Ahmed Shaaban According to a senior official, up to 1,500 students of the Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid School in Hargeisa city of Somalia have graduated from several universities. Female students at the Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid school in Somalia. — Supplied photo The Al Maktoum Foundation (AMF) has unveiled its pioneering education projects in Somalia....
November 15, 2026
Category: News
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Wealthy Somalis Flout Kenyan Law to Have Daughters Circumcised
By Abjata Khalif Halima Abdi charges foreign visitors at least $1,000 for a tour of remote northeastern Kenyan villages that most people wouldn’t dream of making. Her clients are young girls sent by their parents to undergo traditional circumcision. Most of her customers are ethnic Somalis who arrive from countries such as the U.K., Sweden and the...
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Meet the First Somali Ambassador to the US in 20 Years
By Dan Hughes (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images) Somalia has appointed the country’s first ambassador to the United States in more than two decades. Omar Abdirashid Ali Shamarke had his diplomatic credentials accepted today at the White House, where he is expected to attend President Obama’s Iftar celebration this evening, a dinner marking the breaking of the...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa maanta ka mid ah: Dagaal ka dhacay Gedo oo ay guulo ka sheegatay dowladda Soomaaliya, Shabaab oo dhalinyaro daawaneysay ciyaar dagmada Xarardheere xiray iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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Somali refugees reuniting after 4-year wait
A church in Charlottetown is reuniting four young Somali refugees with the rest of their family after more than four years trying. Nasro Awil Adhar and her three younger siblings came to P.E.I. in 2008 through a sponsorship from the Muslim Association of P.E.I. In 2010 Trinity United Church decided to sponsor the rest of...
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Measuring Ramadan
CreditAlain Pilon Gray Matter By FILIPE CAMPANTE andDAVID YANAGIZAWA-DROTT WE are in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. During this time, as prescribed by one of the five “pillars,” or obligations, that make up the foundation of Muslim life, hundreds of millions of followers are abstaining from eating and drinking (and a host of other activities, like...
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Crocodile wedding: Mexican town mayor ‘marries’ reptile
The mayor of a small fishing town in the south of Mexico has ‘married’ a crocodile. The snappy couple: The bride and groom share a tender first dance (Picture: YouTube) Joel Vasquez Rojas, the mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, married the reptile – dressed in a white gown – at the city hall and then...
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Busting up Somali pirate attacks one ship at a time
Shipping security consultant says 9 times out of 10 pirates turn tail when they seem armed guards on the boats. But the war against piracy isn’t entirely over. By Mike Pflanz MOMBASA, KENYA — When they speed up to a lumbering ship, the main thing Somalian pirates do not want to see are armed guards. With...
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Somalis fear violence on North Side
EAMON QUEENEY | DISPATCHElmi Nur, 65, holds his right arm, which was injured when he was attacked and beaten about two months ago by four men steps from his home in the Capital Park Apartments. He still wears a brace on the arm. By Mark Ferenchik & Theodore Decker Hamdi Yusuf was sitting in her second-floor bedroom at...
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Germany defeats Argentina, 1-0, to win title
Germany defeats Argentina, 1-0, to win title. It is the European nation’s first championship in South America, defying the assumption that a below-the-equator team would capitalize on home-continent advantage. Source: LA Times