November 2015

Somali women are demanding more involvement in political and decision-making processes. They seek to make a more significant contribution to Somalia’s peacebuilding and state-building efforts. At the Open Day organized…

The media fraternity globally is today marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in line with Resolution A/RES/68/163 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in…

Hundreds of people have been left homeless following continued flooding in parts of Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region over the past couple of months, with large tracts of farmland being inundated,…

Hundreds of people have been displaced and over 25000 hectares of newly sown crops destroyed by floods after a river burst its banks in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, locals told…

Livestock trade in Somalia is booming in Somalia, with over 1,500 cattle exported this week alone. Other animal exported by Somali farmers include sheep, goats and camels. A recent report…

The Justice and Development (AK) Party clinched victory after securing around 49 percent of votes in Turkey’s 26th general election Sunday, according to preliminary results based on 95.12 percent of…

Turkey’s strongman president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, tightened his grip on power decisively on Sunday as his ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) looked set to be able to govern alone again…

A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt, killing all 224 people on board, broke up in the air, a Russian aviation official said on Sunday. Viktor Sorochenko, an official with…

Early results suggest a big win for Erdoğan’s AKP. According to state media the AKP has secured more than 56% of the vote, with 22% of the ballots counted. The…