By Vidhi Doshi Transporting “jihad’s white gold” from the African bush to Asian cities is no small feat, but under the watchful eyes of the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, but the process runs like clockwork. That is the claim of Andrea Crosta, executive director of the Elephant Action League (EAL), who has spent years...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Puntland Diaspora Forum Expresses Condolences on Death of Former Prime Minister, Abdirizak Haji Hussein
Puntland Diaspora Forum (PDF) is saddened by the death of former Prime Minister, Abdirizak Haji Hussein, on Friday January 31st, 2014, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On behalf of all members of PDF, we would like to express our deepest sympathy with the family and friends of the deceased. Abdirizak Haji Hussein was a well-known principled politician...
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World trade’s dirty secret: abandoned ships
More sailors have been abandoned by their employers than taken hostage by Somali pirates, a controversial practice to avoid big expenses. KOSTAS TSIRONIS / BLOOMBERG NEWS Ramez Haddad, the captain of the stranded Moldova-registered cargo vessel JSM, right, stands on the quayside with Majdi Ali, a crew member, in Kiato, Greece in October. More mariners...
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Md. Cabdiraxmaan Ducaale oo maanta xilka Wasaaradda Arr.Dibadda la wareegay
Mogadishu, – Wasiirka cusub ee Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda iyo Iskaashiga Caalamiga Dr. Cabdiraxmaan Ducaale Beyle ayaa maanta xilka Wasaaradaasi kala wareegay Wasiirkii hore Fawsiya Yuusuf X. Aadan kadib munaasabad balaaran oo si heer sare ah loo soo agaasimay oo maanta ka dhacday Xarunta Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda iyo Iskaashiga Caalamiga ah oo ku taala Caasimadda Muqdisho. Munaasabadan ayaa qabsoontay...
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Kenyan police clash with Muslim youths in port city -witness
MOMBASA, Kenya: Muslim youths fought street battles on Sunday with Kenyan police outside a mosque where radical clerics regularly preach in the port city of Mombasa. The police fired teargas and live rounds over the heads of taunting crowds, who hurled stones back. It was not immediately clear why the clashes had broken out. Many...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah: Ciiddamada Kiinya oo Kismaayo ka baxaya, Dagaalo ka dhacay shabeelaha dhaxe iyo buuraha Galgala ee Puntland, xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya oo sheegtay in ay xoogga saareyso xasilinta ammaanka dalka iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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Drones or UAVs? The search for a more positive name
By Owen Bennett-Jones At the moment only the US, the UK and Israel are using armed drones – but many others are building them – because they bring new capabilities Take, as an example, this story I heard on a trip to Pakistan last year. An Arab militant used to sleep in the same...
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Turkey Africa’s no. 1 friend: Former Djibouti PM tells AA
ADDIS ABABA Former Djiboutian Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita has described Turkey as “Africa’s number-one friend”. “Africa has now new friends and Turkey is number-one friend of Africa,” Dileita told Anadolu Agency during a visit to the newly-opened AA Regional Bureau in Addis Ababa on Friday. He said that relations between African countries and Turkey...
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The boy who can’t go near pregnant women: Teenager has contagious virus that can cause disabilities in unborn babies
By EMMA INNES A teenager is being forced to attend an all-boys school because he is dangerous to women – at least if they’re pregnant. Bryant Hackett, 14, has been diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) and has been told by medics he is to avoid close contact with expectant women for the foreseeable future. Although the virus...
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Police deny holding Somali diplomat
PHOTO | FILE National Security Intelligence Service Director Michael Gichangi (left) and Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo. Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a Somali diplomat said to be held in custody after police denied that he had been arrested. By ZADOCK ANGIRA Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a Somali diplomat said to be held...