Somalia

Somalia has been without an effective national government for almost twenty years. Conflict and drought has produced a massive exodus of refugees with close to half of the population displaced within the country. The Western media’s attention on piracy, arms trade and Somalia as an al-Qaeda breeding ground has overshadowed the needs of the people. Several hundred innocent men, women, and children in Mogadishu have been killed or wounded by indiscriminate shelling from all the warring groups. One in five children under the age of five is malnourished. Journalists, human rights activists and aid workers are regularly targeted, tortured and killed.

Amid all the dehumanising messages and grave statistics, Somalia is home to Nobel Prize winners and Nobel-prize nominees: Asha Haji and Nuruddin Farah, and an eminent environmentalist, Fatima Jibrell. People inside the country are making incredible efforts under extreme circumstance to sustain hope and find credible solutions.

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  • Osman Nur

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  • Wardheh111

    I am here by congratulating channel 16 authorities,staff and contributers of how they paid their attentiona and efforts to their African brothers who suffer from both draughts,floads,on going fighting.

    Like Somalia,the help of International community is needed.

    So,i am ready to help you my contribution
    Thank you Channel 16.

  • 1heart

    wow this channel is amazing, and the story about Somalia is heart breaking... I will contribute as much as I can to this site..

  • D Ogwankwa

    This Channel will do us great, for the brains behind it thank you and keep up the spirit.

  • Thank you - I hope you'll continue to contribute to this Channel as it grows!

  • Mobashiir114

    The story of somalia is amazing. in one side there is conflict and in another side of the coin huge investment is going on by the somalis in diffrent sectors. recently one of the telecommunication industry was off;oading shares to the public and the demand was huge to the extent that the company did it without publicising .the people of somalia just needs conducive enviroment and they will change thier lives tremendoulsy with little outside assistance.(Bashir)

  • Ahmed

    the most surprising thing in Somalia is that love and hate go side by side, laugh welcomes angry and peace greets war.
    what do i mean that Somalia is not only what westrens are asuming. all of what I mentioned above exist in somalia but the world emphasizes negative signs and cover positive signs.
    I thank almighty allah after that i thank the group who devoted launching this channel that we can share our feelings with the world

  • Thank you for your kind words - we hope to continue to bring the untold stories of people in Somalia to global attention.

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