Somalia to roll out Swahili across national school and university curricula
Analysis: Somalia bets on Swahili to anchor its East African future
In Mogadishu this week, amid tight security and a self-assured regional mood, Somalia’s president reached for a tool as old as nation-building itself: language. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his government will speed up the introduction of Swahili into Somalia’s schools and universities, a decision aimed squarely at deepening the country’s new place inside the East African Community (EAC).
“The Somali National University, along with all Somali…