Rap music finds a home in Somalia as its youth embrace the genre Rappers say their songs resonate with the youth because they express everyday struggles; religious leaders disagree. Al Jazeera · Jul 13, 2022
Councillor suspended by Tories after retweeting claims mosques are 'hiding secret arsenals' Councillor Alanna Vine retweeted a number of posts, including a call for the UK to stop accepting refugees and someone claiming part of Manchester was 'like being in Somalia’ Manchester Evening News · Jul 13, 2022
Sir Mo Farah ‘relieved’ Home Office will take no action over documentary revelations Farah revealed in a documentary titled The Real Mo Farah that he was brought to Britain from Somalia illegally The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Sir Mo Farah is 'relieved' Home Office won't take action after his trafficking claim Sir Mo Farah revealed in his upcoming documentary how he was illegally brought to Britain from Somalia and assumed the name of another child Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022
Home Office will take no action against Sir Mo Farah after his shock revelation The four-time Olympic champion revealed in a BBC documentary that he was brought to Britain from Somalia illegally Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022
‘This is my country’ – Sir Mo Farah ‘relieved’ Home Office will take no action Farah revealed in a documentary titled The Real Mo Farah that he was brought to Britain from Somalia illegally. The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022
A moment of mounting chaos: the Somalia of Mo Farah’s childhood Farah grew up at a time of deep poverty and instability in the Horn of Africa, where criminal networks smuggling resources and people flourished The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022
Sir Mo Farah comes 'face to face' with the 'real' Mo Farah after revealing true identity Olympic champion Mo Farah has revealed he was trafficked to the UK from Somalia using another child's name in a new BBC documentary which will air this week Daily Mirror · Jul 12, 2022
Mo Farah praised as ‘truly great Briton’ after revealing he was trafficked into UK Olympian hailed as inspirational figure after revealing he was trafficked and forced into domestic servitude The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022
What is Olympian Sir Mo Farah’s real name and where is he from? His story will be told in a new documentary by the BBC and Red Bull Studios. Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2022
Mo Farah Says He Was Victim of Child Trafficking Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah was brought to Britain from Djibouti at the age of nine and was forced to do housework and childcare in exchange for food, he told the BBC. The 39-year-old Briton, who was born in Somalia, added his name had been changed to Mohamed… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 12, 2022
Former Olympic champion Mo Farah reveals real identity The 39-year-old, whose father was killed in Somalia when he was four, said his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and claimed he was made to look after another family’s children in Britain The Hindu · Jul 11, 2022
Sir Mo Farah was illegally trafficked into the UK under false name as Olympic legend reveals birth name Sir Mo Farah revealed his father was killed in the Somalia civil war and he was separated from his mum before being illegally trafficked to the UK. Daily Record · Jul 11, 2022
Sir Mo Farah: From tough beginnings to one of the UK’s most successful athletes The athlete’s track triumphs have earned him a knighthood and a place as a British household name. The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2022
Al Jazeera · Jul 8, 2022 ‘No sign of rain’: Citizens despair as drought devastates Somalia The UN says nearly 7.1 million Somalis, almost half of the country’s population, face acute levels of food insecurity.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022 Famine: what is it, where will it strike and how should the world respond? A toxic combination of climate emergency, conflict and Covid is pushing some of the poorest countries into an acute hunger crisis
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022 Global hunger toll soars by 150 million as Covid and Ukraine war make their mark Tenth of world’s population now chronically undernourished, with spectre of widespread famine drawing ever closer, warns report
The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022 Facing severe drought, Somalia calls for Turkish support Somalia’s president has called for assistance from Turkey to combat the effects of severe drought that is threatening the Horn of Africa
The Conversation · Jul 6, 2022 We built an algorithm to predict how climate change will affect future conflict in the Horn of Africa: here's what we found The Horn of Africa, on the eastern coast of the continent, is currently being battered by an intense and sustained drought thanks to which around 20 million people are going hungry. And, given the ongoing armed conflict in the region – particularly in Somalia and Ethiopia – safely getting nutritious…
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022 Ukraine's shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises
The Conversation · Jun 26, 2022 Is eastern Africa's drought the worst in recent history? And are worse yet to come? Large areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are currently in the grip of a severe drought. An estimated 16.7 million people face acute food insecurity. That’s more than the combined populations of Austria and Switzerland.
Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2022 Channel 4 News hit with Ofcom complaints and petition to remove terrorist segment Channel 4 news has been hit with over 100 complaints from telly fans over Jamal Osman’s 'Inside Al- Shabaab' feature. Some disgruntled viewers claimed the broadcast of of 'glamorising terrorism and promoting dangerous ideologies to young audiences'
Radio France Internationale · Jun 22, 2022 Urgent appeal for aid as Somalia slides into catastrophic famine The United Nations humanitarian agency has called for a massive scale-up in resources to save Somalia from famine.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022 Somalia: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis we’ve ever seen’ Children starving to death ‘before our eyes’ say aid workers as G7 leaders warned only ‘massive’ and urgent funding will avert famine
The Conversation · Jun 21, 2022 No time for complacency: Somalia's unfolding famine catastrophe Somalia is on the brink of catastrophe. A recent assessment suggests that 7.7 million Somalis need emergency aid right now, a similar number to those affected by the Ethiopian famine in 1984, one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history. About one million people died then.