The snow-covered fields around the Emerson, Man., border have become a pathway for many asylum seekers hoping to make a refugee claim in Canada — a colder trek than most have experienced on their long...
The snow-covered fields around the Emerson, Man., border have become a pathway for many asylum seekers hoping to make a refugee claim in Canada — a colder trek than most have experienced on their long...
As Somalia's worst drought in almost a half century leads to crops failing, livestock dying and children being treated for malnutrition, a Canadian Red Cross worker in the region says water management...
As Somalia's worst drought in almost a half century leads to crops failing, livestock dying and children being treated for malnutrition, a Canadian Red Cross worker in the region says water management...
Read story transcript His full name isMohamud Ahmed Nur,but most people in his home country of Somalia call him "Tarzan," a nickname that has stayed with him since childhood. For four years, Nur was ...
Somalia's government says it believes an al-Shabaab commander has been killed in a joint operation with international partners. A statement Monday said it is thought that Ali Mohamed Hussein died in t...
The United Nations said Tuesday it needs further safety guarantees from armed groups in Somalia if it is to help hundreds of thousands of people in need of emergency aid because of drought and conflic...
Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a UN official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation. The Horn of Africa ...
The United Nations said Tuesday it needs further safety guarantees from armed groups in Somalia if it is to help hundreds of thousands of people in need of emergency aid because of drought and conflic...
"Today, villages and towns throughout Kenya are in mourning for the fallen and those our precious Republic of Kenya has lost." The president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, speaking this month after the a...
People in Somalia have long relied on money from family members abroad to build hope for the future. These contributions — also known as remittances — have been essential during the last three decades...
People in Somalia have long relied on money from family members abroad to build hope for the future. These contributions — also known as remittances — have been essential during the last three decades...
The United States has carried out an air strike in Somalia, killing more than 150 fighters with the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group al-Shabaab, following U.S. intelligence on preparations for a large-s...
The U.S. military says it carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe area of Somalia over the weekend, killing dozens of al-Shabaab rebels. Four of the strikes took place on Dec. 15, killing 34 peopl...
Story transcript Hodan Ali described the scene ofSaturday's deadly blast in Mogadishuas "intense and out of reality." "It was absolutely a nightmare. We couldn't see anything. The smoke, the fire, bod...
Kaif Ali is only 23, but she's spent the last five years putting her life back together — from escaping war in Somalia, to putting her faith in a smuggler, to landing in Canada, learning English, stud...
Mogadishu is a city badly scarred by war. And it still lives with daily violence and insecurity. But a growing love for books is helping some of its residents overcome the trauma.This week, the second...
Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden cars on Tuesday outside the offices of the UN's mine clearing agency and a Somali army checkpoint in Mogadishu, killing 13 people, including seven guards...
Story Transcript A worsening drought, COVID-19, and the impacts from the war between Russia and Ukraine are creating an increasingly dire situation in Somalia, says the UN humanitarian co-ordinator fo...
Hodan Nalayeh, a Somali-Canadian journalist who once resided in Vaughan, Ont., was killed in an attack on a hotel in Somalia on Friday, Mogadishu-based Radio Dalsan tells CBC News. Radio Dalsan, an in...
