Farah Yusuf: "I can raise my children with clean money"
Farah Yusuf, 31, is a fisherman in Bosasso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia. A father...
SOMALIA: Raising awareness against FGM in Puntland
Halima [not her real name], a mother of five girls, shudders whenever she remembers how she suffered after undergoing female genital mutilation...
SOMALIA: Explosions in Bosasso leave 21 dead, dozens injured
Explosions in the port town of Bosasso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, killed 21...
Somalia: MSF demands access to the area where the two MSF expatriates are still in captivity, in order to check their status
More than 48 hours after their abduction, Mercedes Garcia and Pilar Bauza continue in captivity . Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)...
MSF asks Somali authorities for the safe and immediate release of our two staff members
"Our priority now is that our two colleagues are released without harm." After confirming that two staff members have been taken by...
SOMALIA: Zeinab Ali - "Every day someone you knew had died”
In late November, Zeinab Ali, 22, fled fighting in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and is now living in a crowded camp for the displaced in the town of...
SOMALIA: Risking all for a new life in Yemen
Genet Mengesha left her home in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to undertake the uncertain, often treacherous, journey to Yemen shortly after the...