Communications purport to show series of payments to officials by Mohamed bin Hammam, who was Fifa’s member for Qatar Mark Tran and Rowena Mason Mohamed Bin Hammam and Sepp Blatter meet in Doha, in 2010. Photograph: Mohammed Dabbous/Reuters Fifa is facing calls to rerun the bidding competition for the 2022 World Cup after allegations that a former top Qatari football...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Ethiopian Airlines to decide on $3 bln plane order by June end
Ethiopian Airlines will decide in June on whether to place an order for 30 narrow-body Airbus or Boeing jets as part of fleet its expansion plans, the company’s chief executive said on Sunday. “We will make a decision by the end of June,” Tewolde Gebremariam told Reuters on the sidelines of the annual meeting of...
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Aid agencies access new areas to get a grip on humanitarian needs
Aid agencies, led by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), travelled to Maaxas in Hiraan Region on 28 May to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground. Maaxas is the fifth of ten newly accessible areas recovered from Al Shabaab control by the Somalia National Armed Forces and AMISOM two...
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In tackling terror, Kenya must avoid falling into the rat and cobra trap
A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier takes position at the Kismayu sea port. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP By Murithi Mutiga When Kenyan troops crossed into Somalia, former Internal Security minister GG Kariuki wrote an interesting opinion article in this newspaper. He predicted that the Kenyan military would have an easy time of it in...
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UK asylum seeker claims harrowing deportation
Somali man forcibly returned to Mogadishu says he is an ‘easy target’ for attackers. By Simon Hooper Somalis deported from the UK say they face danger and possible attacks in Mogadishu [AFP] London, United Kingdom – A Somali man forcibly returned to Mogadishu from the UK under a controversial new scheme to send home failed asylum seekers...
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Brutalising Somalis over sugar smuggling? Sweet!
By L. Muthoni Wanyeki “Somalis are Scapegoats in Kenya’s Counter-Terror Crackdown.” This is the title of Amnesty International’s briefing on Usalama Watch. The personal testimonies in the briefing — from both Kenyans of Somali descent and Somali asylum-seekers and refugees — are as harrowing as all of those collected since the start of the “screening operation”...
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Maxkamadda Ciiddanka oo Xukun ku ridday Rag Dil Ku Eedaysnaa Magaalada Muqdisho
Muqdisho, Maxkamadda Ciiddanka Qalabka, Sida ayaa lagu soo warramayaa in ay maanta xukun dil ah ku ridday eedaysanayaal loo haystay in ay magaalada Muqdisho ku dileen gabadh Soomaaliyeed oo lagu magacaabi jiray Nafiso Cismaan. Maxkamadda ayaa fadhi ay maanta ka yeelatay dacwadda saddex eedaysane oo lagu kala magacaabo Xasan Salmaan, Shaafici C/casiis iyo haweenay iyana...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno maanta waxaa ka mid ah: Dagaallo ka dhacay Hiiraan iyo Sh/Hoose, Qaraxyo iyo weerarro xalay ka dhacay Muqdisho iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos k dhegeyso
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Police probe sign in east London park saying ‘Muslims don’t like dogs…don’t walk them here’
Warning: Dog walkers are told to stay away from Bartlett Park in Poplar (Twitter/@FitzMP/Google Streetview) ROBIN DE PEYER Police were today investigating a sign telling pet owners to stay out of an east London park because “Muslims do not like dogs”. The warning, in Bartlett Park, Poplar, said: “Do not walk your dog here! Muslims...
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RICH KENYANS ARE INJECTING THEMSELVES WITH BLACK MARKET CREAMS TO BECOME WHITE
By Celeste Hibbert and Wil Crisp One of Rose’s clients with whitening cream on her face Standing in a small wooden booth cluttered with brightly colored cosmetics boxes a heavily made up woman unwraps a syringe and a needle, then fills the syringe with pink cream that’s been decanted from a blue packet. “You must only...