(For Immediate Release) Garowe, May 21st, 2014; The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamet Saleh Annadif has called on partners and the donor community to support the Puntland State in its priorities and development goals.Speaking during the Puntland Donor Roundtable Meeting, Ambassador Annadif noted that donor...
Gen Abdulfattah al-Sisi Photo: AFP CAIRO, Egypt’s presidential frontrunner may come across as a polished civilian after shedding his military uniform, but his brutal crackdown on opponents has raised fears of a slide back into autocracy. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who toppled elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July, is so sure of victory in the May...
By Robert McCoppin A man was indicted today for fraud on charges that he ripped off a Crystal Lake charity by posing as a Navy SEAL who could rescue aid workers kidnapped in Somalia, authorities said. William Burley, 34, of Yucaipa, Calif., was indicted by a grand jury in Rockford for wire fraud for allegedly...
By Maya Rao After neighbors voiced concerns over traffic and parking, Minneapolis planners voted down expansion plans. Halima Ahmed made her way through the Village Market mall in south Minneapolis, where she likes to shop for long dresses. Photo: ELIZABETH FLORES • eflores@startribune.com, Local Somalis had high hopes for the expansion of a Somali mall in...
BY HUMPHREY MALALO A suspected grenade blast near a mosque wounded 11 people in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on Tuesday, close to the border with Somalia, police and disaster officials said. The attack happened a day after suspected Somalia al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 people in northern Kenya’s Mandera County in...
By Abjata Khalif and Mohamed Sheikh Nor African Union forces killed more than 50 insurgents in an attack on an al-Shabaab stronghold in Somalia, as the death toll from clashes between security forces and the Islamist militants in northeastern Kenya doubled. An African Union Mission in Somalia air strike targeted “senior leadership and foreign al-Shabaab fighters” on the...
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Amar Shabaabka ka soo yeeray oo durba ka fulay degmada Heliwaa ee gobolka Banaadir iyo maamulka oo ka hadlay, Shabaabka oo sheegay in aanay shacabka Kenya nasan doonin inta askartoodu joogaan gudaha Soomaaliya iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
A file picture taken on December 19, 2013 shows Dutch anti-Islam and anti-immigration Party of Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders gesturing and holding a sticker imitating Saudi Arabia’s national flag and disparaging Islam. (AFP) JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR The Dutch government is sending an envoy to Riyadh this week for high-level talks after the Kingdom...
By Shem Oirere Djibouti and Ethiopia are developing new geothermal power capacities that are intended to enable them meet increasing demand for electricity and enhance their sustainable-energy portfolio. The World Bank has provided details about its contractor prequalification procedure for the drilling of four full-size geothermal production wells in Djibouti, while Icelandic powerplant builder Reykjavik...
Egyptians performing Umrah is the principal activity for tourist companies in Egypt over the past three years given low incoming tourist traffic. Cancellations of pilgrimages from Egypt to Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus, also known as theMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), have exceeded 25%, according to Seif Al-Imari, board member of the Egyptian Tourism...