Interviews

Tortured, Threatened With Rape: Abdirahman Mumtaas's Ordeal in NISA Detention in Somalia

MOGADISHU (Baraarug) – Somalia's justice system remains weak and plagued by abuse of power. Young people who are detained often face a lack of due process and fair trials. Torture and other forms of mistreatment are widespread. Abdirahman Osman, a young man from Jowhar, shares his ordeal after…

Interview: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger: Matters Arising

By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh In this insightful interview, Professor Sergiu Mișcoiu at the Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), where he serves as a Director of the Centre for International Cooperation and as Director of the Centre for African Studies, discusses…

India-Africa Partnership and the Development of a Multipolar World

Interview by Kestér Kenn Klomegâh In this insightful interview, Samir Bhattacharya, a research associate at Vivekananda International Foundation, discusses the changing geopolitical situation, how India and Africa are working closely together to support the emerging multipolar world. Kestér Kenn…

BRICS 2023: The Africa's Roadmap and Emerging Opportunities

Interview by Kestér Kenn Klomegâh South Africa hosted the 15th BRICS summit from August 22 to 24. The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) members have thoroughly discussed wide range of significant issues including the bloc's expansion, common currency, investment and trade,…

REVEALED: How a former Somalia state TV official was smuggled into Finland

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The former director of the Somali National Television (SNTV), Sharma'arke Mohamed Warsame has been smuggled into to Finland as the local human trafficking networks escalate their profitable business in unstable region, the Horn Observer can reveal.

Q&A: Arguments for Advancing Russia-African Relations

As preparations are underway for the second Russia-Africa summit planned for 2022, African leaders, politicians, academic researchers and experts have been discussing several aspects of the current state of Russia-Africa relations. They, most often, compare it with a number of foreign countries notably…

Over 7,000 people evicted from Las'anod - UNHCR

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - About 7,250 people hailing from Somalia's southern Somalia have been evicted from Las'anod town and surrounding areas on bases of alleged security threats in Sanaag region which under the control of Somaliland, a breakaway region in northern Somalia.

Russia and China: Geopolitical Rivals and Competitors in Africa

The growth of neo-colonial tendencies, the current geopolitical developments and the scramble for its resources by external countries in Africa: these are some of the issues researcher and business analyst Lipton Matthews recently discussed with Kester Kenn Klomegah for InDepthNews (IDN). Matthews is…

Somalia: Southwest State police trained on tackling gender-based violence

BAIDOA, June 11 –The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has concluded a training for 30 police officers from the Southwest State of Somalia, to enable them to effectively enforce laws that protect women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and stem the crime.