By Mirjam Donath Each month, 42-year-old Abdirizak Alibos shows up at a money transfer business in the heart of Minneapolis to send $500 to his three children in war-torn Somalia. “I send them money that they can pay for … groceries, school fees, that they can buy health insurance, medication,” said Alibos, who escaped to the United States seven...
Saudi Arabia: Non-Muslims told not to eat in public in Ramadan
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS The Interior Ministry has warned that it would deport non-Muslim expatriates found eating and drinking in public during Ramadan. “Non-Muslim expatriates should respect the feelings of Muslims by not eating, drinking or smoking in public places such as streets and workplaces. They should not think that they are exempted from this because...
Egypt, Ethiopia agree on ‘new chapter’ in ties
Al Sissi, Ethiopian PM in ground-breaking talks on dam row By Ramadan Al Sherbini Cairo: Addis Ababa has pledged to Egypt that Ethiopia’s construction of a controversial dam, which has strained ties between the two African countries, will not “harm Egyptian water interests”, the official news agency (Mena) reported Friday. The pledge came at landmark...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heyno waxa ka mid ah:Munaasabada maalinta xuoiyada Jabuuto oo maanta ka dhacday wadankaa, maamulka Gobalka Banaadir oo dhaliilay Shaqada laamaha Amniga ee dowlada iyo warar kale
Somalia signs StandBy Force Agreement
Press Release: H.E Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister of Somalia who is in Malabo for the African Union Summit welcomed the East African Standby Force; this agreement has been signed by 10 nations including Somalia. The East African Standby Force (EASF) is a regional organization whose mandate consists of enhancing peace and security in the...
Foreign military interventions never produce stable countries
By Augustine Ruzindana Foreign military interventions which install regimes as they depart at the end of their mission, never lead to stable and peaceful conditions. These interventions, while fighting the deposed regime, end up siding with sections of society or political organisations which were opposed to the previous regime and which are not necessarily qualitatively better...
Greeting the month of Ramadan, in which Qur’an was sent down
A man raises his hands in prayer at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (AN Photo by Ahmad Hashad) HARUN YAHYA THE Holy Qur’an — which falsehood cannot approach from either in front or behind, which leads people from the darkness to the light, to the path of our Almighty and Omniscient, and much-praised Lord, a...
Algeria 1-1 Russia: Islam Slimani sends Algeria through to the last 16
Algeria booked their place in the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time in their history with a 1-1 draw against Russia in Curitiba. Aleksandr Kokorin gave Russia a sixth-minute lead, which would have earned Fabio Capello’s team a clash against Germany in Porto Alegre on Monday. However, Islam Slimani netted on...
Somali community rally around mother whose toddler taken into care ‘illegally’
By Alix Culbertson The two-year-old was taken by police in a ‘horrifying raid’ after a neighbour allegedly called police saying he was neglected About 50 Somali people campaigned outside Hammersmith Town Hall today A Somali community campaigned today after a toddler was pulled out of his family home by undercover police after a neighbour allegedly told...
The Countries With The Most Powerful Passports
Jennifer Polland A passport gives a person the ability to travel anywhere in the world — unless that passport is from, say, Afghanistan or Somalia. Good Magazine ranked the most powerful passports in the world, based on the travel freedom that each passport holder enjoys. To create this list, the publication looked at the number of countries...


