By stephen Buranyi A project that uses crowdsourced photos of destroyed buildings to form 3D digital models is helping refugees rediscover their roots Five years ago, Yusuf Shegow visited the ruins of the once-grand Al-Uruba hotel overlooking the Indian Ocean on Mogadishu’s waterfront. His grandfather had worked at a nearby hotel in the 1970s, and...
October 7, 2026
Category: Market Bazaar
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Oregon seeing more demand for ethnic grocery stores
BY ERICKA CRUZ GUEVARRA PORTLAND, ORE. In the small Eastern Oregon border town of Ontario, Djimet Dogo met with over 150 Congolese, Somali, Iraqi and Syrian refugees living there. They wanted to know: how can we open our own halal store here? Halal refers to food prepared according to Islamic dietary law. They needed answers, as...
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Poor development outcomes reflect enduring challenges in natural resources governance
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, (AMA)/- Africa has been slow to convert its natural resources endowments to tangible development outcomes because of weaknesses in governance, according to the fifth edition of the African Governance Report published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The report launched during the ongoing ECA Conference of Ministers in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)...
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Saudi City Project Calls in the Musicians
By Sarah Algethami Tamer Hosny concert at King Abdullah Economic City on March 30 On the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, a new city in development is struggling to rise to the ambitious goals set by its founders. Time to call in the musicians. A concert by Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny on Friday is part...
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Ethiopia Invests in its Neighbors’ Ports
Landlocked Ethiopia has announced significant new steps to diversify its access to seagoing trade. Since the 1990s, it has depended almost exclusively upon the Port of Djibouti to handle its waterborne commerce, but it is making moves in Sudan, Somaliland, Djibouti and Kenya to create new options for Ethiopian shipping interests. On Thursday, Sudanese and...
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Ethiopian Airlines Wins 2018 Africa’s Outstanding Food Services Award
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2018 ‘Africa’s Outstanding Food Services by a Carrier’ Award as voted by PAX International readers at a ceremony held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg, Germany in April 2018. Mr....
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Djibouti: This African Nation Could Be the Next Big Tourism Destination
PHOTO: Gulf of Tadjoura (photo courtesy European Council of Tourism and Trade) Djibouti has been making headlines recently, and the European Council of Tourism and Trade has taken notice. The organization recently made the country its World Capital of Culture and Tourism and named its president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, an honoris causa member of the Global Academy...
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African Development Bank launches “Say No to Famine” project in Somalia
The African Development Bank has launched the Say No to Famine – Short-Term Regional Emergency Response Project, STRERP, for Somalia. As a response to food security, the Bank has supported the people of Somalia, mobilizing approximately $34 million, from both the Transition Support Facility of the African Development Fund and the regional envelope. The STRERP...
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Controversy over proposed St. Paul-Mogadishu sister city agreement
By: Iris Perez, Fox 9 ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – Controversy brews among several Somali residents in Minnesota over a proposed sister city agreement between St. Paul and Mogadishu. For many Somali immigrants, St. Paul is home. Imam Hassan Mohamud and Kassim Busuri represent two of four St. Paul mosques working toward making St. Paul Mogadishu’s...
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East Africa Becomes A Testing Ground For UAE And Qatar As They Battle For Influence And Opportunity
By Dominic Dudley The Horn of Africa is fast becoming an arena for wealthy Gulf Arab states to play out their intense rivalries with each other, in a potentially dangerous battle for influence. Qatar and the UAE have been taking the lead, with promises of multi-billion dollar investments and large aid flows in countries stretching...