The metaphorical "we are going back to 1991" has become common in the country’s political discourse, often used in contrast ...

Political shifts have taken center stage. The president’s new party marks a key move ahead of Somalia’s anticipated direct ...

Aano Qabiil - or Clan Vengeance - is a short film which explores the vendettas between clans which have led to many senseless deaths in Somalia. One of the actors in the film is veteran poet and ...

The attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) on a military base of local forces in Puntland state on December 31 last year raised local ...

Al-Shabab fighters have battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in southern Somalia, according to the government and a military official. Capturing the base in ...

Somali refugee Abdifatah Ahmed, 35, was shot dead by officers in Footscray in inner-Melbourne last Thursday night after he lunged at them with a knife. The incident had sparked outrage in the ...

Called Aano Qabiil, meaning "Clan Vengeance", the short film sought to highlight the futility of vendettas between rival ...

"No man avenged has ever risen from the grave" is the haunting tagline of a film that has shocked Somalis to the core in a case of life imitating art. Called Aano Qabiil, meaning "Clan Vengeance ...

It is in rural areas that rivalries between Somali clans proliferate. Sometimes the disputes are about long-standing competition for resources such as grazing land or access to wells for camels ...