ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has repatriated over 100,000 citizens from Saudi Arabia, Addis Ababa’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, following a violent crackdown against illegal immigrants in the oil-rich kingdom. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said that up to 50,000 more citizens are still expected to come home. “Last night, arrivals from Saudi reached 100,620,” Tedros...
November 14, 2026
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Somali soldiers passed out in Uganda
A total 139 Somali soldiers were passed out on Wednesday at Bihanga in the western district of Ibanda. The training was conducted by personnel from 9 European Union countries. The European Union has trained Somali soldiers in urban combat skills in preparation for deployment back to Somalia to maintain peace and order. The aim is...
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Ethiopia hailed as ‘African lion’ with fastest creation of millionaires
Michael Buerk’s famished Ethiopia of 1984 has become a nation achieving 93% GDP growth in six years, finds study David Smith “Dawn. And as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside Korem it lights up a biblical famine, now, in the 20th century. This place, say workers here, is the...
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US delays prison for Somali man as officials tell of ‘intelligence watershed’
Spencer Ackerman A Somali man who secretly pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in New York two years ago continues to provide information to the US government in what officials describe as an “intelligence watershed”, the Guardian has learned. Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame has yet to be sentenced and transferred to federal prison for his inevitable incarceration,...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan maanta idiin haynno waxaa ka mid ah: Madaxweyne Xasan oo soo xiray kulan ka soconaayay muddo laba maalin ah xarunta Xalane, iska hor imaad xalay ku dhaxmaray ciiddanka Dowlada iyo Shabaab degmada Hiilwaa, C/wali Gaas oo Garoowe gaaray iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan halkan ka dhegeyso: Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
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What’s better at waking you up – coffee of exercise? Writer discovers 30 seconds of push-ups are more effective than his Starbucks
By ANNA HODGEKISS Millions of us reach for a coffee at least once a day to boost our alertness and counter flagging energy levels. But what if there was a free alternative that worked even better? Writer Gregory Ferenstein believes he has the answer – 30 seconds of high-intensity exercise such as push-ups whenever he feels drowsy....
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Non-Arabs win Qur’an contest
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR The top two prizes of the King Abdul Aziz International Qur’an contest, which was held at the Grand Mosque in Makkah recently, went to non-Arabs from Nigeria and Bangladesh, an official said. Abdullah Basfar, secretary-general of the Jeddah-based International Qur’an Memorization Organization (IQMO), told Arab News: “The King Abdul Aziz competition...
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Smuggling cartels, militants hinder revival of Somali port
BY DRAZEN JORGIC Al Qaeda-linked militants, drug smugglers and shadowy criminal networks stand in the way of the Somali federal government’s hopes of hiring a foreign firm to manage the lucrative but run-down southern port of Kismayu. One of only three deep-water ports in Somalia, Kismayu’s proximity to northern Kenya and Ethiopia has for decades...
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Giraffes on the way to Trindad and Tobago
President of the Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT), Gupte Lutchmedial, provided Newsday with an update on the animals’ travel plans yesterday afternoon. “The giraffes arrived in Miami around 3.30 pm today (Tuesday), after travelling by road from a zoo in Texas. They are scheduled to board a flight at Miami International Airport at...
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After Prime Minister’s Ouster, Somalia Political Divisions Persist
Mohammed Yusuf NAIROBI, KENYA — On Monday, Somali lawmakers voted Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon out of office following weeks of disagreement with the president over a planned cabinet reshuffle. However, the change of prime minister won’t necessarily end Somalia’s political wrangles. As the Somali government marked its one-year anniversary in September, the international community was...