With the outbreak of civil war in 1988 and the accompanied collapse of the central state in 1991, social services provision in Somalia had been disrupted.
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.
This week in Somalia, tensions rose as the opposition accused President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of dividing the nation through unilateral policies amid the fight against al-Shabaab.