Saudi Arabia’s military pressure on Assad served only to make him seek more help from Russia, precipitating intervention which the US was not prepared to oppose By Patrick Cockburn Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the most powerful figure in Saudi decision making Getty Images As recently as two years...
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The Mogadishu I never imagined!
By Umaimah Abdulahi Issa “I can’t believe am letting you go” she frowned. “Don’t worry about me hooyo, did you not travel to Mogadishu for your higher studies at a younger age than mine”, I replied trying to ease on her. “But that was another Mogadishu, where tranquility and peace existed, it was times when...
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WDN Persons of the year 2016: Hassan Abukar and Faisal Roble
By WardheerNews WardheerNews recognizes Hassan Abukar and Faisal Roble as their persons of the year. Although Hassan and Faisal hail from different regions, they have a common bond through their writings for the love of country in this climate where everything Somali is derided around the world. Given their continues, never yielding, daring writing on...
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Somali refugee in Milwaukee publishes book
By John Schmid At a time when the United Nations says the world has never seen so many refugees, with tens of millions displaced by war and persecution, Milwaukee teenager Zeynab Ali is just one more. Born in a refugee tent village in Kenya to parents forced to flee the Somali civil war, Ali landed in...
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Does Hassan Sheikh deserve a second chance?
By Abdelkarim A. Hassan “Somalia must have a working government. I have greatly learned that since I became president.” Hassan Sheikh. The fall of the Barre regime and the subsequent civil war that followed in 1991 caused the displacement of more than 2 million Somalis who are scattered around the world. The uprooting of these...
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Writing about Somalia: Representations and misrepresentations
By Rasna Warah At a recent literary panel discussion held in Nairobi, Asad Hussein, a Somali refugee, who also happens to be a blogger and writer, asked me and the BBC correspondent Andrew Harding whether we felt we were qualified to write books about Somalia given that neither of us is Somali. (Harding was in...
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UK’s first Muslim astronaut aims to put focus on mental health
Contest winner Hussain Manawer says it was not an ambition to go to space, he just wanted to be taken more seriously Hussain Manawer’s public profile has soared since he won the competition. Photograph: Teri Pengilley for the Guardian By Haroon Saddique For most people who go into space it is a dream come true,...
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Trump repeating some behaviors he criticized in Clinton
By Lisa Lerer FILE – In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis. Trump is embracing some of his top attacks on Hillary Clinton as he forms his new administration, engaging in some of the same behavior he...
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Ethiopia prime minister accuses Egyptian institutions of funding opposition groups
This was not the first time that Ethiopia had made such claims, as Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Ministry had previously denied Egypt’s interference in the internal affairs of other countries By Sarah El-Sheikh Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn said that there are Egyptian institutions harbouring, supporting, and funding terrorist groups in Ethiopia, during his interview on...
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Egypt-Gulf relations tested by Saudi visit to Ethiopia dam
A Saudi visit to Ethiopia and a tweet falsely attributed to a Qatari official have harmed relations between Cairo and Gulf monarchies Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir and Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Jeddah on 23 July 2015 (AFP) Egyptian media lashed out at Saudi Arabia over a high-level Saudi delegation visit to the Grand...