MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) — The education journey for Najma Abdullahi Qarey, a 24-year-old Somali woman, is intriguing and inspiring at the same time. Abdullahi got married at a younger age by her parents who live in a community that believes that the only way to safeguard the dignity of their daughters is to marry them off...
November 14, 2026
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Feature: Somali city reeling from inflation amid al-Shabab-imposed blockade
MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) — For close to two weeks, Baidoa, the interim administrative headquarters of Somalia’s South-West State, has been under siege amid a blockade of major transport arteries by al-Shabab militants. The al-Qaida-linked armed group blocked the only major road plying the Somali capital of Mogadishu to Baidoa and the situation has caused a shortage...
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I have not held any meeting with envoys – Raila
Azimio Coalition leader Raila Odinga has dismissed claims that he held a meeting with envoys on Thursday. He said he has been nursing a strong flu and he is keeping off any public engagements and meetings. “I have therefore held no meeting with any envoys as reported by some media outlets,” he said. Earlier, reports...
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UNDP hails partnership with China in promoting renewable energy in Ethiopia
A view of the UN headquarters in New York. /CFP The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has hailed its partnership with China in promoting affordable renewable energy in the Global South, highlighting a project with Ethiopia that seeks to expand access to renewable energy in the African country. UNDP Ethiopia Deputy Resident Representative Cleophas Torori...
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Reflections on the life of Ali Mire Awaleh 1926 – 2023
By Osman Hassan Ali Mire Awale was one leading fathers of formal education in British Somaliland Protectorate whose birth place is Sheikh, where the first Intermediate and elementary boarding schools were built in 1944 soon after the end of the Second World War. Among them, Mohamoud Ahmed Ali was the most senior and truly the...
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Ethiopia’s electoral chief resigns over ill health
Kalkidan Yibeltal The head of Ethiopia’s electoral board, Birtukan Mideksa, has announced her resignation. In a Facebook post on Monday, Ms Birtukan cited health as her reason to leave her post. Parliament still has to accept the resignation. She is a former judge and political prisoner, and her appointment more than four years ago was...
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Millions of Ethiopians starving again after US, UN stop aid after massive theft
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Orthodox Christian priest, Tesfa Kiros Meresfa begs door-to-door for food along with countless others recovering from a two-year war in northern Ethiopia that starved his people. To his dismay, urgently needed grain and oil have disappeared again for millions caught in a standoff between Ethiopia’s government, the United States and United Nations over...
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Indian man walks over 8,000km to perform Hajj
NADA HAMEED MOHAMMED MELEKODESSERI EDDAH/RIYADH: An Indian man has fulfilled a lifelong dream to walk all the way from his hometown in Kerala to Makkah for Hajj — a distance of 8,640 kilometers. Shihabudeen Sayid Alawi, also known as Shihab Chottur, crossed five countries — India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Kuwait — to reach Makkah...
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Tigray aid embezzlement: authorities identify 186 suspects
Investigations ordered by the interim regional authorities in Tigray into the diversion of food aid in this region of Ethiopia have identified 186 suspects, members of government and humanitarian bodies, according to the head of the commission of inquiry. On 3 May, USAID, the US government’s humanitarian agency, and the UN World Food Program (WFP)...
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Omar elevated to No. 2 slot among House Budget Democrats
Minnesota lawmaker, lightning rod for the right, was kicked off Foreign Affairs panel this year By David Lerman Rep. Ilhan Omar, who was booted off the House Foreign Affairs Committee earlier this year, won a consolation prize Wednesday. The Minnesota Democrat, deputy chair of the Progressive Caucus, was named the vice ranking member, or No. 2 Democrat,...