Bilan Media

As Somalia’s first all-women media house, our newsroom is built on a simple but powerful idea: when women hold the microphone, the narrative changes. Stories emerge that were previously overlooked—not because they were unimportant, but because the people telling them were too distant from the communities living them.

Women entrepreneurs in Baidoa are sustaining families and driving local growth through small businesses, backed by microfinance and training, despite security, transport and social challenges.

In Gudmo-Biyo-Cas, Somalia, valuable frankincense forests sustain local families, but market collapse and traditions denying women inheritance rights limit who benefits from this natural wealth.

In Mogadishu, caregiver Aadan Abdullahi Ali faces insults and rejection as he feeds stray dogs, revealing a deeper clash between fear, belief and compassion in Somali society.

Somali women face growing digital abuse, from online harassment to AI-altered images, in a country with no protective laws or rapid support systems, leaving many silenced and unprotected.

Fish consumption in Somalia is rising, especially in Mogadishu’s bustling markets. Despite growing supply and awareness, many households still avoid fish due to old habits, myths, and cultural taboos.

Dhinowdo, once a bustling coastal town home to over 3,000 families, is now facing a slow-moving natural disaster that is swallowing the community and its environment. Strong, shifting sand carried by harsh winds has overtaken homes, wells, schools, and even the town’s health center.