Harun Maruf Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Ministry of Finance Investigative Dossier World Bank IMF Hormuud Telecom Dahabshiil But the most important factor is there will not be #accountability on how this sums has been spent and after a year we will get another damning report on misuse and corruption as usual from Mohamed Ali (Afgoi) the Auditor General.What Gov of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will do about corruption?UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

This report by ⁦⁦@PDWilliamsGWU⁩ and ⁦Afyare A. Elmi⁩ is a must read! - It details challenges facing Somalia security sector reform - Ongoing military operations & capability gaps - Meeting Dec 2024 deadline for AU troop withdrawal heritageinstitute.org/security-secto…

Prof @PDWilliamsGWU & I wrote this report - see it here - heritageinstitute.org/security-secto…. We identified 10 challenges & provide recommendations. Hopefully, the report contributes to the debate on the security sector reform. Thank to Harun Maruf for this report voasomali.com/a/6941472.html

Exclusive: Somalia Sends Thousands of Army Recruits Abroad for Training voanews.com/a/exclusive-so…

National Security Advisor ⁦Hussein Sheikh-Ali⁩ tells me govt’s objective is defeat al-Shabab by next year. “Our ... primary goal is that in the summer of 2024, there will be no al-Shabab person occupying a territory in Somalia. You can note that down.” voanews.com/a/exclusive-so…

A portion of my interview with WestminsterInstitute on Sept 2020. (Views based on my conversations with experts and journalistic observations) Here is the full video for your weekend watch! m.youtube.com/watch?v=gd2TNm… #SomaliaUprising #SNA

Somalia's Neighbors to Send Additional Troops to Fight Al-Shabab voanews.com/a/somalia-s-ne…

Somali Government Forces ‘Repulse’ Al-Shabab Attack, Official Says voanews.com/a/somali-gover…

Today we have launched a new bi-weekly program, the Women’s Square! In the first episode we cover a hidden danger overshadowed by the politics and conflict - skin whitening. We are grateful to Amira Adawe, MPH for sharing her work and experiences with us. Please listen to the first

Somalia, Cuba Resume Diplomatic Relations After 46 Years voanews.com/a/somalia-cuba…

An amazing new program from Harun Maruf and the VOA team

Thanks so much, Harun Maruf and Falastin VOA Somali for highlighting my research and our work through The Beautywell and raising awareness on this important issue. #endskinlightening #endcolorism

Exclusive: At Least 3,500 AU Soldiers Killed in Somalia Since 2007 voanews.com/a/exclusive-at…

AU must compensate us before peacekeepers leave, Somali families say Since April, Investigative Dossier has been talking to the families of Somali civilians killed and maimed in the hands of African Union forces. The families are demanding compensation from the mission now that the

Two other well publicised killings took place in August 2015 and in December 2016. In the first, six men at a wedding event in Marka town were killed by AU forces after al-Shabab grenade attack on a military convoy. Six people were also killed in the second incident near the town

Somalia and Kenya have entered an air services agreement that will allow ‘designated’ airline companies from two countries to operate Mogadishu and Nairobi flight routes. But Somali airline companies are apprehensive about the agreement as they are concerned that the deal could

Somalia’s army commander says he is unsure frontline countries will participate in the planned military operations against al-Shabaab despite earlier commitment.    Major General Ibrahim Sheikh Muhudin told Investigative Dossier in his first interview since his appointment that it doesn’t

VOA’s Harun Maruf caught up with FAO Senior Water and Land Advisor Paolo Paron to hear about the upcoming super El Niño weather phenomenon and and what at-risk communities can do NOW to prepare themselves. 🎙️ Hear the whole story: voasomali.com/live/audio/65/… #ElNino

UK backs Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, Lammy says reuters.com/world/africa/u…