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Somali exile fights for Olympic dream
Faisal Jeylani Aweys LAUSANNE: Faisal Jeylani Aweys has not seen his native Somalia since he fled 14 years ago, but he lives in hope of winning an Olympic medal for his war-torn country. And Awey’s...
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UN frees 21 herders enslaved by militia in C. African Republic
A herdsman with his cattle near the town of Bouar, in the Central African Republic on March 9, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola BANGUI, U.N. peacekeepers have liberated some 21 nomadic Muslim herders,...
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South Africa vows crackdown against anti-immigrant attacks
UNDER ATTACK: Hundreds of foreign nationals wait by their belongings before boarding buses heading back to Zimbabwe from a temporary refugee camp in Chatsworth, south of Durban on Sunday. (AFP)...
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Warsaxaafadeed: Xarrunta Xuquuqal Insaanka
Ujeedo: Warsaxaafadeed Deg-deg ah Gudoomiyaha Xarunta Xuquuqal Insaanka Guuleed Ahmed Jama oo shalay sifo sharci daro ah loogu xidhay Xarunta C.I.D. ee magaalada Hargeisa ayaa waxaa loo gudbiyay...
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Asia-Africa Summit Looks Beyond History, Toward New Economies
By Sara Schonhardt JAKARTA, Indonesia—Dozens of leaders from Asia and Africa assembled in Jakarta on Sunday for a five-day summit to breathe new life into economic development and mark the anniversary...
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3 Months of Blessings and Good Deeds
By Imam Dr. Wael Shehab Every year, when the month of Rajab arrives, I recall the supplication: “O Allah, bless us in the months of Rajab and Sha`ban and take us to Ramadan.”[1] It is high time for...
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GARISSA MASSACRE IN 2015 Vs WAGALLA MASSACRE OF WAJIR IN 1984
By Mohamed Yabarag While the condemnation of the recent cruel killings of innocent students in Garissa is pouring from the four corners of the world, the people of the Northern Frontier District (NFD)...
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Wrigley to Boost Africa Business With 63m Kenya Factory
By Rachel Arthur Wrigley to Boost Africa Business Wrigley — manufacturer of Big G, PK, Doublemint, Juicy Fruit, and Orbit — said the new plant would help satisfy growing demand in the East African...
View ArticleAt least nine killed in bomb attack on U.N. vehicle in Somalia
Two Kenyans and seven Somali guards were killed in a bomb attack on a vehicle carrying workers to the United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland on Monday, police said....
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Somalia: Forced Evictions of Displaced People
Tens of Thousands at Risk in Capital Forced Evictions of Displaced People in Mogadishu Somali state security forces forcibly evicted about 21,000 displaced people in the capital, Mogadishu, in early...
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Turning Ethiopia’s desert green
A generation ago Ethiopia’s Tigray province was stricken by a famine that shocked the world. Today, as Chris Haslam reports, local people are using ancient techniques to turn part of the desert green....
View ArticlePOLICE ARREST SOMALI MUSLIM REFUGEES FOR TRYING TO JOIN ISIS
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Six people were arrested Sunday in connection with a terrorism investigation in Minnesota, where authorities have been tracking youths who have traveled or tried to travel to...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Faafaahin ka soo baxaysa weerar shalay ay shabaab ku qaaday gawaari ay wateen ciiddamo AMISOM ah oo marayay Shabeelaha Hoose, Dowladda Koonfur Afrika oo...
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South African: Disabled Somali trader aims to help injured countrymen
By Biénne Huisman Abdikader Shukri (32) from Somalia was paralysed when two men shot him outside his grocery shop in Gugulethu during a spate of xenophobic attacks in 2012. Picture: Nasief Manie/Foto24...
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New York Times wins Pulitzers for West Africa Ebola
NEW YORK | By Ellen Wulfhorst (Reuters) – The New York Times won two prestigious Pulitzer prizes on Monday for coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, described by the Pulitzer board as...
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Somaliland abuzz from Ethiopia’s khat convoys
Narcotic plant is a huge tax-revenue earner that bolsters the region’s economy, but also disrupts family life ByJames Jeffrey An assistant at a khat stall in Hargeisa displays bunches of the narcotic...
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UN agency in SA ‘flooded by calls from refugees’
BY XOLISA PHILLIP Somali trader. Picture: ALON SKUY/THE TIMES A TOTAL of 848 Somali refugees left SA last year for friendlier countries, while 1,206 others are awaiting results of resettlement...
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Racist rant on Sydney train victim Hafeez Bhatti Ahmed asks police to press...
By Mohamed Taha Hafeez Ahmed Bhatti and Khalida Hafeez say they want to press charges over the verbal attack. A Brisbane Muslim couple who were racially abused on a Sydney train last week say they...
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Ousted Egyptian president Morsi gets 20 years in prison
Islamist politician spared death penalty over conviction finding him responsible for deaths of protesters in 2012 File photo showing Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in a defendant cage...
View ArticleAt least 10 killed in car bombing of restaurant in Somali capital
Mogadishu, At least 10 people were killed when a suspected suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a busy restaurant in the centre of capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, police said. The...
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