Most think it’s unfair to oppose a candidate based on their religion — as long as it’s Christianity. Ariel Edwards-Levy CARLOS OSORIO/ASSOCIATED PRESSA A majority of Americans appear to agree with ‘s comments about Muslims. When Republican presidential contender Ben Carson touched off a firestorm last weekend by saying he “would not advocate that we...
By Libor Jany Local and national law enforcement officials met in Minneapolis on Friday to discuss ways to counter the sophisticated recruiting efforts of Muslim extremists, amid an atmosphere of suspicion within the local Somali community of government surveillance. The meeting came as the case of seven young Somali-American men accused of plotting to abandon their homes...
By Abdulahi Ahmed (Somaliyow) Editor’s note: Istunka- A Yearly Ritual is an excerpts from the book Somali Folk Dance written by Abdulahi Ahmed (Somaliyow), a librarian at the Library of Congress, the world’s largest library. Somali Folk Dances is a great book with beautiful illustrations. It’s a fascinating and great contribution to this rare and...
By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh (Reuters) – At least three off-duty Somali soldiers were killed by a bomb blast as they collected their pay in the city of Kismayu on Thursday, in an attack that Islamist al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for, police and the group said. Al Shabaab, which seeks to overthrow the...
Rampant illegal fishing by foreign trawlers off Somalia’s once pirate-infested coastline is threatening economic gains in the Horn of Africa nation and could push communities back to maritime crime, a report warned Tuesday. Somalia’s fearsome pirates often justified their attacks because they were unable to compete with foreign fishermen. Piracy peaked in 2011 when 28...
By Sarah Mcgregor, Bloomberg News BENIN president Thomas Boni Yayi said increased efforts to reduce youth joblessness in African nations blighted by poverty is key to cutting off a recruitment channel for Islamist militants. “Youth unemployment is a time bomb, not just for Benin but other countries, and that’s why we need to settle this...
DUBAI — As thousands of refugees try their luck in the sea to flee to Europe, many people in the rich Gulf states feel shamed by the official silence of Gulf’s affluent monarchies on the ongoing crisis. “It gives us a glimmer of hope after these recent drowning episodes to see broad campaigns of sympathy...
By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s commodity exchange plans to double the items it trades by next year after introducing an electronic platform to replace its system of shouting and gesturing orders, the firm’s chief executive said. Launched in 2008, the exchange (ECX) trades seven commodities, including coffee and sesame, two of the...
By Mengisteab Teshome Power outages are smearing unabated while higher dignitaries keep on regretting about it and vow to address it at various meetings, AU and ECA. Even public and private health institutions,engaged in life saving activities, are plagued by power outages Dwellers and business owners of Addis Ababa express their distrust over Ethiopia Electric...
Lives of semi-nomadic tribespeople being irreversibly changed by relocation into poorly planned settlements to make way for sugar plantation, says released report < The controversial Gibe III dam under construction in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley in 2012. Photograph: Jenny Vaughan/AFP/Getty Images John Vidal A controversial World Bank-funded scheme to dam a major Ethiopian river and import...