Western girls holiday in Kenya to undergo FGM in secret
Somali families living in Britain and the United States are bringing their daughters to Kenya to secretly undergo female genital mutiliation (FGM) as their home countries crack down on the...
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NAIROBI – The governor of northern Kenya’s Mandera county on Monday attacked what he called a “hopeless” security situation due to a wave of cross-border attacks by Somalia’s al-Shabab militants....
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KSA: Maid abusers to be named and shamed
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE The Labor Ministry will publish a blacklist of employers and recruitment offices accused of abuses in dealing with domestic workers. The blacklisted names will be published on...
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Britain’s Muslim population is facing a number of problems – and most of them...
As well as many of them being paid less, the number of British Muslims serving prison sentences has doubled in the last five years By Iqbal Wahhab When Lord Prescott last week made the observation...
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Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: In ka badan 9 ruux oo saaka ku geeriyootay halka tobaneeyo kalena ay ku dhaawacmeen, kadib markii uu shil gaari ka dhacay duleedka Muqdisho, Sarkaal ka tirsan...
View ArticleSomali Islamists kill four in cross-border attack on Kenyan town
ISIOLO, Kenya, Somali Islamist militants killed at least four people during a raid on a Kenyan town near the border with Somalia, police said on Wednesday. Hooded gunmen attacked a shop in the...
View ArticleEthiopian oil plant in the pipeline
By Wendell Roelf Ethiopia’s leading private oil marketer plans to build a $5 billion (R62bn) refinery within 10 years to meet the growing demand for refined products in a region experiencing fast...
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Somalia Premier arrives in Doha
Somalian Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke yesterday arrived in Doha on a several days visit. Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi and...
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The man who wants to make Djibouti the next Dubai
Ilyas Dawaleh was a businessman before be entered politics and rose to become a minister. Antonie Robertson / The National By Frank Kane Ilyas Dawaleh has an ambition: he wants to make his country the...
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Portland man: I was tortured in UAE for refusing to become an FBI informant
Yonas Fikre, who attends a mosque where at least nine of its members have been barred from flying, says the US no-fly list is being used to intimidate American Muslims into spying on behalf of US...
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Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa kamid ah: Shirka Dibuheshiisiinta ee ka socda Dhuusa Mareeb oo heer gabagaba ah soo gaaray, Wasiir hore oo sheegay in amni darrada ay ka timaado isbaedalkal lagu sameeyo...
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Raadraac: Taariikh Nololeedkii Marxuum Prof. Saciid Sh. Samatar oo Aan Ka...
Sida aynu la wada socono waxaa bishii aan soo dhaafnay ee Febraayo ku geeriyooday waddanka Maraykanka Prof. Siciid Sheekh Samatar oo safka hore kaga jira aqoonyannada Soomaaliyeed. Haddaba taariikh...
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THE RISE OF ZOMBIE CULTURE IN SOMALIA
By Abdirizak A. Aden (Eelay) While I was reading a fictional story about zombies, I came to realize great similarities between zombie culture and Somali militant’s attitude that has held as de facto...
View ArticleU.S. drone strike killed al Shabaab leader Garaar in Somalia – Pentagon
A U.S. drone strike in southern Somalia has killed Adnan Garaar, an al Shabaab leader believed to be the mastermind of a 2013 attack on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed 67 people, the Pentagon said...
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Tech protest puts ethnic tension in spotlight
By Mark Sommerhauser Ethinic tension inside Technical High School became public spectacle Wednesday on its south lawn as more than 100 students and parents, most of them Somali, protested what they...
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Police reveal how Al Shabaab men planned, executed Westgate attack
By Cyrus Ombati NAIROBI: The Al-Shabaab militant Adan Dheq alias Garaar who was killed in a US drone attack in Bardhere, Somalia last week was in Nairobi in September 2013 to plan the Westgate Mall...
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Canadian backbencher apologises for telling Muslim women who insist on...
The incident occurred during a debate about a woman fighting for the right to wear the niqab at her citizenship ceremony By ROISIN O’CONNOR Canadian Conservative backbencher Larry Miller has...
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The twin sisters who couldn’t be more different: One is a party girl who...
By Tom Kelly and Emine Sinmaz For identical twins, their lives could hardly be more different. Jalila Henry, 21, is described as a ‘party girl’ who drinks and smokes, wears revealing outfits and enjoys...
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Religion and money: is Islamic banking the way forward for Ethiopians?
What happens when it’s not just a lack of physical banks preventing communities’ access to financial services, but ethical issues too? Rural Ethiopia has a 125,000:1 person-to-bank branch ratio....
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Interview: Somalia PM says ready for business
Al Jazeera speaks to Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke about security, investment and changing perceptions about the nation. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke’s biggest challenge is unifying the country and...
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