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Fartun in her school office as she preps for class/Hoodo Ahmed/Ergo Fed up with futile job searches, university graduate Fartun Abdirahman Adan, 25, decided to launch Al-Najah pre-school in Garowe a year ago with 40 kids under six. “The kiddos study the Koran, Islamic subjects, Arabic, Somali, English, math, science, and social studies. These classes get them ready for school,” she explained. Graduating with a degree in Islamic jurisprudence in 2019, Fartun couldn’t land a job despite applying consistently for two years. As…

The departed Juweria Mohamed (left) and her sister Ayan Mohamed (Photo: Juweria's family member) The kin of Juweria Mohamed (Subcis), a key player in the ruling Prosperity Party Central Committee and a member of the Somali Regional State Council, voiced their vexation to Addis Standard. They point to the dearth of genuine justice and recompense, along with coercion from regional security forces, as their main sources of distress. They claim there's a vacuum of proper legal recourse and lack of financial restitution, while…

Asho Ahmed Nur, 37, is Burao’s lone female tuk-tuk driver in North Western of Somalia. While it’s her bread and butter, it comes with its share of hurdles, given that this gig is known as men's domain.“At the taxi stand, when surrounded by male drivers, people often ask whose bajaj this is. When they learn it's a woman’s, they refuse to hop in! It’s disheartening. Sometimes I ponder quitting, yet I won’t abandon my dreams,” Asho shared with Radio Ergo.According to the local tuk-tuk operators’ association, Burao boasts 4,080…