By Alanna Petroff @AlannaPetroff Abdisamad Adan is starting at Harvard University later this year. Abdisamad Adan could barely carry a conversation in English five years ago, but he’s just been accepted to study at Harvard University. He credits the dramatic change in his fortunes to Somaliland’s Abaarso School, a very small boarding school he...
By Pam Fessler NPR Clarkston, a small town outside of Atlanta, is sometimes called the “Ellis Island of the South.” Several thousand refugees live there, resettled by the U.S. government from Somalia, Burma, Bhutan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other hot spots of the world. Shekhey and his small staff pick up where...
By ABDIMALIK HAJIR, Daily Nation The mysterious killings of two people in Garissa Town last week have puzzled many including the security agents who are unable to explain the motive behind the shootings. At the same time, the victims’ relatives have demanded for answers from the government. On Thursday, two people are said to have...
Introduction This report summarizes patterns and trends in the number of individual asylum claims. submitted in Europe and selected non-European countries during 2014. The data presented are based on information available as of 14 March 2015, unless otherwise indicated. The report covers the 38 European and six non-European States that currently provide monthly asylum statistics...
There is a corner in a part of the world commonly associated with the worst kinds of upheaval that is quietly making some surprising positive change happen, while all around it there is turmoil. Close to the very tip of the Horn of Africa lies Somaliland. It is a place that few outsiders know a lot...
By Ali H. Abdulla I would like to recall an incident that happened to me when I was a kid attending Sheikh intermediate school in Northern Somalia. It was in the early 1970s during the early years of the military coup that ousted the elected civilian government and plunged the country into dictatorship that eventually...
Jon Jensen and Alex Court, (CNN) – Demand for South African food is booming in an unlikely place: the United Arab Emirates. Sizzling in the kitchen at the Abu Dhabi-based restaurant “The Meat Company,” there’s only one specialty — and the key is in the name. T-bones or Rib-Eye, flame grilled or triple-basted, this is...
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By Karl Muth After past trips to Somalia and Somaliland, I’ve argued that Somalia is really the westernmost province of China. But, today, I argue there is – in turn – a westernmost province of Somalia in the American midwest. November in Somaliland is a peaceful time, with no Detroit Lions games on the television,...
By Hassan M. Abukar This is the last installment in a 10-part series of true stories about Somali men and women and their blunt assessments of their marriage and courtship experiences. The names and locations of the individuals have been changed to ensure their privacy. ________ Online Courtship I know a lot about online dating...