Somalia launches its first Somali Sign Language dictionary

Somalia's Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education launched the first official Somali Sign Language dictionary at a ceremony in Mogadishu attended by officials and the Somali deaf community, Dawan Africa reports. The dictionary documents and standardises Somali Sign Language vocabulary and is expected to be introduced in schools; Somali Deaf Association secretary-general Muuse Kadle called it a historic end to years of isolation.