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Kenya Asks Somalia To Begin Repatriation Of Refugees
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Kenya Asks Somalia To Begin Repatriation Of Refugees

NAIROBI, (BERNAMA-NNN-KBC) — Kenya’s  Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government, Joseph Ole Lenku, has asked Somalia to move speedily and appoint its members of the Tripartite Commission to start the repatriation of Somalia refugees in this country. Addressing the African Union (SU) High-Level Roundtable on Durable Solutions For Displaced Persons and...

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Generosity brings Somali woman to Brisbane for facial reconstruction

By Cameron Atfield Brisbane Times and Sun-Herald journalist The long wait for a Somali woman left horribly disfigured when she was shot  in the face as a child is almost over.Ayaan Mohamed, now 25, suffered horrific facial injuries as a result of the  attack during Somalia’s brutal civil war.In addition to cosmetic disfigurement, Ms Mohamed...

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Kenya: Al Shabaab Man Jailed 21 Years

By Martin Mwaura An al Shaabab member has been jailed for 21 years by a Mombasa court. Salim Chagawa Karisa aka Issa was arrested last year in an operation by officers against youths who had returned from Somali after receiving training from the al Shabaab. He appeared before resident magistrate Abraham Gachie accused of planning...

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Breaking the cycle of youth unemployment, poverty

DAKAR,  (IRIN) – Youth unemployment and underemployment are among the main barriers to development in West Africa, say experts. Not only does the exclusion of young people from the labour force perpetuate generational cycles of poverty, it also breaks down social cohesion and can be associated with higher levels of crime and violence among idle...

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Car bomb explodes outside Mogadishu hotel as police chief meets inside, officer says

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A police officer in Somalia’s capital says that a car bomb exploded outside a Mogadishu hotel as senior police officers were meeting inside. The police officer, Capt. Mohamed Hussein, said that at least four people were wounded in the remotely triggered blast on Monday. Hussein said that Mogadishu’s police chief was among...

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Stubbing out Mao’s smoky legacy

Beijing, China – With rhetoric frequently echoing the Great Helmsman, President Xi Jinping has on several occasions given the impression of being a loyal Maoist. But there’s one burning issue on which China’s leader goes head-to-head with Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping – the war against smoking. Chairman Mao Zedong was a notorious chain-smoker. In...