By Matthew Bell Worshipers and well-wishers take photographs as the casket with the body of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali is brought for his jenazah, an Islamic funeral prayer, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. on June 9, 2016. Credit: Carlos Barria/Reuters The Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali was held in The Champ’s hometown on Thursday,...
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Somalia attack: ‘It’s impossible to know the real numbers’
The AU peacekeeping mission AMISOM and the militant group al-Shabab have both claimed casualties after the militants attacked an army base in Somalia. But the numbers are difficult to verify, a Somalia expert told DW. The militants attacked the military base in the early morning hours of Thursday by igniting a car bomb at the...
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Documentary about Dixon unfair to Somali residents: Cole
VICE documentary about alleged gang Dixon City Bloods unfairly smears reputation of people living in north Etobicoke neighbourhood Desmond Cole says the VICE documentary “This is Dixon” does a disserve to the Somali community living in the Toronto neighbourhood. STEVE RUSSELL TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO By Desmond Cole Is there a gang operating out of...
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Police investigating if wrong man caught in anti-smuggling operation
Man sent to Italy is refugee Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe, not smuggler Medhanie Yehdego Mered, detainee’s friends say Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe on the left and Medhanie Yehdego Mered. Composite: EPA & Handout By Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Patrick Kingsley Italian and British police are urgently investigating whether they caught the wrong person in a much-hyped...
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Activist implores Sky News to drop footage of FGM
BY JOHN GLENDAY Sky News has come under pressure from activists to scrap the planned broadcast of a controversial film from Somalia later this week, which depicts a young girl being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). The clip is said to show a young girl being held down and cut whilst curious bystanders look...
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Kenyan lenders eye $6bn Somalia economy, hold licensing talks
The Barakaat Bank of Somalia. Somalia has six banking institutions with an asset base of $194 million. FILE PHOTO | AFP By ALLAN OLINGO KCB Group and Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) are among Kenyan lenders eyeing the Somalia market, as Mogadishu seeks to put up a dependable financial system that can attract more banks into...
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Somalia hopes for better future despite attacks
By Alastair Leithead BBC News, Mogadishu The car bomb caused extensive damage to the hotel/AFP The cool new rooftop pizza joint was buzzing with the hip kids snapping selfies and watching the sun set over Mogadishu when the deep crunch of an explosion made everyone jump. A thick and acrid plume of smoke drifted up...
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Chinese Navy logistics base in Djibouti will drive other investment, says adviser
But arrival of PLA will mark the fourth foreign military presence in tiny but strategic Horn of Africa nation By Wendy Wu The construction of a logistics base for the Chinese navy on the Horn of Africa is expected to prompt more Chinese investment in Djibouti, a government adviser said on Monday. “We see benefits...
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Doors Open to Foreign Banks in Somalia After Half-Century Hiatus
By Felix Njini Kenyan banks are competing against lenders from Gulf nations seeking licenses to operate in Somalia as the strife-torn country opens up the industry to international companies for the first time in almost half a century. Somalia’s central bank has held talks with KCB Group Ltd., the owner of Kenya’s largest bank, and...
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Somali Americans divided as FBI informant testifies against friends
Abdirahman Bashir once pledged allegiance to Isis, but now faces his alleged co-conspirators in a Minneapolis court Supporters and family members of the Somali- American men accused of trying to join Isis protest outside the federal courthouse in Minneapolis. Photograph: Elizabeth Flores/AP By Oliver Laughland in Minneapolis Abdirahman Bashir sat alone on the stand and began...