Ruto’s shuttle diplomacy for Amina job to cost millions
14 November, 2016 Comments Off on Ruto’s shuttle diplomacy for Amina job to cost millions
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed, Deputy President William Ruto and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan on Tuesday last week / DPPS has chartered a private plane for Deputy President William Ruto’s pan-African campaign for Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed in a move reminiscent of the Sh100 million […]
Continue reading …Minnesota elects first Somali-American lawmaker Ilhan Omar
10 November, 2016 Comments Off on Minnesota elects first Somali-American lawmaker Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar gives an acceptance speech on election night in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 8, 2016. Omar, a former refugee from Somalia, is the first Somali-American Muslim woman to hold public office. PHOTO Minnesota voters have elected the first Somali-American Muslim woman legislator in a state where the uneasy assimilation of large numbers of Somali refugees […]
Continue reading …Somali migrants are ‘disaster’ for Minnesota, says Donald Trump
8 November, 2016 Comments Off on Somali migrants are ‘disaster’ for Minnesota, says Donald Trump
Donald Trump speaks in Minneapolis, in an address in which he claimed local Somali migrants were joining Isis. Photograph: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Donald Trump on Sunday warned darkly of the danger posed by Somali migrants in Minneapolis, a deeply segregated city that has the largest Somali-American community in the US. FBI has found no criminal […]
Continue reading …Puntland president declares war on Islamic State
5 November, 2016 Comments Off on Puntland president declares war on Islamic State
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, the President of Puntland, a region in the northeast of Somalia, has declared war on the Islamic State (IS) militant group and vowed to retake a town it seized recently. The fighters captured Qandala, a coastal town, last week, hoisting their black banner in the district’s police station and administration centre. Qandala […]
Continue reading …Police stop Eastleigh hawkers demos over removal from streets | The Star, Kenya
3 November, 2016 Comments Off on Police stop Eastleigh hawkers demos over removal from streets | The Star, Kenya
Eastleigh traders during the opening of Yare Plaza. /JOSEPH NDUNDA
Continue reading …After six years of residency Bushro Jama has been told that she will lose the residence
1 November, 2016 Comments Off on After six years of residency Bushro Jama has been told that she will lose the residence
Grethe Skagen Danielsen (T. H.) worked for refugee services when Bushro Jama came to Hadsel. – A prime example of successful integration. Bushro and man studying and working, and are great resources. She is sentenced to death in their home country. It is incomprehensible that she now risks being sent back, says Skagen Danielsen. – […]
Continue reading …AMISOM appeals for humanitarian assistance for El Baraf residents
27 October, 2016 Comments Off on AMISOM appeals for humanitarian assistance for El Baraf residents
El Baraf, 27 October 2016 – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Wednesday made an appeal to international partners and nongovernmental organizations to help provide potable water for residents of the liberated town of El Baraf. El Baraf, a strategic town sits 150 kilometres from Mogadishu in the Middle Shabelle region. AMISOM contingent […]
Continue reading …Governors from frontier counties condemn Mandera killings
25 October, 2016 Comments Off on Governors from frontier counties condemn Mandera killings
Seven governors have condemned the massacre of 12 people in Mandera on Tuesday morning and told the government to “up its game” in ensuring security in frontier counties. Governors Ali Roba (Mandera), Issa Timamy (Lamu), Nathif Jama (Garissa) and Ahmed Abdullahi (Wajir) and Isiolo Deputy Governor Mohamed Guleid and Tana River representative Abdikadir Suleiman called […]
Continue reading …Tens of Thousands Displaced by Three Weeks of Fighting in Galkacyo
25 October, 2016 Comments Off on Tens of Thousands Displaced by Three Weeks of Fighting in Galkacyo
“We can’t afford to keep fleeing,” said “Halima,” a 35-year-old mother of four who recently fled fighting in the contested town of Galkayo in central Somalia. “Those fighting might have big houses to hide in, but we live in tents and the bullets can easily reach us.” Halima (not her real name) is among thousands […]
Continue reading …Battle for Mosul: Iraq and Kurdish troops make gains
17 October, 2016 Comments Off on Battle for Mosul: Iraq and Kurdish troops make gains
Iraqi government forces have launched a campaign to retake Mosul, the de-facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Iraq. Up to 1.5 million civilians remain in the city, according to the United Nations, amid fears that the vastly outnumbered ISIL fighters could use them as human shields as […]
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