IF you’re familiar with the title “the Horn of Africa” then it’s very likely you’ve seen images or watched news reports of the famine and war which has beleaguered parts of the region and brought its people to their knees. But the region...
Sada Mire ha 35 anni perché a 14 ha resistito appesa a una corda fuori da un camion che correva via da Mogadiscio, via dalla Somalia in guerra. Il resto, dopo, diventa quasi facile: da rifugiata in Svezia, studiare così tanto, lei e la sorella gemella, da guadagnarsi...
As a child she was forced to flee Somalia. Now Sada Mire is back, uncovering ancient rock art and ruined towns. She toldCurtis Abraham what it’s like to be the only working archaeologist in the region, and why she believes cultural heritage remains a priority even in...
HARGEISA, Somaliland — Follow an unmarked dirt road to a dry riverbed in the scrubby, northwestern Somali plains and in the shadows, beneath the sandstone outcroppings, are remarkably well-preserved paintings. They date back between five and 11,000 years and cover...
LONDON (AlertNet) – Insurgency, anarchy, drought, pirates, hunger… Such woes are the mainstays of most reports about Somalia. But here are some things you might not know about the East African country. It is often said that Somalia is a lawless country but in...
L’AFP ha pubblicato alcune bellissime immagini di Laas Gaal (o Laas Geel in somalo), lo splendido sito archeologico scoperto nel 2002 nella Somalia nord-occidentale, più precisalente nel Somaliland, un’area devastata dalla guerra che si proclama indipendente ma che a...
