Somalis who fled the country because of conflict are now returning home from one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

Somalis who fled the country because of conflict are now returning home from one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

The new president will have to tackle insecurity, rising inflation, severe drought – and reunite a fractured government

As drought and famine continue to plague Somalia, women are using a centuries-old scheme to help each other.

Somalia’s highest-ever ranking female police officer is charting a new path for its male-dominated security forces.
![Somali Deputy Police Commissioner Zakia Hussen sits in her office in the capital Mogadishu [File: Mohamud Utaama]](/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/image00001-1.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Village elders impose hefty fines and expel residents for cutting down trees as they seek to protect the environment.

Said Ahmed, whose family fled the civil war in Somalia, is intent on driving out racism in the Nordic nation.
![Said Ahmed, the first Somali-born Finnish MP and two-time Helsinki city councillor, arrived in the country as a child refugee [Courtesy: Tiina Palm]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_6345.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A 13-year-old boy from London and a former Somali prime minister among those who have lost their lives too soon.
