By GORDON BENNET Ethiopia may until recently have been a byword for famine, but in one part of the country at least there are people who have lived largely without outside help for hundreds of years. With the connivance of the British government, this is about to change forever. The tribes of the Lower Omo...
PRESS RELEASE “CLOSING CEREMONY OF TRAINING COURSE FOR SOMALI ROBUST POLICE BY ITALIAN CARABINIERI” Nairobi, 17th April 2013 – High representatives of the Djiboutian Government, the Somali Government, the Italian Government, the Italian Carabinieri, the African Union, AMISOM, diplomats and military attaches accredited to Djibouti, attended yesterday Tuesday 16th April the closing ceremony of the...
PRESS RELEASE Mogadishu: the condolence of Monti for the victims of the attacks 15th April 2013 – The Prime Minister and acting Foreign Minister, Mario Monti, has condemned the serious terrorist attacks that took place yesterday in Mogadishu and expressed condolences for the many victims of the attacks. President Monti, in showing the strong closeness...
By RACHEL REILLY Circumcision offers protection against HIV and other viruses because bacteria cannot multiply under the foreskin, a study has found. It has been known for some time that circumcision reduces the risk of sexually transmitted diseases such as genital warts and herpes, but until now, experts were not entirely sure why. Scientists now think that...
By Holly Yan and Monte Plott, CNN (CNN) — It was a gruesome end to what should have been a celebration of triumph. One man’s legs were instantly blown off, yet he kept trying to stand up. Exhausted marathoners had to muscle the energy to flee the bloody scene. And more than 140 people remain hospitalized, some in critical condition....
By EMMANUEL ONYANGO One of Kenya’s six oil wells has been releasing 281 barrels of oil a day (bopd) in a drill test conducted by British explorer Tullow Oil. In a statement released on its Twitter handle, the oil company said the drill test at Ngamia-1 well in Block 10BB proved the commercial potential of...
Muqdisho, Abril 15, 2013 (WDN)- Wararkaa aan ka heleynno dagmada Wanlaweyn ee gobalka Shabeelaha Hoose ayaa sheegaya in maanta lagu dilay haweeney dadka deegaanka kamid aheyd, iyadoo islamarkaana la sheegay in inta la kufsaday kadibna la dilay. Sida ay ku waramayaan dadka deegaanku haweenaydan ayaa la sheegayaa in ay aheyd hooyo dhashay dhowr carruur ah,...
WAR SAXAAFADEED Dawladda Puntland waxay si rasmi ah u cambaaraynaysaa weerarkii waxshinimo ee ururka argagixisada Al-shabaab uu maalintii shalay ku qaaday xarunta garsoorka ee Dawladda Federalka Somaliya ee magaalada Muqdisho. Maamulka iyo shacabka Puntland waxay tacsi tiiraanyo leh u dirayaan dhammaan ummadda Somaliyeed, gaar ahaan eheladii dadkii ku geeriyooday weerarkaas waxayna EBBE uga baryayaan inuu...
By MARK DUELL The first ever coin to record the famous Islamic phrase ‘There is no God but Allah’ is set to sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds when it goes under the hammer. The historic gold dinar from 690 AD was minted in Damascus by the Umayyad dynasty – the first Arab empire, which...
By: Michelle Shephard Somali and Canadian security forces are probing whether a former York University student was part of a team of suicide bombers who attacked Mogadishu on Sunday, shattering the capital’s calm and killing and injuring dozens. Intelligence, police and government sources in Mogadishu and Ottawa told the Star that they were investigating reports that...