By WINSLEY MASESE The phenomenal growth of Somali businesses in Kenya’s commercial towns and urban centres is an envy to any would-be entrepreneur or business person. From the often frequented restaurants in Nairobi’s Central Business District to well-stocked boutiques their business models have created a massive economic touch, which cannot be overlooked. Behind this upward...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Growing number of Somali refugees making Milwaukee home
By Georgia Pabst Omar Mohamad left his war-torn homeland of Somalia when he was about 6. For the next decade, his family lived in a refugee camp in Kenya. Finally, in 2004, he and some family members were resettled in Milwaukee. He remembers it was October and the first time he had worn a jacket. Although...
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How Hollywood cloaked South Sudan in celebrity and fell for the ‘big lie’
Daniel Howden When violence erupted two weeks ago in the world’s youngest country, one of the first voices to speak out, before the US president or the head of the United Nations, was that of the Hollywood actor George Clooney. There was nothing particularly objectionable about his counsel, which in any case was more likely...
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Djibouti to Send More Troops to Somalia
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh says his country will send more troops to violence-ridden Somalia within the next three weeks. Guelleh told VOA’s Somali service his country will deploy one more battalion to boost its troop presence in central Somalia. He said operations will soon begin to liberate the town of Bulobarde in central Somalia,...
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Too good to be true? Diet drink that acts like a gastric band could help people to lose up to a stone, claim scientists
By LIZ HULL It sounds too good to be true. A diet drink which claims to help people lose up to a stone in weight by mimicking the actions of a gastric band is to go on sale in Britain. The makers of Full & Slim say it works by expanding in the stomach to convince...
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Women Accelerate Challenge to Saudi Driving Ban
Saudi police on Saturday pulled over a woman minutes after she got behind the wheel in the Red Sea city of Jeddah after activists called for a new challenge to a driving ban. “Only 10 minutes after Tamador al-Yami got behind the wheel police stopped her,” activist Eman al-Nafjan told AFP, adding that Yami carries...
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Warsaxaafadeed: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo Muqdisho ku soo laabtay
Muqdisho, Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamud iyo wafdigii uu hoggaaminayey oo ay ka mid aheyd Ra’iisul Wasaare Ku xigeeen ahna Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibedda Marwo Fowzia Yusuf Haji Adam ayaa maanta Muqdisho ku soo laabtay ka dib markii ay Nairobi shalay uga qeybgaleen Shir Madaxeedka dalalka IGAD oo looga hadlayey arrimaha dalka South...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan: Madaxweynaha Jabuuti oo sheegay in ay ciidan dheeraad ah geynayaan Soomaaliya, Dagmada Afgooye oo laga saarayo ciidanka xoogga dalka lana geynayo kuwa Boolis ah iyo Naba sugid iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso:
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Ismail, maimed in Somalia, is thriving in Arctic Circle
Teenager spirited out of Mogadishu after his limbs were hacked off by Al Shabab is adapting well to life in Norway, doing well in school and dreaming big. By: Michelle Shephard HARSTAD, NORWAY—A warm glow starts to spread over the white-capped mountains framing this snowy island town, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. The polar...
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Dadaab: A place as famous as Hollywood
By MOHAMMED HUSSEIN HASSAN Its stories are carried in some of the world’s best newspapers. Influential people have visited it over the years, and journalists from different parts of the world spend years here making documentaries on life in the camp. Welcome to Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp and home to half a million...