U.S. discloses secret Somalia military presence, up to 120 troops
By Phil StewartU.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist...
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Urgent efforts needed to avert further crises in Somalia, Yemen – UN relief...
An irrigation canal being reinforced near the Kabasa displacement site, outside Doolow in southern Somalia. The work is supported by the World Food Programme. Photo: FAO/Frank NyakairuUrgent action is...
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Courtship and Marriage: The Somali Experience in America (Part 5)
By Hassan M. AbukarThis article is the fifth in a 10-part series of true stories of Somali women and men and their blunt assessments of their relationships. The first six parts deal with Somali...
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What’s in a name? Islamic banking rebrands in attempt to go mainstream
BY BERNARDO VIZCAINO A woman walks past a branch of Noor Islamic Bank along Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Street in Dubai in this May 30, 2010 file photo.CREDIT: REUTERS/MOSAB OMAR/FILESIslamic banking is based...
View ArticleJapanese officer to take command of international anti-piracy mission off...
A senior officer of the Self-Defense Forces will take over the rotating command of the multinational anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia, a government source said Thursday.The Abe...
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Parents and teachers fear clash of cultures in takeover of Barton Hill...
ONE serves a multi-cultural community with a growing number of Somali families in east Bristol. The other takes its pupils from a predominantly white, working-class neighbourhood in the south of the...
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Obama tops list of ‘worst presidents’
US Presidential Barack Obama speaks on immigration reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. A new poll Wednesday found President Barack Obama, who is enduring a...
View ArticleSomali lawmaker assassinated, Shebab claim responsibility
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsiblity for shooting dead a lawmaker and wounding another, the latest in a surge of attacks in Mogadishu during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan.“This was a...
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LEADING ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE DETAINED IN YEMEN
Tsegie’s Ginbot-7 is classed as a ‘terrorist group’ by Ethiopia’s government.SANA’A, The Ginbot-7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy, an outlawed political organization in Ethiopia, claimed on...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Xildhibaan barlamanka Soomaaliya ka mid ahaa oo maanta Muqdishu lagu dilay iyo Shabaab oo sheegatay dilka Xildhibaanka iyo warar kale....
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Few common mistakes during Ramadan
ArabNews1. Focusing on food, to the extent that people begin to worry about eating more than actually fasting. This also goes along with spending heaps of money on iftars even though a person does not...
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Probe blames Mpeketoni raid on al Shabaab
Haki Africa CEO Khalid Hussein addressing the media when releasing the report about Mpeketoni killings where at least 65 people have so far been killed .THE Mpeketoni killings on June 15-16 that left...
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British jihadist warns of ‘black flag of Islam’ over Downing Street
British Muslims urged not to travel to Syria and Iraq as fears grow over homegrown involvement in terrorism A Briton who claims he has been fighting alongside jihadist militants in Syria has told the...
View ArticleEthiopia calls for opposition chief’s trial
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia said on Thursday it wanted to extradite the leader of an outlawed opposition group arrested in Yemen to face terrorism charges.“He is a criminal, and he definitely will have his...
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TV-addict children ‘are harming their brains’: Youngsters’ screen addiction...
By Jim NortonChildren spend nearly a year slumped in front of the TV or staring at computer screens by the time they are seven, a former children’s minister has warned.Tim Loughton said this screen...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Muqdisho
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Dowladda Soomaaliya oo sheegtay in ay dhawaan la soo laabaneyso maamulka hawada Soomaaliya iyo warar kale.Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso...
View ArticleSomalia: International Community Should Look Beyond the Bureaucratic Verbiage
By Mohamed A. HusseinOne of the most known member of the Somali parliament, Mohamed Mohamud Hayd was killed in the center of Mogadishu city while heading to the parliament on Thursday morning, July 3,...
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Across the Muslim world, from dawn till dusk, the faithful go without food,...
By Julian RobinsonGathering together in their thousands, Muslims around the world are observing the first Friday prayers of Ramadam. From dusk until dawn, tens of millions of devotees go without food,...
View ArticleCar bomb kills two near Somali parliament
Two people were killed when a car bomb exploded near the Somali parliament building on Saturday, a few hundred metres from the presidential compound, a lawmaker said.Police said soldiers guarding the...
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Three-year-old fasts for a full day
Maryam Rashid … a unique featMAKKAH: MD RASOOLDEENA three-year-old girl fasted for a full day here on Wednesday, with her parents saying they are proud of her. Maryam’s mother Iffar Aabroo and father...
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