By Edmund Blair NAIROBI,(Reuters) – Abdusalam Omer has been replaced as Somalia’s central bank governor after seven months in the job, he said on Thursday, once again strongly denying graft allegations made by United Nations monitors. The allegations in a U.N. report linking him to irregularities regarding millions of dollars withdrawn from the bank have also been...
By EMMA INNES Sugary foods and drinks should come with a smoking-style health warning, according to a leading Dutch health expert. Paul van der Velpen, head of Amsterdam’s health service, said that sugar is ‘the most dangerous drug of our time’. The health chief – from a city that has a famously liberal attitude to cannabis...
Maxine Frith A chef who worked in London before returning to his wartorn homeland of Somalia to open a restaurant has vowed to continue with his business despite being targeted by Islamic extremists for the third time in a year. Ahmed Jama has been dubbed “the masterchef of Mogadishu” since opening The Village chain of...
1. Today a landmark Conference on A New Deal for Somalia was held in Brussels,co-hosted by the Somali Federal Government and the European Union (EU), with participation from Somali regions, Members of Parliament and civil society, as well as international friends and partners. 2. We met at a crucial time for the Somali people as...
By CHRIS PLEASANCE More than 1,500 new cases of female genital mutilation have been revealed by a single London maternity unit and staff admit that other cases could have ‘slipped through the net.’ St George’s hospital in Tooting has treated nearly 200 women a year since it started keeping records on the violent practice. While most...
PORT ELIZABETH, More than 150 Somali owned shops have been looted in four days of xenophobic violence in South Africa’s coastal city of Port Elizabeth, police said Wednesday. “Since Sunday when all the trouble started, 150 shops have been looted and it is spreading to other townships. The situation is still tense,” police spokeswoman colonel...
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed believes President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto are “not guilty” of crimes against humanity because three other suspects in their cases earlier had their charges dropped. Ms Mohammed who is in London told the BBC’s HARDTalkon Wednesday afternoon that the two shouldn’t be standing trial...
W.T. Faarax Cali Gammuute Arar Wax la yidhi, rag lays ku tiriyo ayay ka sebaanba ahaayeen. Wayse ahaan jirtaye, midkood baa loo gawaamay.’Lagu ma dhaamee, dhaqaaq’ baa lagu yidhi. Cagtaa laga gujiyay. Damac baa hor booday. Gacantuu u haadiyay.Isna yidhi bal soo haabo. Raggay isku lugta ahaayeen ayuu u ged baxay. Guuxiisii ayuu u sheegtay....
Kulanti wacan oo wanaagsan dhageystayaal meel kasta oo aad joogtaan, Qoddobada warka maanta aan idiin hayno waxaa mid ah, Gudgoomiyaha Barlamaanka ahna kusimaha Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo Baydhabo kulama kula leh wax garadka ka soo jeeda deegaannadaasi, weerarro gaadmo ah oo lagu qaaday ciiddan ka mid ah kuwa dowladda iyo AMISOM oo marayay halka lagu magacaabo yaaqbari...
EARLIER this week the Director of Public Prosecutions announced that benefit fraudsters would now be treated like any other thieves and could face prison sentences of up to 10 years. That makes a lot of sense. By: Stephen Pollard Fraud needs to be stamped on – especially when hardworking taxpayers cash is being stolen. But when...