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    Kenya demands answers from Tanzania over missing activist Boniface Mwangi

    Andrew WasikeFriday May 23, 2025Kenya on Wednesday raised alarm over the continued disappearance of activist Boniface Mwangi, who is said to have been...

    Somalia climate shocks and aid cuts create perfect storm

    Friday May 23, 2025Somalia is among the most vulnerable to climate change, the UN says, and recently has experienced both the worst drought...

    Kenya coos WHO to increase funding for contentious UHC Programme

    by Walter Ngano Thursday May 22, 2025Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale with World Health Organisation Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday,...

    Safiya Saeed becomes first Black woman in hijab named Sheffield lord mayor

    Wednesday May 21, 2025The new Lord Mayor of Sheffield Safiya Saeed. Sheffield CouncilSheffield, United Kingdom (HOL) — Safiya Saeed has been appointed the...

    Gunmen kill Hirshabelle religious affairs director in Jowhar

    Tuesday May 20, 2025Dr. Mohamed Abdi Ali, widely known as Dr. Gaalib, served as the Director of Religious Affairs in Hirshabelle State before...

    Somalia’s mass vaccination against polio, pneumonia targets 3 million children

    Tuesday May 20, 2025Somalia's mass vaccination against polio, measles and pneumonia targets at least 3 million children nationwide. / Photo: APSomalia launched a...

    Apple could let users replace Siri as the default virtual assistant 

    Apple’s struggles with giving Siri a next-gen AI makeover are pretty well-known at this point, while rivals like Google’s Gemini have flourished on...

    Utah teen takes on gun violence in her Somali community

    Sunday May 18, 2025By Lien Hoa TorresThree out of 4 teens are worried about school gun violence. Here’s how one student is making...

    Marginalised families in Puntland displacement camps face hunger, discrimination and neglect

    Sunday May 18, 2025Marginalised and impoverished IDP families find shelter in Washington camp/Mohamud Nadif/ErgoHundreds of families from marginalised communities living in Puntland are...

    AI app clicks nail selfie to detect blood condition affecting billions

    Nearly two billion people across the world suffer from a blood condition called anemia. People living with anemia have a lower than average...

    55,000 Somali children at risk as aid cuts force closure of nutrition centres

    Friday May 16, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – At least 55,000 children in Somalia will lose access to lifesaving nutrition services by June as international...

    Somaliland grapples with measles outbreak as cases surge past 200

    Thursday May 15, 2025A child is vaccinated against measles at the UNICEF-supported Nutrition Health Centre in Hargeisa, Somaliland. (UNICEF)Hargeisa (HOL) — A fast-spreading...

    Can cash handouts replace aid? Kenya offers some answers

    Thursday May 15, 2025Thomas Kazungu Karisa says his life was transformed by a cash donation from GiveDirectly © Tony KARUMBA / AFPThree years...

    More Somali therapists are entering the field, hoping to change the conversation around mental health

    By Mohamed IbrahimThursday May 15, 2025Ashwak Hassan, pictured May 8, 2025. Credit: Dymanh Chhoun | Sahan JournalAshwak Hassan recalls the seventh-grader who used...

    Hamas frees soldier Edan Alexander as Gaza faces bombardment, famine risk

    Tuesday May 13, 2025Hamas has released Edan Alexander, a dual United States-Israeli national and soldier, as it seeks to revive ceasefire negotiations and...

    Barca closes in on title, Betis slips up in European race

    Monday May 12, 2025FC Barcelona could be confirmed as La Liga champions for this season either Wednesday or Thursday night after winning a...