Walkers from Taylors Falls to St. Paul will raise money to send books to Somalia. Walkers supporting Books for Africa hike down a country road near Taylors Falls., Minn., to begin a three-day journey to St. Paul. The walk will support 22,000 books for Somalia. Photo: Kevin Giles, Star Tribune By Kevin Giles kgiles@startribune.com About 30...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Somalia-bound airlines complain of undercutting by rivals
By Stephen Makabila Commercial airlines plying the Nairobi-Mogadishu route are engaged in a cutthroat competition for business that has considerably diminished due to the ongoing ‘Usalama Watch’ operation in Kenya. Currently, there are six airlines having scheduled flights between the Jomo-Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Among the airlines include Jubba...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Wasiirka Amniga Xukuumadda Soomaaliya oo sheegay in aysan waxba u dhimayn ammaanka isbedalka lagu sameynaayo maamulka degmooyinka gobalka Banaadir, Guddoomiyaha Maamulka Gobalka ahna duqa Muqdisho oo sheegay in aan la aqbali kareyn dhagxaanta waddooyinka lagu goyay iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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Stowaway’s Mother Wants to Reunite With Her Kids
Flight path for plane carrying stowaway. The mother of Yahya Abdi, the Somali-American teen, who stowed away in the wheel well of a Hawaii-bound flight from California, says her son was trying to reach her in Africa. Speaking to VOA’s Somali service from “Sheed Dheer” a refugee camp in eastern Ethiopia, Ubah Mohamed Abdulle, expressed...
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A common Somali who cannot live on camel milk alone
By Peter Kimani Kenya: One of the adverse consequences of the so-called crackdown on Eastleigh, according to milk traders, is the sale of camel milk. Their customers are reportedly in hiding, in refugee camps, or have simply been deported. I occasionally enjoy tea made from camel milk at a city eatery, and where my scraggly...
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Somali community split over task force recommendations
Some Somali Canadians are angry about special help recommended by a Toronto District School Board task force that they fear will stigmatize their children. JAYME POISSON / TORONTO STAR Students of Somali descent gathered at a meeting to protest recommendations proposed by the Toronto District School Board Somali Task Force, many of whose members are...
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Give kids the Muslim holidays — and teach religious history in schools
Help correct Americans’ glaring ignorance about faith BY JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGESLet’s learn about each other. When he was campaigning for mayor of New York City, where one of eight public school students are Muslim, Bill de Blasio pledged to add Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha — the two most sacred Muslim holidays — to...
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UPDF probes sale of Somalia mission slots
BY BENON HERBERT OLUKA The army is investigating reports that commanders charge soldiers money to second them for deployment with the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom). An Observer investigation has found that commanders of UPDF’s specialised units deployed around the country sell the Amisom slots to their charges for between Shs 500,000 and Shs...
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Gold-plated mobile banned for Muslim men: Saudi scholar
A well-known Saudi Islamic scholar has issued a fatwa (religious edict) prohibiting men from using a gold-plated mobile phone. Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Fowzan, a jurisprudence professor and member of the Saudi human rights commission, said women can use such handsets. “As for men, they are prohibited from using gold or gold-plated mobile handsets…such handsets...
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Hunted in Mogadishu by the Sick Man and the Jilbab
The tick-tock of being followed around in Somalia Aldan Hartley A Somali government soldier at the site of car bomb blast in front of the Makka Al Mukarrama Hotel in Mogadishu, March 15, 2014 From a way off, as he entered the café, he looked young and handsome but when he sat down there was...