Two refugee families who have been homeless since their Springfield apartment was condemend, are shown here in file photo.(File photo / John Suchocki) By Peter Goonan SPRINGFIELD – A lawyer for the city’s Housing office said Friday that the city remains committed to helping two refugee familiesthat were left homeless two weeks ago when their Union...
November 14, 2026
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Jihadist Recruitment in West Difficult to Stop
Somali government soldiers secure the scene of a suicide attack next to the gate of the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, Feb. 21, 2014. Dan Joseph, Harun Maruf WASHINGTON — Abdi Mohamud Nur seemed like a pretty average American kid. Part of Minneapolis’ sizable community of Somali-Americans, Nur was obedient and good-natured, his sister, Ifrah, said. He...
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HUNGER SPREADS IN SOMALIA AS MILITANTS BLOCK TOWNS
BY ABDI GULED Mogadishu, Somalia (AP) — Severe hunger is spreading in southern Somalia where militants have encircled several towns in the control of African Union forces, preventing food deliveries there, residents and officials say. Deaths from malnutrition and hunger have been reported. “I’m packed up to go,” Maryan Howshow shouted by phone from the town...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Waxgarad kasoo jeedda Shabeellaha Hoose oo dalbaday in la badalo maamullada dagmooyinka gobolaas qaarkood. Madaxweynaha iyo R’iisul wasaaraha oo markab dagaal kulan kula qaatay saraakiil Turki ah iyo warar kale. Watka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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Kenya upbeat on ocean deal with Somalia
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) and President Uhuru Kenyatta at the official reception for the Kenya Airways Dreamliner B787 at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi in April. Photo/Salaton Njau By ALLAN ODHIAMBO Kenya is optimistic of reaching a deal with Somalia over the exploration of resources around a disputed section of their shared...
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Minnesota: Inside the Somali Political Movement
The new generation of Somali Americans are active, energetic, and ready to be represented; they are hungry for opportunity and are willing to fight for a place in the American melting pot. Divided between the old ideas of the past and the new ideals of the present, the Somali community is ready to use the...
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Allah, not chance, created the universe
Do those who are disbelievers not see that the heavens and the earth were sewn together and then We unstitched them and that We made from water every living thing? So will they not have faith? (Qur’an, 21: 30) HARUN YAHYA The universe was created in a moment by Almighty Allah telling it “Be!” Created...
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Somalian hydrocarbon potential remains to be explored
Somalia’s upstream oil and gas industry will benefit from greater investor confidence and undergo subsequent growth in the years to come, if the Somalian government provides the political stability, security and infrastructure required for large-scale upstream development, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData. John Sisa, Lead Upstream Analyst for GlobalData, says...
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KSA home to 10m expat workers
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR While the number of expatriate workers continues to surge in the GCC states, their contribution to the economic progress and development in these countries is both acknowledged and recognized. Addressing a conference of the International Labor Organization in Geneva on Wednesday, Deputy Labor Minister Mufrej bin Saad Al-Haqabani said: “The number...
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Raila wants KDF withdrawn from Somalia
The former Prime Minister who addressed members of the Somali community in Eastleigh said the continued stay of Kenya Defence Forces soldiers in Somalia is hurting Kenyans/FILE By Joseph Murayo NAIROBI, Coalition for Reforms and Democracy leader Raila Odinga says it is time for Kenya to withdraw its troops from neighbouring Somalia. The former Prime...