Osman Abdullahi Mohamed, of Servia Gardens in Woodhouse, Leeds, posed as his brother, father and brother-in-law to claim bogus jobseekers allowance and social fund payments, Leeds Crown Court heard. After his arrest he told police the three men – Mohammed Abdullah Hussein, Mohamed Ali and Mahdi Hussein Hussein – had returned from the UK to...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Banned Somali charcoal still finds ways into Gulf
By DALTON BENNETT KHASAB, Oman (AP) — Charcoal from Somalia is prized in Gulf nations: Made from acacia trees, it’s slow burning and gives a sweet aroma to the region’s beloved grilled meats and to tobacco burned in waterpipes. It is also banned by the United Nations, because its shipments rake in millions of dollars a...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan manta: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo ka hadlay dagaalada ka socda qeyba ka mid ah dalka gaar ahaan deegaanada Shabeelaha Hoose iyo dagaaladaas oo wali sii soconaya galayna maalintii sadaxaad iyo warar kale.
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Somali MPs to vote on new premier
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF The Speaker of Somalia’s Federal Parliament Professor Mohamed Osman Jawari has stated that legislators will gather at the People’s Hall on Wednesday to endorse or not to endorse the newly appointed Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. Prof Jawari made the announcement following the 24th meeting by the leadership of the parliament at...
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Somalia: Somaliland Police Close Hubaal Newspaper Offices, Arrest Two Journalists
Somaliland regional police shut down Hubaal News Network after raiding its headquarters in Hargeisa Friday (December 13th), arresting two journalists. “Heavily armed [Rapid Reinforcement Unit] of Somaliland police raided our office and closed it, taking with them two journalists. We do not know where they have taken them,” Hubaal newspaper chairman Mohamed Ahmed Jama told...
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Somali refugee left disfigured by anaconda attack is transformed by Texas doctors
by JANET ST. JAMES FORT WORTH –– Not long ago, a walk in public would have made 30-year-old Mohamed Abdulle self-conscious. When Abdulle fled civil war torn Somalia with his brothers at 10-years-old, he woke up in the middle of one night to something he couldn’t imagine. “The way he described it,” said interpreter Asli Parker, “is...
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Study Links Autism and Somalis in Minneapolis
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. A long-awaited study has confirmed the fears of Somali residents in Minneapolis that their children suffer from higher rates of a disabling form of autism compared with other children there. The study — by the University of Minnesota, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the research and advocacy group Autism Speaks — found...
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Warka Raaadiyo Wardheer
wararka raadiyo Wardheer waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan: Dagaalo wali ka socda qeyba ka mid ah gobolka Shabeelaha hoose iyo bara kac ka bilowday AMISOM oo loo magacaabay hogaan cusub oo badala kii hore iyo warar kale Halkan ka dhegayso: Warka Raadiyo wardheer
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Over 7,000 non-Saudi govt workers sacked
The Ministry of Civil Service has terminated the contracts of 7,468 non-Saudi employees working at several ministries and government directorates over the past year, according to latest statistics. According to statistics from the Human Resource Development Fund at the Ministry of Civil Service, the ministry had previously contracted 3,196 non-Saudi employees — 1,404 men and...
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African migrants abandon Israeli detention center in protest march
(Reuters) – More than 100 African migrants have abandoned an “open” Israeli detention center to try to march on Jerusalem in protest at a law allowing authorities to keep them in custody indefinitely, activists said on Monday. Israel views most of the more than 50,000 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants who have crossed its border on...