By Geoffrey Mosoku and Cyrus Ombati Muslim leaders have pressed the Government to lift the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Lamu County. The leaders have argued that the timing will affect Muslims observing the holy month of Ramadhan. Yesterday, the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) said the hours between 6.30pm and 6.30am, when the curfew...
November 15, 2026
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3 years after devastating famine, Somalia faces new threat
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...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Shabaab oo guula ka sheegatay dagaallo ka dhacay Bay, Bakol iyo Gado, Beelaha Hawiye oo kulan ay yeeshan isku raacay in aysan aqbali doonin go’aankii dowladda ee 3da gobal ee maamul goboleedka Koonfur Galbeed iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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Australian expat experiences first Ramadan in UAE
Kira Jean, an Australian expatriate who is fasting for the first time this Ramadan, says she “feels so much more productive” and has so much mental clarity. Satish Kumar / The Nation By Melanie Swan DUBAI // Kira Jean has only been married for seven months, but in that time the newlywed has moved half...
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ICE often releases criminal immigrants if homelands won’t take them
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....
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Kenya: Why the Opposition wants an exit strategy from Somalia
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...
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Africa’s 50 Richest
Forbes- Africa’s 50 Richest: Africa’s richest man is looking beyond cement, sugar and flour–the three commodities that built his fortune–to the oil business. Read the full report:: Africa’s 50 Richest
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London protests call for end to Israeli military action in Gaza
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...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Weerrar mar kale ka dhcay Jasiiradda Laamuu ee waddanka Kenya, Dowladda Soomaaliya oo ka hadashay xasuuqa Yahuudda ee shacabka Falastiin iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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Amisom relief as EU releases $1b for security
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...