BY LARA JAKES WASHINGTON (AP) — The top United Nations envoy to Somalia warned Tuesday that the U.N. and other foreign diplomats may have to withdraw from the war-ravaged nation if they continue to be attacked. U.N. Special Representative Nicholas Kay said attacks that cause “significant losses” would likely force international officials to leave or, at...
Ahmed Shaaban Dubai has not only become a leading business hub in the region but rather a major attraction for new Muslims who favour the cosmopolitan and tolerant city for residence and work. Official statistics show that the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai has seen the conversion of 760 people of...
By Haimy Assefa, CNN Editor’s note: Haimy Assefa is a CNN news assistant in New York City covering breaking news in the Northeast region. She has a background in international affairs and multimedia storytelling. I was born in Ethiopia, raised in Oklahoma and Colorado, and ended up in Brooklyn, New York. Coming to America from Ethiopia, a...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons The money transfer business in Africa is dominated by international companies such as Western Union LONDON, 22 April 2014 (IRIN) – All over the world migrant workers are sending money home to their families. The money pays hospital bills and school fees, buys land, builds houses and sets up small businesses. The cash...
Waxaa maanta magaalada Muqdisho lagu dilay xildhibaan Cabdi Casiis Isaaq Mursal, oo ka mid ahaa Mudanayaasha Barlamanka Soomaaliya. Marxuum Cabdi Casiis Isaaq Mursal waxaa dilkiisa geystay koox dabley ah oo watay Baskoolado, waxaana la sheegay in ay goobtii ay dilka ku geysteen isaga baxsadeen ka gadaal dilka markii ay fuliyeen . Xildhibaanka ayaa la sheegay...
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Xildhibaankii labaad oo Muqdhisho Lagu dilay mudo 24 saac gudahood, Madaxweynaha Burindi oo maanta soo gaaray Muqdisho kulamana la qaatay madaxweynaha Soomaliya Xasan Shiikh iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Residents say government has not delivered on resettlement promise of land, clean water and livestock William Davison in Gambella In the village of Elay, people are defying the government and returning home. Photograph: William Davison The orderly village of Agulodiek in Ethiopia‘s western Gambella region stands in stark contrast to Elay, a settlement 5km west of Gambella...
Al Jazeera investigation uncovers allegations of beatings and rape in Kenya’s ongoing anti-terrorism operation. Malkhadir Muhumed Some Somali families have locked themselves in their homes during the operation [Malkhadir Muhumed/Al Jazeera] Nairobi, Kenya – In Eastleigh, a mostly Somali area of Nairobi, residents say they constantly look over their shoulders when entering grocery stores, to make...
Insurgents assassinated a Somali lawmaker Tuesday, police and witnesses said, the second such killing in 24 hours and the latest in a series of attacks in the war-ravaged capital. Abdiaziz Isak was shot “several times and he died instantly,” police officer Mohamed Dalane said, close to where the lawmaker was killed in the capital’s Madina...
The son of prominent Dutch politician Arnoud van Doorn accepted Islam during the recent Dubai International Peace Convention – Doorn was once a harsh critic of Islam and was involved in the highly controversial anti-Islam film ‘Fitna’ before becoming a Muslim a few years back. The joyous father took to Twitter to announce his son Iskander...