By Liban Ahmad Lasanod district authorities have introduced a new policy that will oblige Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the district to pay US$20 to be able to live in Lasanod temporarily . According to SBC TV, the Immigration Department branch in Lasanod ordered IDPs from southern Somalia to pay temporary residence permit fees....
November 14, 2026
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The Ugly Side of Ethiopia’s Economic Boom
By Jacey Fortin ADAMA, Ethiopia — For those who would speak frankly about politics in this landlocked East African country, the first challenge is to find a safe space. But on a recent evening in Adama, a city in the heart of a region reeling from the largest protest movement Ethiopia has faced in decades,...
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Somalia’s democracy deferred: Proposed electoral models to complete the transition
By Based on interview with Abdi Hosh, former Minister of Justice and Reconciliation Background The 2012 Provisional Constitution of Somalia replaced the 2004 Transitional Federal Charter. Although it was initially intended to mark the end of political and constitutional transition, political realities necessitated the continuation of the transition to allow the resolution of contentious issues...
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ETHIOPIA LEADER CALLS FOR MORE FOREIGN FOOD AID AMID DROUGH
BY ELIAS MESERE ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s leader on Thursday urged the international community to donate more toward emergency food aid for millions of people amid a drought. Ethiopia “should not be neglected by any means despite all the other crises that are going on elsewhere in the world,” Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn...
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Burundi Reaffirms Its Support To AMISOM
Mogadishu, – The Burundi government has reaffirmed its commitment to continue being part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to help Somalia achieve peace and stability. Burundi’s First Vice President, Gaston Sindimwo, assured the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, that Burundi troops...
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Sofia Samatar on the many influences on her fantasy novel, ‘The Winged Histories
Sofia Samatar, author of “The Winged Histories” from Small Beer Press. (Peter Duffy / Small Beer Press) By Lilliam Rivera Sofia Samatar was born to a Somali father and Swiss German Mennonite mother in a small town in northern Indiana. Passionate about languages, Samatar moved to South Sudan and later to Egypt during her twenties to...
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Refugee shot by Salt Lake police awake from coma
By Hallie Golden SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 17-year-old Somali refugee who was critically wounded in a high-profile police shooting in Salt Lake City is awake and talking. Abdi Mohamed’s cousin Muslima Weledi said Monday he woke up from his medically induced coma but remains on painkillers. She told the Associated Press that when...
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Egyptian minister sacked for pledge to jail Prophet Muhammad
AFP Mr Zind (left) was sworn in as justice minister by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in 2015 Egypt’s Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zind has been sacked after boasting that he would jail Islam’s Prophet Muhammad himself if the prophet broke the law. Mr Zind made the remark in a televised interview on Friday. He immediately said...
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US election 2016: What does ‘Islam’ think of America?
By Mohamed Madi Getty Images Donald Trump has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States “Islam hates us,” Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said in a CNN interview. on Friday. Mr Trump later stood by his claim in a televised debate in Miami, saying: “There is tremendous hatred, and I will stick...
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Ethiopian prime minister: ‘We are an island of stability in a troubled region’
By Reed Kramer Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, in his Addis Ababa office. Photograph: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters AllAfrica’s Reed Kramer interviewed Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, after a US-Africa business summit in Addis Ababa in February. These are extracts from the original interview. Your government has made major strides in meeting the millennium development goals (MDGs)...