A teenage girl and her young niece arrived unaccompanied from Somalia earlier this year and have now gone missing Police are appealing for information to trace a missing six-year-old girl and her teenage aunt. Zeenat Abdala, 16, and her niece Lutfiya Salum were last seen at around noon on Saturday as they left their home...
Somali refugees fear forcible return from Kenya as hunger looms
By: Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Many Somali refugees living in Kenya believe they will be forced to return home, with more than 300 out of almost half a million asking for help with repatriation, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said amid warnings of worsening hunger due to poor rains. The UNHCR...
Ethiopia to Improve Trade Facilitation
press release Today the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) and the Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) have signed an Agreement worth US$ 7.3 million to establish an electronic Single Window (eSW) system for international trade. The main objective of this project is to set up a Single Window System that will facilitate international...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta waxaad ku maqli doontaa dhegeystayaal: Madaxweyne Xasan sheekh oo la kulmay kaaliyaha xoghayaha arrimaha dibadda ee Mareykanka oo safar ku timid Muqdisho, gudiga joogtada ah ee baarlamanka oo ka hadlay xilliga ku habboon in barlamanka la hor keeno R/wasaaraha cusub ee Soomaaliya iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan halkan ka dhegeyso: Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Nelson Mandela laid to rest
After more than a week of pomp and ceremony, Mandela was remembered in a final service filled with deeply personal tributes In the end, one of the most enduring images was one of the last. Against the backdrop of the hills of his childhood and draped in the multi-coloured flag of the new South Africa that he...
Africa Indebted to Mandela: Desalegn
Qunu — Africa is indebted to former president Nelson Mandela for the sacrifices he made to the continent, Ethiopian Prime Minister and African Union chairman Hailemariam Desalegn said on Sunday. “It is altogether fitting that the entire world pays tribute and bids farewell to this iconic leader and champion of the ideals of justice and...
Somali families in cyclone-hit Puntland get aid from QRC
DOHA: Qatar Alliance for the Relief of the people of Somalia and Philippines has distributed food and non-food items to 1,000 Somali families in cyclone-hit Puntland as part the first phase of emergency relief. The aid allocated to each family consists of 25kg of rice, 25kg of flour, 15kg of sugar, 6lt of cooking oil,...
Four killed in explosion on bus in Kenya capital
Nairobi — An explosion on a bus in Nairobi killed four people and wounded 36 Saturday in the fourth attack to rock the week marking the 50th anniversary of Kenya’s independence. The string of attacks, for which no one has claimed responsibility, have left a total of 13 people dead since Tuesday. “We are investigating...
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Wararka aan maanta idiin heynno waxaa ka mid ah: Deegaanka Lambar 50 oo ay ku dagaallameen ciiddamo ka wada tirsan kuwa dowladda Soomaaliya, Fadhigii baarlamaanka oo maanta Kooram la’aan u baaqday, Dibad baxyo lagu soo dhaweynayay R/wasaaraha cusub oo Muqdisho ka dhacay iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan halkan ka dhegeyso: Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Bomb blasts in Kenya kill one near Somalia border: police
At least one person was killed and three others seriously wounded when twin explosions rocked the Kenyan town of Wajir near the Somalia border late Friday, police said on Saturday. The blasts ripped through the town market shortly after 8:00 pm, a senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. “It looks like these...
