Somali radio station shut, staff seized
MOGADISHU, Somali security forces stormed one of Mogadishu’s main radio stations Friday, arresting 20 staff members and seizing equipment, accusing it of “negative” broadcasts about military operations...
View Article46 Ethiopians suspected to be in Kenya illegally arrested in Moyale
By LIBAN GOLICHAMANDERA, KENYA: Police in Moyale on Thursday arrested 46 Ethiopians suspected to be in the country illegally.The aliens all men, were found in an isolated house near Moyale Boys...
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SOMALIA: 2016 Election: Optimism, Misgivings, and Leadership Analysis
By Farhia Ali AbdiHassan Sheikh ( center) and Jawari (right)Federal national democratic election is not a new concept to Somalia politics. The country conducted last one person-one-vote democratic...
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Khat: Drug ban going smoothly
The ban of khat has gone smoothly, say policeA ban on an addictive plant which is popular with some Somalis has gone smoothly, according to police.Khat, a leaf which is chewed, became a class C drug...
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Ebola fears peak in Somalia and Kenya as officials offer reassurance
By Abdi Moalim in Mogadishu and Bosire Boniface in GarissaKenyan health officials take passengers’ temperatures as they arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on August 14, 2014, in...
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Human life could be wiped out by asteroid travelling at 9 miles a second
BY Richard Hartley ParkinsonThe 1950 DA asteroid is not due to hit until the year 2880 when it could cause massive tsunamis and dramatic changes in our climate Asteroid entering Earth’s atmosphere...
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Malta: Muslim woman told she can’t swim fully covered
By Ivan MartinThe Islamic style swimsuit, similar to the one worn by this woman, was deemed to be “unhygienic”. Photo: Giorgio MontersinoA Muslim woman claiming to have worn a “modest” full-body...
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Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo ka qayb galay kulan ay yeelatay Xukuumadda Soomaaliya oo looga hadlaayo sida ugu wanaagsan ee loo wajihi karo hub ka dhigista...
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Calgarian fighting overseas for terror group reported dead
BY DYLAN ROBERTSONCalgarian Farah Mohamed Shirdon is fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. Shirdon, who attended SAIT in 2012, is seen in this recent ISIS video burning his...
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Al-Sudais calls for code of conduct to curb violence
Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-SudaisThe Kingdom’s top religious scholar has called for a global code of conduct for leaders, intellectuals and young people to halt a dangerous slide into chaos and...
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UK ambassador ‘lobbied senators to hide Diego Garcia role in rendition’
Rights groups claim that top-level talks were part of bid to redact link to Diego Garcia from reportBy Jamie Doward Diego Garcia is the site of a major United States military base in the middle of the...
View ArticleBoko Haram abduct dozens of boys in northeast Nigeria: witnesses
By Lanre Ola(Reuters) – Suspected Islamist Boko Haram fighters have abducted dozens of boys and men in a raid on a remote village in northeast Nigeria, loading them onto trucks and driving them off,...
View ArticleKenya Airways to suspend flights to Freetown, Monrovia due to Ebola
Nairobi- (Reuters) – Kenya Airways will suspend flights to Liberia’s capital Monrovia and Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the company said on Saturday.The...
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My SMS relationship with al-Shabab
By Mary Harper Al-Shabab, the militant Islamist group operating in Somalia and Kenya, likes to communicate with journalists by SMS. But receiving their text messages and talking to them on the phone...
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Marriage: God’s gift to humanity
Bruneian Muslims pray during mass prayers in Jame’asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, in this March 13, 2014 file picture. (Reuters)RAYA SHOKATFARDMarriage is an exclusive right given...
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Egypt says it has new ‘vision’ for Ethiopia’s dam
Egypt`s Irrigation minister Hossam El-Moghazi (Photo: Al-Ahram) Egypt’s Irrigation Minister Hossam El-Moghazi told privately owned Mehwar channel that Egypt has a new “vision” regarding Ethiopia’s...
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Israel: Court permits right-wing protest near Muslim-Jewish wedding
Couple’s petition for injunction against protest rejected, demonstrators may not come within 200 meters of wedding hall.By Ilan Lior Wedding invitation published by the right-wing group Lehava on its...
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Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Wasaaradda amniga dowladda Soomaaliya oo hub aruurin ka bilowday Baydhabo, Mas’uuliyiinta Hiiraan oo booqasho ku tagay goobo dhawaan lagala wareegay Shabaab iyo...
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Somalia: Marking one year in Puntland, UN pledges state-building support
Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) Nicholas Kay. UN Photo/Eskinder DebebeAt a ceremony marking its first year in Puntland, the United Nations mission in...
View ArticlePolice: Ethiopian athletes planned to seek asylum
EUGENE, ORE. — One of four Ethiopian athletes who went missing during an international track meet in Eugene told a police officer all of them plan to seek asylum in the United States, according to a...
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