Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday al Shabaab Islamists had forcibly recruited thousands of children – some as young as nine – and hundreds have...
Boys arrested in security operations have often been held by intelligence forces, namely Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Mogadishu or Puntland’s Intelligence Agency...
Abstract: Al-Shabaab has become one of Africa’s deadliest terrorist groups in recent years through its use of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. Technological sophistication from abroad,...
Background Save the Children’s Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods team responds to emergency food crises worldwide, and cash transfers are one of the essential approaches that...
Saudi Arabia is the chief foreign promoter of Islamist extremism in the UK, a new report has claimed. The Henry Jackson Society said there was a...
As Somalia begins preparations for one-person one-vote elections in 2020-21, election planners will need to consider a number of dilemmas. Joanne Crouch introduces Saferworld’s latest research,...
Charcoal is a major fuel for domestic use and revenue from its trade are the primary source of income for al-Shabaab, the Islamist terrorist group in...
NAIROBI, June 16 (Xinhua) — Somalia’s two and a half decades old civil strife coupled with natural calamities could deny its children their future, the international...
This report explores some of the key challenges facing the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) from the perspective of civilians living in the midst of...
The United States cannot afford to underinvest in Africa, a continent of over a billion people with growing political and economic power. And yet, there is...