Nairobi – Three years to the day since a famine that eventually killed more than a quarter of a million people was declared in Somalia, aid agencies warned on Sunday the country faced a new catastrophe without urgent aid.A joint statement issued by a group of charities and aid agencies said there were more than...
By: MARK BRUNSWICK U.S. has few options when countries won’t accept criminals for repatriation. In 2013, Omar Kalmio was found guilty of four murders. Photo: Flint McColgan • Minot Daily News Omar Kalmio was never supposed to get to North Dakota. The Somali national from Eagan was supposed to be deported because of his violent criminal record in Minnesota....
By Dennis Onyango Since March, the Opposition has been asking the Jubilee administration to present Kenyans with the game plan for the withdrawal of Kenya’s troops from Somalia. To every call, the Government has responded with predictable chest-thumping and a zero plan. In the meantime, the soldiers and ordinary Kenyans are dying. When CORD first...
Protests come as David Cameron and Barack Obama reiterate support for Israel’s right to take action to defend itse Palestinian demonstrators march up Whitehall towards the Israeli embassy during a protest in London. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Thousands of protesters gathered in London on Saturday to call for an end to Israeli military action in Gaza and “justice...
Ugandan officers serving with Amisom stand next to a haul of artillery shells that were found in a house in Mogadishu on August 12, 2011. Photo/AFP By BARBARA AMONG Hundreds of peacekeepers in Somalia who have gone for five months without pay could soon get their allowances, following the European Union announcement last week that it...
-IS militants to Mosul Christians: convert, pay or die -Evacuees join Shiites fleeing to Kurdistan -Rights group: IS “caliphate” wiping out minority groups in areas it controls People who fled from the violence in Mosul walk inside the Khazer refugee camp on the outskirts of the Kurdish city of Arbil on July 17, 2014. Mosul...
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on a bus and police vehicle on Kenya’s restive southeastern coast that killed at least seven people. The group told AFP by telephone it was “ready to act or attack anywhere necessary within Kenya” after Friday’s shooting. “The attacks are a clear response to the...
Awqaf’ Distributes Friday Sermon To Preachers KUWAIT CITY: Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has affirmed that holding demonstrations against the Muslim ruler is not allowed in the Islamic Sharia especially if the demonstrations include destructive activities. The ministry stressed that Islam calls for Muslims to refrain from chaos and work on maintaining stability, reports Al-Seyassah...
Politically Motivated Charges Show Misuse of Terrorism Law Nairobi, The Ethiopian government should immediately drop politically motivated charges brought against 10 bloggers and journalists on July 17, 2014, under the country’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law, Human Rights Watch said today. The Ethiopian authorities arrested six of the bloggers and three journalists on April 25 and...
Some of the students at the ceremony. Doha: Qatar Charity’s (QC) Somalia office held a honouring ceremony for 145 outstanding students from among its sponsored orphans. The ceremony was held in the capital Mogadishu, under the patronage of Somalia’s Ambassador to Qatar, Omar Sheikh Idris, and was attended by officials from QC partner institutions, delegates...