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By Abdirahman Yusuf Al-adalaThursday April 9, 2026 Isbeddelku had iyo jeer ma aha mid sahlan. Wuxuu wataa culays, khatar iyo cabsi, balse wuxuu noqdaa waddada keliya ee ay bulsho ama dal ku gaari karaan horumar dhab ah. Madaxweyne Dr Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa doortay inuu si toos ah u galo isbeddel saameyn ku yeesha xaaladda dalka, isaga oo qaaday tallaabooyin adag oo aan si fudud loo wada qaadan karin. Isaga oo ka faa’iidaysanaya waayo-aragnimadii iyo xog-ogaalnimadii uu ka helay muddadii uu xilka hayay markii hore, muddo…

Irish mother urges EU-wide ‘Coco’s Law’ to combat cyberbullying and AI-altered intimate images STRASBOURG — An Irish woman whose daughter died by suicide after years of abuse urged the European Parliament to adopt stronger, harmonized laws against online harassment and the sharing of intimate images, warning that AI-altered content is making harm “worse and worse.” Addressing members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Strasbourg to mark International Women’s Day, Jackie Fox called for EU-wide safeguards modeled on…

From Operation Ajax to Open Decapitation: The Unfinished Business of America’s Iran Problem Seventy years after the CIA helped unseat Iran’s elected prime minister in the 1953 coup known as Operation Ajax, Washington’s approach to Tehran appears to have come full circle—from covert manipulation to overt force. The history is not a prologue so much as a warning: removing a leader is often the simplest part. What follows has a way of rewriting a nation’s politics—and America’s place within it—for generations. The 1953…

British detectives are continuing searches of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s former home after his release from custody following an arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office linked to his past relationship with convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor, who served as a U.K. trade envoy from 2001 to 2011, denies any wrongdoing. He was detained for about 11 hours before being released, according to accounts of the operation. The inquiry centers on allegations that he shared sensitive…

Somalia: From Nomad to Telecom Luminary - Ahmed Yusuf's Remarkable Tale MOGADISHU, Somalia — Ahmed Yusuf, a luminary in the telecom sector and among the architects of Hormuud Telecom, recalls his transformation from roaming the deserts as a camel herder to leading Somalia's most prestigious telecom enterprise, as shared with The Developing Telecoms. His narrative is a testament to tenacity, having navigated through conflict, displacement, and eventually making a courageous return to aid in his homeland's rehabilitation. "I…

As Nour Shawaf picks up her phone in Beirut, the whir of drones fills the air. This relentless noise has become her constant companion. It's like a shadow, there when she’s working or soothing her four-year-old son at home. She shares that the presence of the drone dictates her nights, making a comforting sleep next to her child a necessity. Yet explaining these drones to her young son feels impossible. "You just can’t break it down for a four-year-old," she states emphatically. "He keeps asking, ‘What are those noises? Why…

Born in 2008 amidst the nomadic life of the Sanaag region, Arafat Mahamud Jama's journey to an elite scholarship in the United States is a saga of grit and endurance. His family's exodus from pastoral life to village settlement due to climate change marked the beginning of his remarkable odyssey.

Sixty years ago, on March 18, 1962, the Evian Agreement was signed between representatives of the French Government and those of the Provisional Government of Algeria (GPRA). The text defined the conditions for Algeria's independence and put an end to almost eight years of decolonization war. A conflict that had consequences in neighboring countries, especially in Mali, where then-President Modibo Keïta had supported the Algerian national liberation front. Our guest is the Malian journalist Tiegoum Boubeye Maïga.

Sixty years ago, on March 18, 1962, the Evian Agreement was signed in eastern France, which would put an end to more than seven years of French-Algerian conflict. The text specifies the process of self-determination for the Algerian people. It frames the…

In the list of compensation that Algeria requested from France, 60 years after the end of the war, there is a canon called "La Consulaire" in France and "Baba Merzoug" ("Happy Father") in Algeria. Taken away as a trophy by the French navy during the conquest of…