Afghan deportation flight left from Germany half empty
26 February, 2017 Comments Off on Afghan deportation flight left from Germany half empty
The German government admitted Friday it deported fewer than half the Afghans who were due to be repatriated on a charter plane earlier this week, after some went into hiding. Fifty Afghans whose asylum requests had been rejected were to have boarded the aircraft for their home country late Wednesday, but “in fact, only 18 […]
Continue reading …Minnesota Somali group: Rejecting federal grant was right
26 February, 2017 Comments Off on Minnesota Somali group: Rejecting federal grant was right
1In this Feb. 14, 2017 photo, Mohamed Farah poses at his office in Minneapolis. Farah is executive director of Ka Joog, a group that works to engage Somali youth in Minnesota. The group rejected $500,000 in federal funding earlier this month, saying the actions and statements of President Donald TrumPhoto/Amy Forliti) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The […]
Continue reading …In South Africa, a protest against foreigners turns violent. Why was it allowed to go ahead?
25 February, 2017 Comments Off on In South Africa, a protest against foreigners turns violent. Why was it allowed to go ahead?
South African police fire rubber bullets to avert a confrontation between foreigners and anti-immigrant marchers in Pretoria on Feb. 24, 2017. (Kim Ludbrook / European Pressphoto Agency)Robyn DixonContact Reporter South African authorities are under fire for allowing an anti-immigrant “march of hatred” to go ahead in Pretoria Friday, just days after a series of violent […]
Continue reading …Ethiopian Airlines is building a four star hotel at its main hub in Addis Ababa at a total cost of 65 million dollars.
25 February, 2017 Comments Off on Ethiopian Airlines is building a four star hotel at its main hub in Addis Ababa at a total cost of 65 million dollars.
The four star hotel is being built near the headquarters of the national airline on 40,000sqm plot of land in front of the Millennium Hall off Bole Road. In a written response to The Reporter Ethiopian said the hotel construction, which was launched on January 20, 2016, has now accelerated. “The airline industry, and particularly […]
Continue reading …Malaysian police probe origin of ”weapon of mass destruction’ used to kill North Korean leader’s half brother
25 February, 2017 Comments Off on Malaysian police probe origin of ”weapon of mass destruction’ used to kill North Korean leader’s half brother
One man wanted for questioning is a senior North Korean embassy official [EPA] Malaysian police have launched an investigation into how the killers of Kim Jong-nam obtained the highly toxic nerve agent allegedly used in the assassination of the North Korean leader’s half brother. Police have detained and are questioning a North Korean national suspected […]
Continue reading …Human life has become cheap’: Al-Ahram
25 February, 2017 Comments Off on Human life has become cheap’: Al-Ahram
State-owned newspaper Al-Ahram, renowned for its pro-government stance, released a report Saturday slamming police abuses of power and negligence. The report follows in the footsteps of a series of similar pieces in the usually timid Egyptian press. The provocatively-worded article, titled “Those who don’t die of torture, die of suffocation”, focuses primarily on poor treatment, […]
Continue reading …Army establishes control over new areas in Homs countryside
25 February, 2017 Comments Off on Army establishes control over new areas in Homs countryside
Provinces – Army units operating in the eastern countryside of Homs established control over new areas in the eastern part of al-Bayarat and in the direction of the strategic mountain of al-Hayal in the western countryside of Tadmur (Palmyra) city. Army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, destroyed the last gatherings of I SIS in […]
Continue reading …Strip new Somali PM of his Norwegian passport’: Progress
25 February, 2017 Comments Off on Strip new Somali PM of his Norwegian passport’: Progress
Hassan Ali Khaire gave a video address after his appointment. Photo: Mraazaa/Wikimedia Commons Norway’s anti-immigration Progress Party has called for Somalia’s new Prime Minister to be stripped of his Norwegian passport, arguing that a country’s leader should not have multiple nationalities. Somalia’s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, announced Hassan Ali Khaire’s appointment […]
Continue reading …The First Faces Of Famine In Somalia
25 February, 2017 Comments Off on The First Faces Of Famine In Somalia
Muhammad doesn’t say a word. The little boy barely moves in his father’s lap. But his penetrating eyes burn with intensity from his gaunt face. His shirt droops as it hangs from his tiny shoulders. His arms protrude from his sleeves like two sticks. The doctor at this World Vision mobile clinic in Puntland lifts […]
Continue reading …State orders removal of anti-Trump bus ads
25 February, 2017 Comments Off on State orders removal of anti-Trump bus ads
Message promoted by Acapulco business group was deemed offensive Transit ad that appeared in Acapulco this week. Mexicans are not enamored of U.S. President Donald Trump but an anti-Trump message in Acapulco this week was too much for the state government Transit advertising that appeared Monday on buses in the resort city displayed a large […]
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