PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate Release) AMISOM Donates IT Equipment to Somali Parliament Mogadishu, 19 January 2014: The Political Affairs Unit of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) today donated ICT equipment to Somalia’s Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Interior and Governance. The donation is part of an ongoing AMISOM’s three-phase project aimed at building capacity...
November 14, 2026
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Muslim diabetics need more support during Ramadan
New research by the universities of Manchester and Keele shows that British Muslims with diabetes may avoid attending GP surgeries to discuss fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. The research, the first of its kind in the UK, found many saw fasting during Ramadan as a religious duty which should be fulfilled in spite...
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Syria crisis: evidence of ‘industrial-scale killing’ by regime spurs call for war crimes charges
Senior war crimes prosecutors say photographs and documents provide ‘clear evidence’ of systematic killing of 11,000 detainees By Ian Black Calls for Assad or other officials to face justice at the international criminal court in The Hague have foundered on the problem that Syria is not a member of the court. Photograph: Reuters Syrian government...
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World’s 85 richest have as much money as 3.5billion poorest people put together
Combined wealth of entrepreneurs including Bill Gates in £1trillion Top 1% earners worth £67.3trillion – 46% of the world’s total wealth Critics claim surge driven by ‘power grabbing’ elites close to politicians By MIA DE GRAAF The 85 richest people in the world now have as much money as the 3.5billion poorest put together. The combined...
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UN Envoy congratulates new political leadership in southern Somalia
The top United Nations official in Somalia today welcomed new leadership in the Interim Jubba Administration and called the establishment of the Executive Council a “milestone” in the country’s political process. “I congratulate Leader Sheikh Ahmed Madobe Islan on the formal inauguration of the Interim Jubba Administration, as well as the appointed Deputy Leaders and...
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South Sudan: the death of a dream
In 2011, South Sudan was born on a wave of hope and promise. A little over two years later, civil war is tearing the country apart. What are the roots of the conflict – and can anything be done to halt the slide into chaos? David Smith South Sudanese government soldiers prepare to fight rebels...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta waxaa ka mid ah: R/wasaraha Soomaaliya oo maanta barlamanka hortagay, bannaanbax lagaga cabanayo isbaaroyin ku soo batay dagmada Hillwaa oo saakay ka dhacay Suuqa xoolaha iyo warar kale. warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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Shaikh Mohammed receives Ethiopian prime minister
Discussions focused on the possible cooperation between the two countries in investments in the industrial, agricultural and tourism sectors. His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received on Sunday morning at the Presidential Palace the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. Shaikh Mohammed with...
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Somali woman living in Willmar can’t get her husband into U.S.
Article by: RANDY FURST , Star Tribune Hundreds of Somalis are struggling to get their families reunited in the United States. Amina Awnur has been trying for five years to get the State Department to issue her husband a visa so he can leave Africa and join her. Photo: Richard Tsong-Taatarii. Amina Awnur is in Willmar. Her husband is...
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Driver gifted car on ‘sponsored’ big fat Saudi wedding
ON ROAD TO PROSPERITY: Salman Al-Oudah, right, and Rashid Al-Shallash, left, present a bouquet to the groom — Indonesian driver Solikin — during the wedding ceremony. (AN photo) JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR In a heart-warming gesture rarely witnessed, a Saudi businessman in Buraidah celebrated the wedding of his Indonesian driver and, what is more, handed...