By LUCAS BARASA lbarassa@ke.nationmedia.com Kenya is looking at ways of returning home thousands of Somalia refugees on its soil. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed met with Somalia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Fawzia Yusuf Adam on Friday and discussed the translocation of the refugees. A statement from the ministry of Foreign...
By Laala Kashef Alghata AIN has helped restore the sight of 4,000 people affected by the spread of disease and drought in Somalia. An outpouring of donations contributed to the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) initiative to build a specialist hospital and teacher’s college in Mogadishu. It has also constructed 10 wells and delivered 240 tonnes...
In the first U.S. trial of its kind in modern times, three Somalis face murder charges in the deaths of four Americans after hijacking their sailboat in 2011. Somali piracy since then has all but vanished. By Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Long before a retired Southern California couple and two friends were...
Ballidogle, African Union troops this morning thwarted an attack by insurgents on the main road between Ballidogle and Berweyn along the Mogadishu – Baidoa road. The ambush was targeted at disrupting the reconstruction and repairs of this main road by AMISOM. The reconstruction of this road is improving a key trade route benefitting the local...
BY ERIC JOHNSTON YOKOHAMA – Meeting on the eve of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, African leaders discussed a number of concerns with the Somalian leader, including immediate basic security issues, as well as more mid- and long-term economic and social needs. Mohamud, in turn, identified his government’s goals: security, meeting basic human needs,...
New York, May 30, 2012–Ethiopian authorities have detained since Friday a reporter who sought to interview people evicted from their homes in a region where the government is building a contentious hydro-electric dam on the Blue Nile, according to a news report and the reporter’s editor. The Committee to Protect Journalists said today that the case highlights...
CAIRO — Ethiopia’s construction of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the world’s longest river threatens to affect flows of water to Nile-dependent, water-starved Egypt, where there is growing outrage, anger and fear. Egypt in the past has threatened to go to war over its “historic rights” to Nile River water but diplomats from both countries...
By Secunder Kermani BBC News, London Concern has been raised over the ease with which a Londoner killed in a drone attack in Somalia was able to attend militant Islamist camps in the country. Bilal Berjawi, from St John’s Wood, was reportedly operating at a senior level within the Islamist group Al Shabab until he...
By Frankline Sunday More Kenyan companies are forging business ties with Somalia as rebuilding of the war-torn country gathers momentum. They want to take leading role in its reconstruction as world powers scramble for the resources and opportunities in the country.Somalia has faced civil strife for the last three decades with State security agents and international forces battling armed militia...
Dane McDonald, News24 Cape Town – All the Somali-owned shops in Port Elizabeth’s Booysen Park have been burned or looted and owners have evacuated the area, police say. “All remaining Somali shop-owners have packed up and left the Booysen Park area,” police spokesperson Stanley Jarvis told News24. “Police are in control of the situation, but...