Journalist who fled Somalia hasn’t given up hope for country

Journal Sentinel Online - A boyhood friend-turned-militia fighter told him to leave the country or face death.
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Journalist who fled Somalia hasn’t given up hope for country

He knew this was no idle threat, not in a place like Somalia, in the Horn of Africa. He had lived through the unraveling of a society, some of his relatives murdered during years of civil war and anarchy. As a local journalist working for an Arab-based news channel, he had covered the fighting.

So, he fled Somalia with $250 in his pocket, a bottle of water and a pack of crackers, making his way hundreds of miles by bus and by foot to safety in Kenya.

It was 2008. He was 18 years old.

Now, Abdulkarim Jimale sits inside Marquette University




Editorial 29 April 2022 13:51

Somalia is on the move. It is pushing for foreign investment, and large infrastructure projects are changing the face of its scarred capital city, Mogadishu. These developments could promise better fortunes for Somalis as the country emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic