“Every moment wasted looking back keeps one from moving forward.” —Hillary Clinton. In a San Francisco airport lounge, I was reading Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky’s new book, The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy but Doesn’t What Shouldn’t Make You Happy but Does (January 13, 2013), when a woman who seemed to be in...
President Obama informed Congress on Thursday of his intention to renew sanctions against Somalia despite the country forming a central government for the first time in 22 years. The Obama administration recognized the government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Jan. 17. The move paves the way for a resumption of civilian and military aid...
Washington, DC (PRWEB) – Last night at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2500 honored guests gathered to recognize the value and impact of women’s leadership globally during the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards. Presenters included Vice President Joe Biden, who recognized three Indian brothers leading efforts to end violence against women....
Haddaadan dunida wax ku soo kordhinayn adigaa dusheeda siyaado ku ah. Mustafa Araafici (AUN) Kolka la abla-ablaynayo heerrarka caqliyada aadanaha iyo qaab fekerkooda waxaa la yiraahdaa waxay u kala qaybsamaan saddex nooc: caqliyo waawayn, caqliyo meel dhexaad ah iyo caqliyo yar yar. Caqliyada waawayni waxay ka wada sheekaystaan, kana doodaan mabaadii iyo afkaar, caqliyada...
Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ileyhi Raji’un (We belong to Allah and to Him We return) .Hassan Mohamed Nur, affectionately known as Hassanow Manur by his friends and colleagues, passed away on Tuesday March 2, 2013, in Bonn, Germany. Recipient of Hero Award from Center for Peace- Building Initiative/Peace & Development Research in their annual meeting...
Following our talks with government officials on solving differences about the necessary arrangements for the coming local municipality council’s elections, the government side has not showed any flexibility to compromise on the disputed issues. The main disagreements were the inevitability of distributing municipal ID cards to voters after registering their profiles information and the timing...
Cunnada, xoolo-dhaqashada iyo ugaarta dhulkayaga “ Dhulkayaga waxaa laga cunaa; wax la karsho, wax la dubo iyo wax la dhamo. Waa intaa cuntada la yaqaan ee dadku cunaa, miraha ma ahee. Dadka magaalada joogaa waxa uu cunaa bariis, timir iyo kibis. Kibista waxay u dubaan caynado badan. Tan engegga lagu cuno waxaa iyadana loo dubaa...
By Lama Nicolas, Hannah James and Megan Rowney __________ Canada’s top spy says he’s concerned about home grown terrorism as a key risk to Canadian security. “The radicalization of Canadians continues to be of concern to the service,” reported CSIS director, Richard Fadden to the Senate on February 11th of this year. “CSIS is currently...
After almost a weeklong tedious general election that was the first of its kind in Kenya’s modern election history, Kenyans felt the horrors of political obscurantism, the dissipation of national cohesion, and the callousness of their leadership mainly because of the overwhelming disputes and petitions that inundated the nation’s adjudication courts. Constituencies that have been...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Somalia’s biggest bank and money transfer agency on Tuesday, wounding at least two people hours after al Qaeda-linked militants ordered the company to cease operations in areas under its control. Police said they were still searching the rubble outside Dahabshiil’s office in the capital Mogadishu....