By Abdi Hussein Daud It is customary now for President Obama to host annual Iftar dinner for Muslim community in the White House. This year’s choice of President Obama for guests to represent Somali-American community in this important gathering was interesting and very well thought. The President invited Munira Khalif, a young woman who recently...
November 14, 2026
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Durable solutions for refugees prove elusive
OXFORD, (IRIN) – Nothing seems to be working to reduce the global refugee burden. Record levels of new displacement are far outpacing the best efforts to resettle, repatriate or integrate refugees, and the humanitarian world appears bereft of solutions. Syria has reached another grim milestone with the total number of Syrians having fled the conflict...
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Islam Most Popular Among Chinese Youth: Survey
CAIRO – Reflecting the rapid growth of the world’s second largest religion, a recent survey found that Islam has the largest number followers among Chinese under the age of 30, surpassing Buddhism and Catholicism in the Asian country. “Islam tends to have a younger demographic,” Wei Dedong, a professor of Buddhist studies at the School...
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Oman Oil Trader Seeks U.S., Africa Footholds in Growth Push
By Anthony Dipaola Oman, the largest oil producer in the Middle East outside of OPEC, plans to buy, lease or build fuel-storage tanks in East Africa to boost sales on the continent and open a U.S. office to trade refined products and Latin American crude. Oman Trading International Ltd. intends to invest less than $50...
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The Ghost of Cornel West
By Michael Eric Dyson Editor’s note: A visionary can’t afford to let his ego get in the way. When the mission becomes about the person, the big picture is blurred between the ego and false sense of self. Something we have been witnessing in much frequency lately in our own community. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson...
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Refugees from Yemen’s conflict put heavy strain on fragile Somaliland
Katie Riordan Refugee children push wheelbarrows loaded with Jerry cans full of drinking water from a water pump in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, on May 16, 2015. Mohammed Abdiwahab/AFP Photo Hargeisa, Somaliland // The conflict in Yemen has driven thousands of refugees across the Gulf of Aden to Somaliland placing a great financial and...
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Reading the Résumés of Cadaado’s Four Frontrunners
By Faisal A. Roble The ongoing Cadaado conference, a herculean effort to establish an administration for Somalia’s central regions, has many ills and challenges. One challenge is whether Cadaado, with its 1.5 regions, fulfills constitutional requirements to become a state, or it is only an Interim Administration. Another challenge is Cadaado’s entanglement with Puntland state...
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Eritrean Refugees’ Trek Through the Americas
By Dan Connell, Middle East Research and Information Project. TAPACHULA, MEXICO—It is not hard to find the Eritreans in this low-key town near the Pacific coast a few miles north of the Guatemalan border. They gather on the front steps of the Palafox Hotel with the only other Africans here—Somalis, Ethiopians, a handful of Ghanaians,...
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Obama hosts annual Ramadan dinner at White House
By DEB RIECHMANN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that Americans stand united in rejecting the targeting of any religious or ethnic group as he marked Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. Obama opened the White House to Muslim Americans for a traditional iftar dinner, which follows daily fasting from dawn to sunset. Ramadan...
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Ethiopia Boosts Spending by 20% to Improve Education, Roads
by William Davison Ethiopia’s government will boost spending by 20 percent in the budget year that begins next month to expand infrastructure in one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, State Finance Minister Abraham Tekeste said. Spending will increase to 223.4 billion birr ($11 billion), with more than half of the 84.3 billion birr set aside for...