By Vanda Felbab-Brown For the past three decades, militia groups have been a defining feature of Somalia’s conflict landscape. Communities create or join such groups to respond to conditions of insecurity and vulnerability. Somali powerbrokers, sub-federal authorities, the national government, and external interveners also turn to armed groups as a tool for pursuing their own

Turkey’s parliament passed legislation on Thursday allowing the sovereign wealth fund to take over companies in distress. The Turkiye Wealth Fund, chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will be able to inject cash or acquire controlling stakes in firms considered to be of strategic importance, according to the new law, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

Executive order will not initially include civil penalties but that could change, Andrew Cuomo warns New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he is ordering all residents to wear masks when they are unable to maintain social distancing in public as the hard-hit state moves to a “new normal” in the coronavirus pandemic. Cuomo’s executive

Helsinki city councillor Suldaan Said Ahmed Image: Mårten Lampén / Yle Left Alliance councillor notes that Somali-background residents often work in low-paying jobs and live in close quarters. Helsinki city councillor Suldaan Said Ahmed says a major increase in Covid-19 cases in the Somali community is in part the result of class differences in Finland.

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz reading documents at the royal palace in the capital Riyadh on 8 March 2020 (AFP) Saudi Arabia has carried out the 800th execution of King Salman bin Abdulaziz’s five years of rule, human rights organisation Reprieve said on Tuesday. According to the British nonprofit, which campaigns against the death penalty,

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed the authority Monday to decide how and when to reopen the economy after weeks of tough social distancing guidelines aimed at fighting the new coronavirus.

Abdi Farreh with his daughter Safiya Copyright: Other 3rd Party The proud daughter of a leader of the Somali community in Sheffield has paid tribute to her dad after his death. Abdi Saeed Farreh, aged 83 and who was known as Berberaawii, was buried this week in a service which could only be attended by

China racism The media has been replete with reports of Chinese people evicting Africans over claims that they are the ones importing and spreading coronavirus in the country. This has ignited a conversation around the perverse racism against Africans that dominates Chinese society. Anger has been roused, and there are calls for Africans to take

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman extended a nationwide curfew until further notice due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the interior ministry said on Sunday, after the kingdom reported more than 300 new infections on each of the last four days. Last week Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other big cities under a

Africans are stranded in China after being kicked out of their houses by Chinese nationals over coronavirus fears Kenyans living in China on Friday spoke of long nights in the cold, racial discrimination in shopping malls and retail outlets and attacks on public transport in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, which originated in the