Lack of support for Cardiff users claim after khat ban
By Jenny Johnson BBC News- Not enough support is being provided to users of a banned substance called khat, members of Cardiff’s Somali community have said. The plant, popular in Somali and Yemeni...
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Refugees may become citizens under new law
REFUGEES in Kenya can apply and be granted citizenship, if a proposed law is passed and adopted. HOMELESS: Somali refugees line up at a registration centre in the Dadaab refugee camp in August 2011....
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Short-sighted Kenyan politicians are playing into the hands of terrorists
Independent Policing Oversight Authority board member Tom Kagwe during the release of the Mpeketoni attack report on October 6, 2014. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP By RASNA WARAH Is it...
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Somalia extends Al-Shabaab amnesty by 65 days
The Somali President described the move as a “second opportunity” for members of the militant movement who wanted to give up their “terrorist” ways and turn themselves in to the government MOGADISHU,...
View ArticleCONFLICT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE PM IS COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE
PRESS RELEASE: Mogadishu, 27 October, 2014: The NUP sees the ongoing conflict between President Hassan Sheikh and Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh as counter-productive and an obstacle to national unity...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer waxaa ka mid ah: Khilaafka ray’iisal wasaaraha iyo madaxweynaha oo sii xoogaysanaya iyada oo la sheegay in durba xildhibaano taageersan madaxweynaha ay wadaan dhaqdhaqaayo ka...
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Ethiopia torturing ‘opposition’ ethnic group: Amnesty
Thousands of people from the Oromo ethnic group have been “regularly subjected to arbitrary arrest, prolonged detention without charge, enforced disappearance, repeated torture and unlawful state...
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Breaking the silence: violence against women in Somalia and beyond
By Lynne Featherstone, MP Minister for International Development When you think of Somalia, you probably think of Black Hawk Down, Al Shabaab terrorism and piracy. But if you’re born a girl in Somalia,...
View ArticleAl Shabaab loses 8 Somali towns since September
Nairobi- Eight militants-held towns have fallen into the hands of Somali forces and African peacekeepers since the start of a major security operation against the Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group in...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer aan idiin heyno maanta waxaa ka mid ah:Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo gaaray Baydhabo isagoo halkaasi ka furay shirka maamul u sameynta Gobalada Koonfur Galbeed Soomaaliya iyo banaan...
View ArticleAf-Soomaaliga Tolow Yaa Qareen u Ah?
Qore: Cabdimajiid Nuur Cisman, PhD, Professor – Medical Genetics Linköping, Sweden Waxaan si weyn ugu riyaaqay maqaal uu dhowaan wargayskan WardheerNews ku daabacay Cabdullaahi Xasan Maxamuud...
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In defence of Dr Ali Isse Abdi
By Mohsin Mahad In an article posted in Somaliland Informer on 26 October 2014, titled “Somaliland: Dr Ali Issa, A Warlord in Goldbricker NGO Fronting Khatumo Secession”, one secessionist writer by the...
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Ethiopia’s ‘African tiger’ leaps towards middle income
It is now three decades since Ethiopia experienced the infamous famine that cost the lives of more than a million people. The tragedy prompted the BBC’s Michael Buerk to describe it as “a biblical...
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UN chief visits war ravaged Somalia
MOGADISHU, – UN chief Ban Ki-moon met the president of Somalia, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, under heavy security Wednesday in Mogadishu, his first visit to the dangerous capital of the war-torn...
View ArticleUganda deploys over 2,700 troops in Somalia
KAMPAL (Xinhua) — The first batch of the 2,700-strong troops assigned to replace their colleagues stationed in volatile Somalia a year ago arrived at Mogadishu International airport Tuesday morning,...
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Tanzania: Child Marriage Harms Girls
Tigisi (not her real name), now 12, was forced to marry at age 9, but now attends a boarding school with the support of NAFGEM, a local organization. Simanjiro, Tanzania. August 9, 2014. © 2014 Marcus...
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Warka aan idiin heyno waxa ka mid ah:Ban Ki Moon iyo Xubno kale oo la socda oo maanta soo gaaray Magaalada Muqdisho kulamana la leh madaxda sare ee dowlada Soomaaliya, Maamulka Lixda gobol ee Baydhaba...
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I’m a Muslim with a beard. What’s so scary about that?
Since growing some rather impressive facial hair I’ve noticed Muslims are more open to me, but others view me with suspicion By Areeb Ullah ‘At first, I would feel I had to justify it. But then I...
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African Union hits back at Somalia rape claims
ADDIS ABABA – The African Union has hit back against claims its internationally-funded troops in Somalia have gang raped women and girls, accusing the rights group behind the report of being unfair...
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At least 3 million in Somalia need humanitarian aid: UN Secretary General
At least three million people in Somalia need humanitarian aid and the country is threatened with famine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday. The United Nations said in...
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