WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration says that some serious criminals need to be deported to third countries because even their home countries won’t accept them. But a review of recent cases shows that at least five men threatened with such a fate were sent to their native countries within weeks. President Donald Trump aims to deport...
By Abdiweli Garad, PhD Introduction: Echoes of Dissent in a Fractured Landscape Somaliland’s secession from Somalia has been a contentious issue since the collapse of Somalia’s central government in late 1991. Recently, this topic has gained renewed attention in Somalis’ discussions on social media, resonating with some non-formally secessionist regions that show sympathy for it....
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – On Africa’s dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine’s increasingly global struggle with its adversary Russia. Kyiv’s new embassy in the country’s capital Nouakchott – among eight it has opened in Africa since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine – has overseen food aid deliveries to refugees from...
NEW YORK (AP) — When he announced his run for mayor back in October, Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown to most New York City residents. On Tuesday evening, the 33-year-old marked his stunning political ascension when he declared victory in the Democratic primary from a Queens rooftop bar after former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
URUMQI (Xinhua) – Scientists from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are working to help African countries transform the sandy regions into greener, arable land with more trees and productive agricultural practices. By leveraging smart technologies, indigenous Chinese expertise and a dual commitment to sand control and economic growth, they aim to establish sustainable ecosystems...
By Courtney Kube, Mosheh Gains and Chantal Da Silva The Israeli military launched a massive attack on Iran on Friday in a dramatic escalation of their long-running conflict that drew a retaliatory missile assault from Tehran and raised the risk of another war in the Middle East. The Israeli strikes took out a significant swath of Iran’s top military leaders and senior...
By Abdukadir Osman Farah, PhD In a recent Aljazeera English documentary, the editors of the program sketch the history of the legendry Sayyid Maxamed Cabdille Xasan. A leader who resisted the British Empire for over two decades (the longest anti-colonial war in Africa). The program profiles him as “the father of Somali nationalism”[i]. In a...
By Abdikarim Haji Abdi Buh In the often-tumultuous landscape of Ethiopia, the Somali Regional State under President Mustafe Muhumed Omer (Cagjar) stands as a rare and instructive exception. Since taking office, Mustafe Cagjar has championed a governance model that places the voices of the people at its core. Public consultation is no longer a box-ticking...
By Ismail Aliyu Minnesota Institute of Horn of Africa Studies (MNIHAS) Abstract: This independent investigation surfaces damning evidences of state-sanctioned slaughter, horrific sexual savagery and a calculated architecture of institutional cruelty taking place inside Jigjiga’s Havana Prison. Focusing on the a gruesome and deeply suspicious killing of Shafici Abdulkarim (age 16 at risk) the 15 page detailed...
By Ayang MacDonald, Biometric update Flashback about 30 years ago, Somalia had no functional national ID system. Legal identity in this Horn of Africa nation was a far-fetched dream for many. But since 2023, the country has a different story, an ambitious story of a country poised for progress in the implementation of an inclusive and...