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Galkayo courts jail debtors as families face ruin

Tuesday May 12, 2026 File Photo When Malyun Jama Nur was locked up in Galkayo in January over an unpaid $9,000 debt, her life did not just collapse — it took her four young children with it. Since then, the children have left school and slipped deeper into poverty and neglect. From prison, Malyun told Radio Ergo the burden of being separated from her family has been unbearable, especially knowing what her children are enduring outside. “My family has fallen apart. The children I left behind are not safe and could be harmed…

Somalia’s Puntland State, Galmudug security committees meet in Galkayo to strengthen coordination

GALKAYO, Somalia — Security officials from Puntland State and Galmudug met Sunday in Galkayo to coordinate plans for stabilizing Somalia’s divided Mudug region, pledging closer cooperation and heightened vigilance ahead of Eid al-Fitr, officials said. The joint session brought together members of the two states’ security committees to assess the overall security picture, examine recurrent flashpoints along their shared boundary and align responses to threats that spill across administrative lines. The meeting, held in a city…

Somalia: Al-Shabaab leaders sentenced to loss of life in Northeastern State

Somalia: Al-Shabaab leaders sentenced to loss of life in Northeastern State GALKAYO, Northeastern State - A army courtroom in Northeastern State, a northeastern state of Somalia, has sentenced 5 Al-Shabaab commanders convicted of assorted crimes inside the state and in violation of Somali regulation and the federal state, the courtroom confirmed. These affected by the most recent…