News stories by Yusuf Ahmed

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, Sep 12 (IPS) - After his first year as president of the world's most dangerous and failed state, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is still grappling with limited financial resources, corruption, a lack of service delivery, and the ongoing assassinations of government officials, including attempts on his own life.

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, Sep 10 (IPS) - After his first year as president of the world's most dangerous and failed state, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is still grappling with limited financial resources, corruption, a lack of service delivery, and the ongoing assassinations of government officials, including attempts on his own life.

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, Aug 03 (IPS) - As the Somali government announced it would set up a coastguard to combat piracy in this Horn of African nation, insecurity is emerging as the biggest challenge that the government faces – and it is only getting worse.