By Abdiaziz Abdi I am of the opinion that it is always useful to study the reception accorded to a leader of a nation, because that provides a scale to measure the popularity (and lack of thereof) of that leader. Given that Somalia’s president is in the U.S. for a third time, a science-minded observer...
October 24, 2026
Category: Global News & Politics
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Police sergeant who stamped on a mentally ill Somali man during a strip search and told him ‘welcome to Hackney’ walks free from court
By Emma Glanfield A police sergeant who stamped on a mentally ill prisoner’s foot during a strip search and told him ‘Welcome to Hackney’ has walked free from court. Sgt Charles Pilbeam, 30, forced Somalia-born Abdi Ali-Ahmed to pick up scraps of paper in an interview room after twisting his ear and dragging him to...
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Virginia GOP official resigns after anti-Muslim comments on Facebook
State GOP Treasurer Bob FitzSimmonds unapologetically stepped down more than a week after he responded in harsh fashion to comments President Obama made praising Muslim Americans. ‘This is pure nonsense. Exactly what part of our nation’s fabric was woven by Muslims,’ FitzSimmonds wrote. By Adam Edelman FITZSIMMONDS FOR STATE SENATE Virginia state GOP Treasurer Bob...
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Obama announces security interventions in Kenya, Somalia
By Olive Burrows Assistance, Obama said the US would also be extending to Niger, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana and Tunisia to begin with/FILE NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 7 – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the US would continue to help build the capacity of Kenya’s security services and better equip them to deal with the...
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Kenya arrest suspect from Somalia’s al-Shabab group
Al-Shabab has carried out a wave of bombings in Kenya Kenyan police have arrested an official from Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab, security sources have told the BBC. Police believe the suspect is former journalist Hassan Hanafi, who is accused of killing journalists in Somalia, other sources said. However, the man has denied under interrogation...
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Ethiopia’s improvement should allay its critics
Nation’s economic growth has brought social progress By Tibor Nagy Regarding the Houston Chronicle editorial about Ethiopia, “Do Better” (Page B7, July 29), while one can take a snapshot of Ethiopia’s current political, economic and social circumstances and find areas for serious criticism, it would be much fairer to view where Ethiopia is today in...
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Somalia’s president expects new military push to begin in days
By Phil Stewart Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mogadishu, May 9, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told Reuters on Tuesday he expected a new military drive by African Union and Somali forces to start in the next few days to push al Shabaab militants...
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War-torn Somalia appeals for urgent aid amid drought
An internally displaced Somali woman sits outside her makeshift shelter near the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu. Image by: ISMAIL TAXTA / REUTERS Somalia’s government begged for help Tuesday, warning the war-torn nation once again faced a hunger and drought catastrophe three years after famine killed more than a quarter of a million people. “Drought...
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UK summons Ethiopian diplomat over opposition official’s arrest
Britain summoned Ethiopia’s chargé d’affaires on Monday to raise its concerns about the arrest of a British national being held in Ethiopia who has been sentenced to death over his involvement with an opposition political group. Andargachew Tsige was sentenced to death in 2009 in absentia and another trial handed him life behind bars three...
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Somalia’s Shabab claims police officer’s killing
MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shabab said they had carried out a car bombing that killed a senior police chief in the north of the war-torn country yesterday, the latest in a string of attacks. “With the blessing of Allah, the mujahedeen have carried out a successful operation targeting senior apostate officials,” Shabab spokesman Abdulaziz Abu Musab...