By Liban Ahmad Mohamed Abshir Waldo, who passed away in Nairobi on Saturday 5 March 2016 was, at different stages in his career, a footballer, a journalist, politician, leader, researcher and peace activist. He was a witness to major social, political, and economic changes in post-colonial Somalia since 1960, when the Somali Republic came into...
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March 8, 2016March 8, 2016News, Religion, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Prayer Dispute Between Somalis and Plant Reshapes a Colorado Town, Again
By JULIE TURKEWITZ Cargill Meat Solutions in Fort Morgan, Colo., which fired 150 employees who walked off the job. Employees say managers told them that religious breaks would be curtailed; the company said no such change was announced.Nick Cote for The New York Times FORT MORGAN, Colo. — The work is far from glamorous: The...
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March 7, 2016March 7, 2016Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
Foreign diplomats voicing alarm to U.S. officials about Trump
BY MARK HOSENBALL, ARSHAD MOHAMMED AND MATT SPETALNICK Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump responds to a speech attacking his candidacy by former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as Trump appears at a campaign rally in Portland, Maine, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/JOEL PAGE Foreign diplomats are expressing alarm to U.S. government officials about what they...
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March 6, 2016March 6, 2016Featured, Global News & Politics, News, Religion
Will America’s Olympic Flag Bearer Be Wearing a Hijab?
BY ROBIN WRIGHT This summer, the fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad will become the first Muslim American Olympian to compete wearing a hijab. PHOTOGRAPH BY CARMELO IMBESI / AP Growing up, in Maplewood, New Jersey, where her father was a narcotics detective and her mother a special-education teacher, Ibtihaj Muhammad competed in softball, tennis, volleyball, and track....
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March 6, 2016March 6, 2016News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Refugee shot by Utah police came with family for new life
Abdi Mohamed’s cousin Muslima Weledi holds a photograph of him during a interview Thursday, March 3, 2016, Salt Lake City. (AP) By LINDSAY WHITEHURST SALT LAKE CITY – A 17-year-old Somali refugee critically wounded in a high-profile police shooting in Utah fled to the U.S. from a refugee camp where food was scarce, scorpions scurried...
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March 2, 2016March 2, 2016Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
How Eritrea is turning to Dutch courts to silence its critics
Martin Plaut Eight legal cases have been launched in the Netherlands against those who dare to oppose the regime Eritrean refugee Wegasi Nebiat, left, is rescued after making the dangerous crossing to Europe Photograph: Argiris Mantikos/AP A quiet but well orchestrated campaign is under way in the Netherlands as individuals associated with the Eritrean government try...
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March 2, 2016March 2, 2016News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Somalia’s First Independent Trust Fund Offers Hope To Unemployed Youth, Raises Concerns Of Corruption
BY MORGAN WINSO Residents walk through the Bakara market area of Somalia’s embattled capital, Mogadishu, carrying on with daily life, Oct. 6, 2011. A new homegrown initiative called Fursad Fund is offering hope to young people in Somalia with promises of jobs, education and other opportunities.PHOTO: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Nadir Sharif Maqbul loves to play soccer...
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March 2, 2016March 2, 2016News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Fadumo Dayib: Somalia’s future president?
Somalia could soon have its first female candidate for the upcoming presidential elections. She tells DW about her determination to enter the race and her plans to end Somalia’s chronic insurgency. Somali-born Fadumo Dayib has lived as a refugee with her four children in Finland since the early 1990s and worked as a nurse. But...
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February 29, 2016February 29, 2016News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
‘Somalia needs substantial funding to strengthen security’
An African security expert tells DW that the international community needs to support the Somali government in strengthening its security forces to combat al-Shabab, as weekend attacks in Baidoa claimed dozens of lives. At least 30 people were killed in a twin-bomb attack at a busy restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa. The Islamsist...
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February 29, 2016February 29, 2016Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
Mahathir quits Malaysia’s ruling UMNO party, protesting corruption
Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad during an interview with Reuters at his office in Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 22, 2015.REUTERS/OLIVIA HARRIS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia’s former premier Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday he is quitting the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party, as it is being seen as “supporting corruption” under Prime Minister...