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Air Uganda sets date for Mogadishu service launch
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Air Uganda sets date for Mogadishu service launch

BY DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME (eTN) – Air Uganda has just announced the launch date for their latest destination – Mogadishu in Somalia. Starting on 08th of July, U7 will fly nonstop between Entebbe and Mogadishu initially three times a week, offering government officials, army personnel and a growing number of business people from Uganda...

Black Hawk Up
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Black Hawk Up

By Michael Durant I was one of two MH-60L Black Hawk pilots, call sign Super Six-Four, shot down over Mogadishu in October 1993. It happened in the midst of perhaps the most infamous U.S. battle since the Vietnam War. It ended up being told in the film Black Hawk Down. I survived the crash, but was severely injured. I couldn’t...

Dhagayso Warka Radio Wardheer
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Dhagayso Warka Radio Wardheer

Muqdisho, Juun 14, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Soomaalinad oo diiday in Hargeysa ay xafiis ka furato Qaramada Midobay,Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo gaaray London,kulamana ka qeybgalaya,dadka reer Iraan oo dooranaya madaxweyne iyo qodobo kale oo caalami ah

Stress can cause permanent damage to a man’s sperm – and affect the mental health of his children
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Stress can cause permanent damage to a man’s sperm – and affect the mental health of his children

By SUZANNAH HILLS Stress can cause permanent damage to a man’s sperm and even stunt his children’s brain development, a new study has found. Researchers have discovered that suffering anxiety or depression as an adult, teenager or even as a child could cause a lasting genetic change in a man’s sperm. Scientists conducting a study on...

New UN envoy hails Somaliland as ‘island of relative peace and stability’ in insecure region
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New UN envoy hails Somaliland as ‘island of relative peace and stability’ in insecure region

The new United Nations envoy for Somalia arrived today in Somaliland, which he said has remained “an island of relative peace and stability” and could provide lessons for peace consolidation throughout the wider region. “We are…here to learn and to support initiatives that will lead to sustainable peace, stability and prosperity in Somalia and beyond,”...

Home health care business owner ‘shoots dead three of his employees
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Home health care business owner ‘shoots dead three of his employees

Michael Zennie A small business owner in St Louis pulled out  a gun and shot dead all three of his employees after an argument and then killed  himself, it was revealed Thursday. The owner of AK Home Health Care could seen  on surveillance cameras shouting at his employees in the tiny office Thursday  afternoon before...

Uganda President Backs Ethiopia in Dam Row With Egypt
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Uganda President Backs Ethiopia in Dam Row With Egypt

By Nicholas Bariyo KAMPALA–The Ugandan president has backed Ethiopia’s plans to construct a new $4.7 billion hydro power plant along the river Nile, which Egypt is fiercely opposed to over fears that will hurt water supply to its 84 million people. President Yoweri Museveni said in a national address that Ethiopia as well as other...

How a cup of hot chocolate before bedtime could PREVENT diabetes
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How a cup of hot chocolate before bedtime could PREVENT diabetes

By NICOLA ROWE Forget everything you’ve been told about hot chocolate being an indulgence: a cup before bedtime could fend off diabetes, a study has found. Mice fed a high fat diet that causes type 2 diabetes – the obesity-related form of the condition – suffered less inflammation when given cocoa powder as well. Researchers believe...

Somalian asylum seeker commits suicide
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Somalian asylum seeker commits suicide

Friends say he was distraught after refused amnesty Florence,  A 31-year-old man from Somalia who committed suicide in Florence on Thursday had recently been refused asylum by Italian authorities, the city’s head of the Somalian community, Osman Gaal, said. Witnesses said that the man living in a northern neighborhood of the Tuscan capital threw himself...

Ethiopian parliament votes to strip Egypt of rights to majority of Nile water
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Ethiopian parliament votes to strip Egypt of rights to majority of Nile water

Tensions rise between neighbours over £4.7bn Great Renaissance Dam project Reuters in Addis Ababa Ethiopia‘s parliament has unanimously ratified a treaty that strips Egyptof its right to the lion’s share of the Nile river waters, raising the political temperature in a dispute between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the construction of a dam. The parliament’s move...