Double voting in a federal election is a felony. But the Holder DOJ hasn’t acted, so far. About 50 men and women packed a Rice County courtroom Tuesday afternoon as two Somali women pleaded not guilty to charges of voter fraud stemming from the general election last November. Farhiya Abdi Dool, 38, and Amina A Hassan,...
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s economy is likely to grow seven percent a year over the next three to five years, below its average of the last decade, and to push that rate higher, the government needs to change policy to encourage private investment, the World Bank said. While seven percent GDP growth would be the envy...
By Dr. Abdi.M. Warfa The crisis in Kismaayo has the potential to undermine the Somali Federal Government. It also threatens to bring the fragile and recovering nation back to the brink of civil war. Compromise is the only way out” (HIPS Policy Briefing, Kismayo Crisis: options for compromise, June 4th, 2013) President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud:...
Abducted, drugged and gang raped in Somalia: a young mother details the most brutal of allegations against African Union troops and Somali soldiers in a case causing widespread anger. “The soldiers raped me… I tried to defend myself but they beat me badly and I passed out,” she said, speaking to the Somali Channel television...
By DR UNNI KARUNAKARA Our announcement on August 14 that we were closing all our medical programmes in Somalia sent shockwaves through political and humanitarian communities. It came at a time when world leaders, for the first time in decades, were beginning to make positive noises about a country on the road to recovery and with a...
By MAYA RAO Four who entered council race this week have first or last names similar to DFL-backed candidate’s. Four new East African candidates filed papers this week to run for aMinneapolis City Council seat in the Sixth Ward, where longtime Council Member Robert Lilligren is locked in a fierce fight against another Somali contender who...
In Somaliland 75% of young people are jobless and migration is high. Daihei Mochizuki, from IOM Somalia tells us why effective policies must see both issues as interrelated Holly Young Somaliland is actually one of three governments (Somaliland, Puntland and the federal government of Somalia) the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) serves in this region. Despite the known challenges...
By Osman Hassan Dear Ahmed First Ramadaan Kariim. Secondly, I hope you will allow me to respond through this Open Letter to your recent interview with Universal TV . General Comments This was a superbly articulated interview, truly a vintage Ahmed Ismail Samatar stuff that continues to be the talking point in the social media....
By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has begun pulling troops out of a former rebel stronghold in Somalia, but it has no plans for a complete withdrawal from the fight against al Qaeda-linked insurgents, its foreign minister said on Monday. Somalia has enjoyed relative calm after military offensives by African Union (AMISOM) peacekeepers...
By: Nick Martin Just how old is Manitoba soccer phenom Ali Musse? Musse plays on Canada’s national under-17 team and has already competed internationally with a passport showing him born in Somalia in 1996. But both the Canadian and Manitoba soccer associations at one time believed Musse was born in 1994. There’s been online chatter...