Amid fears over the coronavirus pandemic, people around the world have adjusted to the new normal and began taking preventive measures, such as social distancing and home isolation. But these measures have dealt a heavy blow to particular trades, like barbers. Jama Abdi Jama, a Somali barber, was excited to open a new shop in...
April 25, 2025
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Tacsi: Marxuum Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi
Bahda tifatirka shabakadda WardheerNews waxay iyagoo ka tiiraanyaysan halkan tacsi uga dirayaan Qoyskii, ehelkii, asxaabtii iyo guud ahaanba shacabka Soomaaliyeed geerida marxuum Maxmed Cabdi Xaashi, madaxweynihii hore ee Puntland oo xalay ku geeriyooday magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya. Waxaanu si gaara halkan tacsi ugu diraynaa Dr Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cabdi Xaashi iyo guud ahaanba qoyska marxuumka....
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July 12, 2020July 12, 2020Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
Eritrea Says Prize-Winning Ethiopian Peace-Pact Is Falling Short
A treaty that earned Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 is failing to meet the expectations of neighboring Eritrea. “Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement, Ethiopian troops continue to be present in our sovereign territories,” Eritrea’s Ministry of Information said on its website on Saturday. “Trade and...
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July 12, 2020July 12, 2020Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Saudi Arabia’s aid agency provides aid to fire-ravaged camp in Somaliland
HARGEISA: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), in cooperation with the National Displacement and Refugee Agency (NDRA) in Somaliland, distributed 45 tons of food and shelter aid to the displaced people affected by the fire that broke out in the camp of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The aid has...
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July 11, 2020July 11, 2020Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Ethiopian Naval Ambitions
By Ankit Malhotra, Modern Diplomacy Ethiopia is gradually and steadily opening up doors and minds to international relations. Testament to this was when French President Macron sealed a deal with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed when they met in March 2019. The French signalled plans to invest 2.8 Billion Euros in hopes of awakening a sleeping African...
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July 11, 2020July 11, 2020Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
Uganda cracks down on media ahead of elections in 2021, watchdog says
Elias Biryabarema GANGA, Uganda, July 10 (Reuters) – – Uganda’s security forces are cracking down on authors and journalists who challenge the 34-year-old rule of President Yoweri Museveni ahead of elections next year, a watchdog told Reuters. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it documented the cases of 10 journalists and writers...
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July 11, 2020July 11, 2020Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
Kenya’s Amina Mohamed for WTO top job
By Derrick Oluoch Kenya submitted the candidature of Sports and Culture Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohamed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the post of Director General, a position that eluded her seven years ago. Ambassador Amina Mohamed, 58, will need to see off seven other contestants including two Africans to replace Brazil’s Robert Azevêdo...
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July 11, 2020July 11, 2020Global News & Politics, News, Religion, Slideshow
Erdogan declares Hagia Sophia a mosque after Turkish court ruling
Daren Butler, Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to begin in two weeks, after a top court ruled the ancient building’s conversion to a museum by modern Turkey’s founding statesman was illegal. Erdogan spoke on Friday just hours after the court...
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Cadale: Hawl-wadeenno caafimaad oo si iskood ah ugu istaagay hoos u dhigidda umul-raaca hooyada
Xirfadlayaal iyo takhaariir is abaabulay ayaa xarunta adeegyada hooyada iyo dhallaanka ee Raasi Hosbitaal iskood uga abaabulay adeegyo caafimad oo bilaash ah, kaasoo wax wayn ka taray dhibaatooyinkii hooyooyinka ka haystay dhalmada oo marar badan keeni jirtay in Muqdisho loola cararo. Dumarka umulaya ayaa ku tiirsanaa umuliso-dhaqameedyo iyo rugta hooyada iyo dhallaanka ee (MCH) ee...
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July 11, 2020July 11, 2020Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
1,500 shut down freeway briefly to protest Ethiopia’s treatment of Oromo
The Oromo, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, are engaged in a conflict with that country’s government. By Matt McKinney A crowd of 1,500 people calling for human rights and democracy walked onto Interstate 35W in downtown Minneapolis Friday evening to protest the Ethiopian government’s treatment of the Oromo people, shutting down the roadway for more...