04 DEC 2025
Somalia's 2026 federal budget
Somalia's $1.37B 2026 budget faces a $74.9M deficit and heavy donor dependency.
14 charts. 10 on Somalia, 4 on the Horn of Africa.
04 DEC 2025
Somalia's $1.37B 2026 budget faces a $74.9M deficit and heavy donor dependency.
03 NOV 2025
Horn of Africa solar imports more than doubled to 1.39 gigawatts in 2025.
31 OCT 2025
Somalia leaped to 4th in African mobile data affordability as prices plunged 92%.
29 OCT 2025
Somalia lost 42% of its forest cover since 1990, the steepest drop in the Horn.
27 OCT 2025
Somali banks skip productive sectors, tying 86% of credit to trade and property.
21 OCT 2025
IMF forecasts a massive 24% rebound for South Sudan as Somalia slows to 3.0%
19 OCT 2025
Surging goods imports drove Somalia's 2024 trade deficit to a record $8.8 billion.
15 OCT 2025
By age 24, a staggering 64% of young Somali women are out of school and work.
13 OCT 2025
Women drive Somalia's micro economy, holding 70% of jobs in the smallest firms.
09 OCT 2025
Drastic 2025 USAID cuts withdrew millions from critical aid in the Horn of Africa.
07 OCT 2025
Somalia's external debt fell to $1.52 billion (9% of GDP) after HIPC relief.
04 OCT 2025
Up to 55% of people in some rural Somalia survive on less than $1.16 a day.