Abdilahi Elmi, 34, is set to be deported; advocates say the government failed to secure him citizenship Shanifa Nasser The mother of a former child refugee taken into foster care not long after arriving in Canada in the mid-1990s is … Continued
US Africa Command says persistent pressure limits armed fighters’ freedom of movement. The US military says it conducted an air raid targeting an al-Shabab fighter in the vicinity of Qunyo Barrow, Somalia. In a statement, US Africa Command says the air attack was … Continued
Mwani Qatar has entered into an investment partnership with the Somali side to construct the Hobyo Port in Mudug region of central Somalia, HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim bin Saif al-Sulaiti announced on Monday. The Ministry of … Continued
Abdiqani Hassan MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Kismayo airport in southern Somalia refused to allow an Ethiopian plane to land on Monday, a witness said, amid heightened tensions between the federal government and the regional leadership ahead of elections on Thursday. Somalia’s … Continued
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s year-long tenure in office has been punctuated with reforms and a departure from the inward-looking policies of his predecessors Hailemariam Desalegn and Meles Zenawi. But now the coming elections of 2020 could … Continued
(KHARTOUM) – Sudanese gave Egyptian prime minister a distinctly lukewarm reception during the signing ceremony of the transitional authority on Saturday in total contrast of the warm welcome to his Ethiopian counterpart. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who chairs the African … Continued
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir on Monday arrived amid heavy security at the courthouse in the capital Khartoum where he is facing corruption charges, a Reuters witness said. Bashir was charged with illicit possession of foreign currency … Continued
DUBAI (Reuters) – The refusal of Yemeni southern separatists to hand back control of Aden port has delayed a summit in Saudi Arabia that is due to discuss reshuffling Yemen’s ousted government to include the separatists and end the stand-off, … Continued
By MANASE OTSIALO Two sub-clans from the Degodia community residing in Mandera North Sub-County clashed on Saturday evening over a chief’s position which is yet to be filled. The Gedinur sub-clan is said to have turned against the Mahamud Jibrael … Continued
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Somalia’s Jubbaland electoral agency on Sunday rejected pleas from the international community to extend the reopened window for candidate registration beyond Monday. The Jubbaland Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said it had consulted everyone involved in the … Continued
Most teachers say the lack of freedom and control over their lives has ultimately caused them the greatest suffering. by Laetitia Bader “I became what they wanted me to become; now I want to become my own person,” a 25-year-old former … Continued
By Benjamin Cooper Adapted pig hearts could be transplanted into patients within three years, according a report citing the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK. Sir Terence English, speaking on the 40th anniversary of the first successful heart … Continued
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