SİNEM CENGİZ, ANKARA Turkey will hold a meeting with leaders of Somalia and Somalia’s autonomous Somaliland region in İstanbul on April 13, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. A senior Turkish diplomat who spoke to Today’s Zaman on the condition of anonymity stated that after the tripartite meeting, which will also be attended by Turkish Foreign...
By Jorge Rivas Last week the Associated Press made national headlines when they announced they would no longer recommend journalists using their Stylebook to identify undocumented immigrants in the U.S. as “illegal immigrants.” But there was another update to the Stylebook that advocates say will help present Muslims in the news in a more positive...
Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s new president, following his victory in March against Raila Odinga. Dignitaries and tens of thousands of people witnessed the inauguration at a stadium in the capital, Nairobi. Mr Odinga did not attend the ceremony after his attempt to overturn Mr Kenyatta’s victory in court failed. Mr Kenyatta...
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama determined on Monday that Somalia may receive U.S. military assistance, a step seen as a sign of improving relations with a country grappling to contain militants linked to al Qaeda. Obama issued a memo to Secretary of State John Kerry that said Somalia is eligible for “defence articles and defence...
* Company holds large exploration acreage in Ethiopia * Thinks Ethiopia is next in East Africa’s oil surge By Andrew Callus LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) – – Tewodros Ashenafi hopes his Ethiopian exploration outfit will become the first indigenous company to make a basin-opening discovery in sub-Saharan Africa’s 21st Century oil and gas boom. His...
Muqdisho, Abril 08, 2013 (WDN)- Kooxda al-Shabaab, ayaa maanta meel fagaara ah gudaha degmada Buula-burde ee gobolka Hiiraan ku toogtay haweenay da’deeda 25 jir ah lagu sheegay, oo ay ku eedeeyeen falal basaasnimo. Horjoogayaal ka tirsan Al-Shabaab, ayaa ku eedeeyay gabadhaasi ay maanta fagaaraha Buula-burde ku toogteen inay aheyd basaas u shaqeyneysay dowladda Soomaaliya, sida...
Muqdisho, Abril 08, 2013 (WDN)- Guddoomiyaha hay’adda culima’uddiinka Soomaaliyeed, Sheekh Bashiir Axmed Salaad, ayaa ka badbaaday iskuday la doonayay in lagu khaarajiyo maanta, kadib markii gaarigiisa loogu xiray walxaha qarxa.. Sheekh Nuur Baaruud Gurxan, oo ka mid ah culimada Soomaaliyeed, ayaa sheegay in Sheekha xilli uu ka soo baxay gurigiisa oo ku yaalla degmada Howl-wadaag...
The UK’s first female prime minister changed way Britons viewed politics and economics By Micheal White Margaret Thatcher, the most dominant British prime minister since Winston Churchill in 1940 and a global champion of the late 20th century free market economic revival, has died. Her spokesman, Lord Bell, said on Monday: “It is with great...
Wikileaks has published more than 1.7 million US diplomatic and intelligence reports from the 1970s. They include allegations that former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi was a middleman in an arms deal and the first impressions of eventual British PM Margaret Thatcher. The documents have not been leaked and are available to view at the US...
Muqdisho, (WDN)- Xildhibaan ka tirsan baarlamaanka federaalka Soomaaliya, ayaa dhaliilay qaabka hadda ay u socoto howsha maamul u sameynta gobollada Jubbooyinka iyo shirka Kismaayo ka socda. Xildhibaan Cabdiqaadir Maxamed Aadan (Sandheere) ayaa wareysi dhinacyo badan taabanaya oo uu siiyay Radio Wardheer, waxa uu ku sheegay in sida ay hadda wax u socdaan ee arrimaha Kismaayo...