The federal government has rejected claims that Somali refugees in Indonesia are being forced to come to Australia by boat because Australia refuses to resettle them. The federal government has rejected claims that Somali refugees in Indonesia would not be accepted through Australia’s resettlement programs. It follows Australian media reports that Somali refugees had been...
By Joseph Akwiri Kenyan police shot dead two suspected militants on Monday who they said were planning attacks in the country on behalf of Somalia’s al Shabaab. During a dawn raid on a house in the port city of Mombasa, police shot Kassim Omollo after he defied orders to surrender and returned fire, senior police...
By JUDIE KABERIA NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 17 – Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed said on Monday that plans are at an advanced stage for Kenya to start repatriating Somali refugees to their country. Mohammed said a major conference to agree on modalities of repatriating the over one million Somali refugees will be held in Nairobi...
Muqdisho, Juun 17, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Safiirka Soomaaliya ufadhiya Konfur Afrika oo kulan la qaatay Haweenka Soomaaliyeed ee Konfur Afrika, Wasiirka difaaca dalka oo booqday goob tababar ciidan oo ku taala Muqdisho, Xubin ka mid ah guddiga doorasooyinka Putland oo is casilay, iyo...
By Karafillis Giannoulis AMISOM, the African Union Mission in Somalia, will receive an additional support of €33 million by the European Commission. EU High Representative Catherine Aston commented, “supporting AMISOM is a key element of the EU’s comprehensive approach to Somalia, assuring the security necessary for the Federal Government of Somalia to provide governance, re-establish the...
A judge failed to properly instruct a jury about a phone call between a terror suspect and a sheikh in Somalia before the man was convicted of plotting to attack a Sydney army base, a court has been told. Saney Edow Aweys’ barrister, David Neal SC, said Victorian Supreme Court Justice Betty King did not...
Marwin Meier Health and Advocacy Manager, World Vision in Germany FRANKFURT, GERMANY — Little Omar is not agreeing to the routine medical treatment. But what little 11-month old child likes being dragged from his mom, laid on a measuring board and being prodded in the belly by a stranger? Omar vents his disagreement to the...
Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009 Ewen MacAskill, Nick Davies, Nick Hopkins, Julian Borger and James Ball Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted on the instructions of their British government hosts,...
Press Release The Jubbaland State Government welcomes the UN Security Council Press Statement of June 13, 2013 and supports its provisions that “all parties to refrain from any action which may threaten the peace and stability of the Juba regions” and to “engage in dialogue in a constructive manner to achieve a peaceful resolution to...
By Ed McKenna ADDIS ABABA/LONDON , Jun 16 2013 (IPS) – Ethiopia may be one of the fastest-growing, non-oil producing economies in Africa in recent years, but corruption in this Horn of Africa nation is a deterrent to foreign investors looking for stable long-term partnerships in developing countries. “Bankers, miners and developers presenting projects to investment...