ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Desert locusts are destroying tens of thousands of hectares of crops and grazing land in Somalia in the worst invasion in 25 years, the United Nations food agency said on ...

MOGADISHU, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Somalia and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on Wednesday opened a center to monitor desert locusts in the country. The National Desert ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal government of Somalia has on Saturday declared locust invasion an emergency situation, adding that "it could cause acute food shortages". The government has now called ...

Scientists found a “friendly” animal of folklore in the desert of Somalia and discovered a new species of reptile, the study said. Photo from Šmíd, Fernández, Elmi and Mazuch (2023) The morning sun ...

Sometimes when Shugri Said Salh is running errands in Sonoma, Calif., where she currently lives, she says she has "visions" of her former life as a young nomad in Somalia. For example, one day, while ...

As the last person in her family to learn and live the desert nomad ways of her Somali culture, Shugri Salh spent pivotal years of her youth under the guidance, love, and protection of her “ayeeyo,” ...

With a suburban Santa Rosa home, a nursing career and three kids she’s carted to soccer games, Shugri Said Salh leads a vastly different life from the one she expected as a young girl. As she recalls ...

Hundreds of Somali soldiers trained with U.S. tax dollars have deserted because they are not being paid their $100 monthly wage, and some have even joined the al-Qaida-linked militants they are ...

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The... Sometimes when Shugri Said Salh is running errands in ...