Puntland rejects oil deal by Somalia
By ABDULKADIR KHALIFMr Issa Mohamoud Farah alias Dollawaa, the Director General of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petrol for Puntland has rejected an accord entered by the Federal Government of...
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Wararka aan idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah: Dagaal ka dhacay Jubada Hoose oo u dhaxeeyo Al Shabaab iyo Ciidanka Kenya ee qeybta ka ah AMISOM, duqeen maanta ay AMISOM sheegtay in ay ku dishay 100...
View ArticleDowladda Mareykanka Waxay soo dhaweyneysaa Shirka Baydhaba ee Heshiiska...
War SaxafadeedErgeyga gaarka ah dowladda Mareykanka u qaabilsan Arrimaha Soomaaliya (SRS) James P. McAnulty ayaa soo dhoweyyey 23da June Saxiixa Heshiiska dhexmaray maamulada Saddexda iyo Lixda gobol...
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Qat ban: UK police officers told to use their discretion in enforcement
Policing the ban on the mild herbal stimulant, used by Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian people in the UK, poses challengesAlan Travis It will be illegal to possess qat (also known as khut, khat, kat, qut...
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MN measles outbreak traced to single child in Somali community fearful of...
By Scott Kaufman [Image via AFP]A new study published in the journal Pediatrics identified Patient Zero in the new measles epidemic as a 30-month-old child from Minnesota who had recently traveled to...
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The Somali Ambassador to Rwanda: “I Love Kagame.”
By Hassan M. AbukarRecently, Somalia’s ambassador to Rwanda, Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed, made a public confession.The envoy, in an interview with the Great Lakes Voice, said he loves Rwanda’s President...
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I love Kagame more than my president -Somalia ambassador
By staff writer newsdesk@greatlakesvoice.comKigali, Rwanda- Somalia`s envoy to Rwanda has expressed his love of President Paul Kagame saying “I wish he was Somalia’s President.” Cabdullahi Sheikh...
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Kenya: Toxic Lead Threatening Lives
Nairobi, – Thousands of people in a poor urban district outside Mombasa face serious health consequences from toxic lead from a battery recycling plant, Human Rights Watch said today. The crisis is the...
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Stimulant khat banned as illegal class C drug in UK
Possessing khat, a plant used as a stimulant by Somali communities, has been made illegal in the UK.The ban comes after members of Cardiff’s Somali community previously called for khat to be outlawed...
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Wararka aan idiin heyno maanta waxaa ka mid ah:Beesha Hawiye oo sheegtay in ay go’aan ka qaadatay dowlada Soomaaliya kadib hishiiskii Maamulka KG ee shalay ka dhacay Muqdisho, 20 ruux oo rashiin ay...
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Kenyan killings deepen divide between government and opposition
Kenya’s veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has called for national dialogue and a timetable for the withdrawal of Kenyan troops from Somalia, hours after a fresh attack on the coast killed five...
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A 28-year-old Somali was today jailed for nine months and fined €700 for trying to give ‘weed’ to Danish tourists – even though it eventually turned out that the substance was not cannabis.Quoting case...
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Egyptian anchorwoman suspended after live row with Ethiopia envoy
Rania Badawy of the private satellite station Tahrir hung up on Ethiopia’s ambassador to Cairo during a live call-in over the contested Grand Renaissance DamAyat Al-TawyEgyptian broadcaster Rania...
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FIFA charges Luis Suarez for biting in World Cup
By GRAHAM DUNBARRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — FIFA has officially charged Uruguay’s Luis Suarez with biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in the teams’ World Cup match, a process that could lead to a...
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Wararka aan idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah: Wasiirka Arimaha Gudaha oo sheegay in aysan wasaaradiisa waxba kala socon heshiirka Dowlada iyo Maamulka KG ee Baydhabo, iyo warar kale....
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Iyadoo hadda aynu ku jirno xuska maalmihii taariikhiga ahaa ee ay shacabka Soomaaliyeed ka xoroobeen gumaystayaashii reer Yurub, ayaa waxaanu barnaamijkeena Raadraac maanta ku soo qaadanaynaa...
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SOMALILAND: ABSURD JAIL TERMS PASSED ON NEWSPAPER’S OWNER AND ITS EDITOR
Haatuf, a Somali-language newspaper based in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway northwestern territory of Somaliland, has had a tough time this year. It has been raided by the police and prevented...
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Terror group Al Shabab doesn’t smuggle ivory for cash. It sells charcoal.
New UN report says Somalia-based radicals operate off lucrative, illegal trade in charcoal, one of Africa’s main source of cheap energy.By Ryan Lenora BrownKhalil Senosi/APNAIROBI, KENYA — Every year,...
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Prosecutors pushing for 10-year sentence for Toronto man who tried leave...
Stewart Bell A Toronto man convicted of attempting to join the Somali terrorist group Al Shabab should serve no more than four years in prison, his lawyer argued Wednesday, claiming his client had...
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Muslim World Cup players face Ramadan decision
BY PHILIP O’CONNORArsenal’s Mesut Ozil passes the ball during their English Premier League soccer match against West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates stadium in London May 4, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/DYLAN...
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