Investigative Reports

Inside Somalia’s Visa-for-Sale Cartel — Meet Somalia’s Human Smuggler MP

How Ayub Ismail Yusuf and a network of parliamentarians...

From Controversy to Cornerstone: DP World’s Lesson for Egal Airport

Many got DP World's Berbera deal wrong, but Berbera...

Another Fake Degree Scandal Rocks Somaliland Presidency: Director General Caught With Diploma Mill “Masters”

Repeat of 2022 Central Bank Fraud Scandal Exposes Somaliland...

Guest Article

BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

Over the past six decades, Dr. Edna Adan Ismail has been a nurse and midwife. She has spent her life fighting for maternal health...

Witness History: The Somali Pilot Ordered to Bomb his own People in Hargeisa

At the end of May 1988, rebels from the Somali National Movement launched a series of lightening attacks on cities in northern Somalia -...

Questions And Answers with Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu.

Minister Wu took questions from pool of international media reporters in Taipei on October 12th, 2022. The session was moderated by Catherine Y.M Hsu,...

How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa’s food supplies

Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat.The words of the ancient Greek philosopher,...

Russia invades Ukraine – 5 essential reads from experts

Naomi Schalit, The Conversation This is a frightening moment. Russia has invaded Ukraine, and certainly those most frightened right now are the people of Ukraine....

What are false flag attacks – and could Russia make one work in the information age?

Scott Radnitz, University of Washington In the past few weeks, U.S. officials have warned several times that Russia plans to create the appearance of an...

Will omicron – the new coronavirus variant of concern – be more contagious than delta? A virus evolution expert explains what researchers know and...

Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Penn State A new variant named omicron (B.1.1.529) was reported by researchers in South Africa on Nov. 24, 2021, and designated a...

South Africa needs to tighten controls on substandard and counterfeit medicines. Here’s how

David R. Katerere, Tshwane University of Technology Substandard and counterfeit medicines can be extremely dangerous. They are fraudulently manufactured to deceive buyers about the product’s...

Far from a benefactor, the Turkish government is exploiting Somalia’s fragility

A decade has passed since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan landed in Mogadishu at the height of one of Somalia’s worst famines, announcing grandiose projects...

“Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with Paralysis

Technology Could Lead to More Natural Communication for People Who Have Suffered Speech LossBy Robin Marks Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a...

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