Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2018 ‘Africa’s Outstanding Food Services by a Carrier’ Award as voted by PAX International readers at a ceremony held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg, Germany in April 2018. Mr....
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Uhuru says Kenya cannot be safe if Somalia is unstable
African Union soldiers from Burundi stand to attention in Mogadishu on July 11, 2017. Amisom has 22,000 soldiers with Kenya contributing 3,664 soldiers. PHOTO | MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB | AFP By AGGREY MUTAMBO The Kenyan government has warned that the activities of foreign powers seeking to undermine the government in Mogadishu are a threat to regional...
Despite violence, Somalia eyes a clean energy future – UN
Megan Rowling LISBON, Providing clean energy to Somalis, including those uprooted from their homes in the conflict-torn country, could both improve lives there and provide new opportunities for entrepreneurs, the U.N. envoy to Somalia said. Despite persistent violence, Somalia is “slowly sorting its problems out”, with efforts underway to rebuild the state, raise more tax...
In Twin Cities’ Somali community, a push against online shaming
By Mila Koumpilova RENÉE JONES SCHNEIDER, STAR TRIBUNE Savage police have investigated Yasmin Ali’s ex-boyfriend after a sex video of them was posted online. Yasmin Ali didn’t leave her home for weeks after a video of her having sex with a former boyfriend showed up online. Caught in a wave of community backlash, the Savage mother...
No hurry to Hargeisa city, the cheerful capital of Somaliland
The entrance to Mansoor Hotel. PHOTO| JOHN FOX By JOHN FOX When I tell people that I am off to Somalia or Somaliland in the morning they usually offer some kind of commiseration. But they needn’t. A trip there is never boring, especially when you know that you will be catching a plane back in...
Displaced persons in Somalia on receiving end as floods wreak havoc
MOGADISHU, The internally displaced persons in Somalia are once again staring at a humanitarian crisis as torrential rains accompanied by floods wreak havoc in their makeshift dwelling place. Both the government and relief agencies have sounded alarm over a looming crisis as flooding intensified in the strife-torn Horn of Africa state which has in the...
Weapons stolen from UAE training facility in Somalia, sold on open market
Abdi Sheikh, Feisal Omer Weapons looted from a former United Arab Emirates (UAE) military training camp are displayed during a Reuters interview in Mogadishu, Somalia April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 600 weapons were stolen in the past week from a former United Arab Emirates-run training centre in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu...
We’re stuck in Somalia, says Army chief
By RISDEL KASASIRA, Daily Monitor. The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen David Muhoozi, has said Ugandan soldiers deployed in Somalia to fight the al-Shabaab are stranded due to underfunding, logistical deficits and a challenged Somali national force. In an interview with this newspaper last Thursday, Gen Muhoozi said UPDF has as a result collapsed some...
DP World should rethink port deals in Somalia: foreign minister
Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s foreign minister said on Friday that Dubai state-owned port operator DP World (DPW.DI) should reconsider its contract with the breakaway region of Somaliland and work with federal authorities so Somalia’s sovereignty is not violated. “We are asking DP World to reconsider these agreements,particularly the one in Berbera port since...
Gates backs gene technologies in fight to end malaria
LONDON, (Reuters) – Gene-editing technologies that alter mosquitoes’ DNA could prove critical in the fight against malaria, Bill Gates said on Wednesday, and ethical concerns should not block progress in such gene-modifying research. Speaking at the Malaria Forum conference in London, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist said that while gene editing raises “legitimate questions”,...