United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is seen during an interview with Reuters at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 14, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo By Michelle Nichols United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he feared genocide was about to start in South Sudan unless immediate action is taken, renewing his plea for...
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Nadia, 16, has overcome the odds to follow in the footsteps of Sam Cam and Kate Middleton
By Eleanor Harding, Education Correspondent For The Daily Mail A girl whose mother fled war-torn Somalia in the 1980s has won a scholarship to the leading private school that Kate Middleton and Samantha Cameron attended. Nadia Hassan, 16, a comprehensive school girl from one of London’s poorest areas, has been accepted to Marlborough College. She...
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Bin Laden’s son denied entry to Egypt
Omar Bin Laden, son of Osama Bin Laden, talks during an interview with Reuters in a Cairo suburb January 23, 2008. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih Osama bin Laden’s son Omar was refused entry to Egypt on Saturday, airport sources said, giving no reason why his name was on a list of people banned from the country. Omar,...
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Young Somali-Australians get chance to grow business skills
Mentee Abdurrahman Ahmed with his mentor Rita Chandra (SBS) Two unlikely community groups have joined forces to create a new generation of Somali-Australian business people. It’s a vision that came to life after a meeting between Victoria’s Somali community and Melbourne’s Jewish community. By Aileen Philips The Iftiin Somali graduate program has paired nine Muslim Somali...
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The Concept of “Musdanbeed” in Somaliland Politics
By Liban Ahmad Somaliland is in an electoral season. If all goes according to plan elections will take place in the first or second quarter of 2017. It will be the toughest presidential elections since Somaliland adopted electoral politics in 2001. Two of the political parties contesting for the presidency; UCID and Waddani, were once one...
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Ethiopian airlines to spread its wings to Oslo
By CitiFMonline Ethiopian Airlines will commence scheduled five weekly flights to Oslo, Norway via Stockholm with the ultra – modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner effective March 26, 2017. Oslo is the capital, most populous city and governmental centre in Norway, a hub to the Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde...
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African Development Bank lends $159 mln to Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines will get a $159 million loan from the African Development Bank to help finance an expansion plan that includes doubling the size of its fleet and increasing its revenue to $10 billion over the next decade. The state-owned carrier has around 80 planes, including Boeing 787 Dreamliners and Airbus A350-900 jets, and has...
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Integrity of Somalia’s humanitarian sector must be strengthened for aid to reach those most in need
Transparency International, the global anti-corruption organisation, called today on the Somali government, donor agencies and humanitarian agencies to take critical steps to address corruption in the delivery of aid to ensure humanitarian assistance reaches those most in need in southern Somalia. Somalia’s ongoing conflict and complex emergency have displaced millions from their homes. The country...
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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: The Return of the Incumbent
By Hassan M. Abukar Barring the unforeseen, it is likely President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (HSM) will be reelected on Dec. 28. What is not certain, however, is whether there is a possibility that the presidential election might be put off once again. A politician whose term technically expired last September, Hassan Sheikh has recently become...
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Ethiopia Turmoil Threatens Unlikeliest Airline Success Story
By Liezel Hill Ethiopia, indelibly linked with images of grinding poverty and famine, has quietly built one of Africa’s rare corporate success stories with the continent’s only consistently profitable airline shuttling passengers from around the world through its hub in Addis Ababa. Yet just as state-owned Ethiopian Airlines starts to vie with the likes of Dubai-based...