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Somalia: Is the Climate Crisis a Hoax?

In the middle of endless debates and opposing opinions on the climate crisis, one question persists: Is it all just a hoax? While some may still be skeptical, the truth of climate change becomes starkly evident when viewed through the eyes of young Africans. For these resilient souls, the effect of the climate crisis is not a distant notion but a present reality that profoundly affects their lives.

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Clinging To Power by Any Means Necessary: The Ultimate Ambition of the Somali Politician

The general definition a politician is a person who is actively involved in politics, typically as an elected or an appointed official within a government or a political organisation. Their primary role is to represent the interests of their constituents. They represent individuals, groups, or communities, and they participate in the decision making that shapes the public policies and laws. The roles and responsibilities can vary depending on the level of government position a person is appointed to which can be local, regional, or national.

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Social Media as a Catalyst for Justice: Empowering Victims in Somalia

The transformative shift in Somalia’s socio-technological landscape in recent years has been remarkable, primarily driven by the widespread access to the internet provided by private telecommunication companies. This growth can be credited to the affordability of internet access fees. The emergence of influential social media figures also played a pivotal role in shaping public opinion.

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Somalia’s Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban Was Long Overdue

This week, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) took a decisive step by imposing a ban on the production, import, export, manufacture, trade, and use of single-use plastic bags in Somalia starting June 30, 2024. This bold decision has garnered widespread support from the public and environmental activists as well as livestock herders whose livestock habitually die from consumed littered plastic waste, accelerating the ongoing campaigns against plastic pollution.

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Election in Puntland: A Historical Overview

After a tumultuous election year marred by electoral model disagreements that, in some cases, led to armed clashes, Puntland parliamentarians head to the polls on January 8, 2024. As has been the norm, Puntland conducts elections on a quinquennial basis, in a process wherein the 66 Members of Parliament elect both the President and the Vice President.

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Going to Morocco: The Latest Somali Social Media Trend Raises Moral Questions

In Somali social media, a new trend emerges every other month, providing endless entertainment. However, a closer look of current trends across various social media platforms reveals a shift in the nature of online trends. This shift has brought to the forefront a disconcerting normalisation of behaviours that sometimes celebrate contents that challenge ethical norms.

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Somalia at COP28 Recap: Key Highlights and Outcomes

After an intense two-week period marked by rigorous negotiations, this year’s annual global climate summit concluded with some optimism. Hosted by the United Arab Emirates, the COP28 held particular significance against the backdrop of mounting global concerns regarding the inadequacy of effective measures concerning energy transitions, the decarbonisation of the global economy, the imperative to limit global temperature rise to below 1.5°C, and the escalating disproportionate impacts of human-induced climate change.

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Breath of Fresh Air: The Force Behind Mogadishu’s Newfound Security

For the past nine months Mogadishu has seen a noticeably significant improvement in its thus far turbulent security. This is due to a shift in how it’s policed. Since the administration of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud came to power, the terrorist group al-Shabaab has been on the back foot. This is due to the group’s heavy losses in the battlefield coupled with NISA’s efforts in proactively foiling more attacks than ever before.

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Somalia at COP28, What Is the Agenda?

The annual global climate summit has commenced this week in Dubai, bringing together leaders from across the world to deliberate on the pressing issues of our time; climate change and its associated crises. The stakes are high, and over the next two weeks, critical discussions will take place in response to the ever-growing climate-induced threats.

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Somalia: Caught Between Crisis. How to overcome the climate-induced perpetual crises

In the past five years, Somalia has grappled with a series of climate change-induced crises, reaching a critical apex in 2022. It faced its worst drought in four decades, leading to an extreme water shortage that put the country on the brink of famine. Six million people were left without sufficient water, 1.3 million were displaced, and 43,000 lives were lost, half of them being children.

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