Hurriyet Daily News – Turkish Airlines (THY) ranks first in connecting Africa with the rest of the world, a senior official of Turkey’s flag carrier said on Sept. 28. Company Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Temel Kotil also added the airline was the “most effective and active” company in the same interview with Anadolu...
By Ahmed Hirsi When I first read the terms of the deal between Soma Oil and Gas and the Federal Government of Somalia I didn’t know what to say except to raise my eyebrows, because I knew Soma Oil and Gas was formed in 2013 without much track record or enough funds at the time...
Muslims men were found to be 76 percent less likely to get a job offer than their Christian counterparts Adam Taylor Think tank Demos recommended legislation that would enforce anonymous resumes during job applications to help Muslims in the UK Getty Roughly 4 percent of Britain’s population is estimated to be Muslim. However, British Muslims are conspicuously...
Plunder of Somali waters by foreign fishing vessels could mean the return of hijackings, locals warn. By Jessica Hatcher Somali women offload the catch of the day from fishermen at the Bosaso harbour in Puntland [Karel Prinsloo/Adeso] Durduri, Somalia – A hundred years ago, it was a bustling port that served the vibrant fishing community living along...
By Siobhán O’Grady NEW YORK — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud rules what may be the world’s most failed state, one wracked by poverty, corruption, and a grueling fight against a deadly Islamist militant group. Shortly before arriving in the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, though, Mohamud got a rare bit of...
BY AARON MAASHO A general view of a sulphur lake in Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression September 22, 2010. REUTERS/BARRY MALONE Ethiopia aims to triple its number of foreign visitors to more than 2.5 million by 2020, making tourism a pillar of one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies. Buoyed by huge spending on infrastructure and an expansion of...
BY EDITH HONAN Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, October 1, 2015. REUTERS/EDUARDO MUNOZ Somalia must bolster its police presence in towns retaken from the al Shabaab militant group in order to free its overstretched...
By Ilya Gridneff Somalia opposes a moratorium on oil deals that’s being discussed at the United Nations as a way of stabilizing one of the world’s most fragile states, Finance Minister Mohamed Adan said. A new UN Monitoring Group report on Somalia, to be released in mid-October, will repeat a recommendation first made in 2013...
By Larry Luxner, Washington Diplomat Somalia doesn’t have much of an embassy here. But after 24 years in the dark, it does have an ambassador at last: Ahmed Isse Awad. A soft-spoken yet passionate man, Awad nearly became prime minister of his war-ravaged East African nation. But as fate would have it, he instead ended...
Yahya Samatar stands with Karin Gordon, executive director of resettlement for Hospitality House Refugee Ministry, just before the start of Wednesday’s hearing. (Kaj Hasselriis/CBC) Yahya Samatar, the Somali man who swam across the Red River from North Dakota to Manitoba, is allowed to stay in Canada as a “protected person” and cannot be deported, ruled an...