Somalia embraces Swahili to strengthen East African Community ties | News

President Mohamud says adopting Swahili ‘important for our integration into the region’.

Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language in schools and universities, its president says.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement on Tuesday at an East African Community (EAC) summit, saying Swahili would be taught alongside the country’s official languages, Somali and Arabic,…