cause “No man avenged has ever risen from the grave” is the haunting tagline of a film that has shocked Somalis to the core in...
Outrage has spread in Somalia after an eight-year-old girl, who had been missing for six months, was found living with a man who said he was her husband. The girl was reported missing by her family in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland last September. Months later, it emerged the girl’s father had consented for her...