Meet the presidential candidate who confounds stereotypes and wants to confront injustice. ByElsa Buchanan Fadumo Dayib Fadumo Dayib hopes to defy patriarchy, confront injustice and triumph over adversity Fadumo Dayib was only 14 when she learned to read and write, but the human rights activist is now vying to become Somalia’s first female president in...
April 30, 2025
Category: Somali News & Politics
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IMF sees financing for Somalia if government sticks to reforms
NAIROBI, Somalia may be eligible to tap financing from the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral lenders if it maintains a reform program intended to help rebuild the country’s war-shattered economy, the IMF country head said. Prospects for peace after more than two decades of conflict have been boosted after Somalis agreed to elect a...
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Ilhan Omar makes history with victory over long-serving Rep. Phyllis Kahn
By J. Patrick Coolican and Mara Klecker, Star Tribune Neighborhood activist Ilhan Omar made history Tuesday by winning a fiercely competitive DFL primary in a Minneapolis House district, which means she likely will become the nation’s first Somali-American legislator next year. Her victory was all the more remarkable for beating DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn, a...
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The Nauru files: 2,000 leaked reports reveal scale of abuse of children in Australian offshore detention
By Paul Farrell, Nick Evershed and Helen Davidson The Guardian The devastating trauma and abuse inflicted on children held by Australia in offshore detention has been laid bare in the largest cache of leaked documents released from inside its immigration regime. More than 2,000 leaked incident reports from Australia’s detention camp for asylum seekers on...
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Ban welcomes election timetable in Somalia, says ‘milestone’ process must be fair and transparent
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Evan Schneider (file) Welcoming today the announcement by Somalia of a timetable for the 2016 electoral process, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted that process for the upcoming polls, which sets October for presidential elections, is an important milestone in the country’s journey towards democracy. In a statement issued by his...
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The polls are here but is Somalia ready?
The term of the current Somalia government ends in September, but will the presidential and parliamentary elections be held by August 20 as announced? The candidates are ready, the donors have conditions but the process is mired in unpreparedness. TEA GRAPHIC | NATION MEDIA GROUP By FRED OLUOCH The term of the current Somalia government ends...
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Investigator quits over cop hire, Bordeleau defends decision
BY SHAAMINI YOGARETNAM On the same day Abdirahman Abdi was pronounced dead, Ottawa police moved to hire a Somali-Canadian man who had failed a background check, prompting the civilian investigator in charge of vetting officers to resign, Postmedia has learned. On July 25, just after 3 p.m. Abdi, 37, was pronounced dead in hospital after...
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United States Ambassador to Somalia Presents Letter of Credence to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Press Statement For Immediate Release The United States Ambassador to Somalia Stephen M. Schwartz presented a copy of his letter of credence from President Barack Obama to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisalam Omar Hadliye on August 9, 2016, at a meeting in Mogadishu. The letter of credence formally designates Ambassador Schwartz to be President...
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Somalia election 2016: Candidate profiles
Somalia presidential candidates. ILLUSTRATIONS | JOHN NYAGAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP By The EastAfrican HASSAN SHEIKH MOHAMUD Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will be defending his seat, in the face of accusations of performing below par. A lot was expected of Mohamud when he...
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Police shooting that wounded Utah teen ruled justified
By BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY, Police were justified in shooting and critically wounding a 17-year-old Somali refugee in a confrontation that sparked unrest and protests in Salt Lake City earlier this year, a Utah prosecutor decided Monday. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said officers acted appropriately when they fired at Abdi Mohamed...