By Ayaan Khalif (19 January 2021) Listen to a Somali (Af Soomaali) podcast with the author discussing this article here. When talking about ‘digital space’, the first thing that comes to mind for many Somalis is social media. Facebook is the single most popular digital platform in Somalia, and Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube are also …
By Abdifatah Hassan Ali (19 January 2021)Listen to a Somali (Af Soomaali) podcast with the author discussing this article here. In today’s world, many aspects of our lives are entwined with digital technology. From simple mobile phone calls and texts to internet-based systems and software applications, people’s dependence on digital communications is becoming inexorable around the …
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By Keren Weitzberg (11 January 2021) ‘I do not have any documentation that shows that I am a Kenyan,’ Adan lamented. ‘My children have a birth certificate that says: “single parent”. It’s like I had died. And yet I am alive.’ Adan is among tens of thousands of northern Kenyans who cannot obtain a national …
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