Somali Woman, Defying Odds, Runs For Top Spot In Next Month’s Polls
Wilmington Journal
Wednesday, July 06, 2016
With the news of terror attacks, the departure of peacekeepers and the proposed eviction of thousands of Somali refugees in...
‘We are so thankful to Canada’: Relatives of imprisoned Canadian find refuge here
Wednesday, July 06, 2016
By DEBRA BLACK
Bashir Makhtal is serving a life sentence in Ethiopia after a “deeply unfair” trial. But his family is finally...
Somalia: Incumbent Leaders Perfected the Manipulation Tactics of 2016 Elections
The 5 Presidents, the Speaker of a defunct federal parliament, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of a moribund Council of Ministers, who...
Somali president calls peace for Alshabab
Somali president Hassan Mahamoud has sent again a peace message to Alshabab fighters in Somalia, calling them to stop the killings of “innocent citizens”.
In...
Somalia’s president recently held first-ever meeting with Israeli PM
By Raphael Ahren
More talks expected soon, says official close to President Mohamud, leader of East African Muslim country that never recognized Jewish state
NAIROBI, Kenya...
Bombing near 1 of Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi kills 4
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
By AYA BATRAWY
In this photo provided by Noor Punasiya, people stand by an explosion site in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Monday, July...
Recruit more police reservists to man Kenya-Somalia border, governor says
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Mandera governor Ali Roba wants the national government to recruit 900 Kenya Police Reservists in Mandera, Wajir and Garissa counties to...
UN begins sorting false from genuine refugees in Dadaab
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Refugees wait to undergo a documentation process at Dadaab airstrip on June 16, 2016 as they prepare to be voluntary repatriated....
East African businesses recruited to Open Streets event in Minneapolis
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
By Faiza Mahamud and Randy Furst
Seward business group works to involve East African businesses in street event.
Burban Elmi, tries to convince...
AMISOM divisions threaten Somalia’s fragile stability
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
By Simon Allison
Kenyan soldiers follow proceedings during an inter-religious prayer meeting for the Kenyan soldiers who were killed in an attack...
Entebbe raid: Netanyahu attends 40th anniversary
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Uganda on Monday for a rare tour of sub-Saharan Africa, seeking new trade partners and marking the...
Saudi Arabia: Bombings target Medina and Qatif mosques
Four security officers have been killed and five others wounded in a suicide attack outside one of Islam's holiest sites, Saudi Arabia's interior ministry...
Al Qaeda leader calls for attacks in Somalia & Kenya
The leader of Al Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a new video message praising Al Shabaab militants for their operations in the east Africa,...
A Civilian shot dead in clan revenge attack in Somalia
Unidentified Gunman has killed at least one person and injured another after he attacked a small village near Adado town, the seat of Galmudug...
Puntland leader in Galkayo amid worsening insecurity
The leader of Puntland Abdiwali Mohamed Ali Gaas is paying a visit to the central town of Galkayo amid the city is facing assassinations...
A difficult Eid ahead
Eid is a time of festivity and happiness that follows the holy month of Ramadan. It is a time for family and presents but...
119 killed in Baghdad attack claimed by the Islamic State
Monday, July 04, 2016
Iraqis evacuate a body from the site of a suicide car bombing believed to have been carried out by the Islamic...
Jeddah: Suicide bomber blows himself up at US consulate
Suicide attacker killed and two officers wounded in blast near the US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi interior ministry says.
A suspected suicide bomber has died...
My mom was once single and homeless. That’s why she does this job
RadioActive producer Hanad Jama with his mother Nimo Husien / Credit Credit KUOW Photo / Colleen McDevitt
Who are helpers? Often it's people who know...
The opposite of Brexit: African Union launches an all-Africa passport
Sunday, July 3, 2016
By Anne Frugé
On June 13, two weeks before the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the African Union announced...