# Somali News Classification Dataset (SNCD)
SNCD is a balanced Somali-language news headline dataset designed for
text classification and NLP research in low-resource settings.
## Labels
- Politics
- World
- Sports
- Economy
Each label contains 5,255 samples (balanced).
## Columns
- text: news headline
- label: category
- source: news outlet
- url: original article link (if available)
## Sources
Caasimada, Kooxda, Radio Muqdisho, Radio Waamo, Hiiraan,
Somali Wikipedia, Somali Chamber, Puntland Ministry of Finance
## License
MIT License
## Citation
See `CITATION.cff`