ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Tuesday summoned the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Islamabad to protest against remarks made by President Donald Trump who has criticised Pakistan’s role in fighting terrorism fight and the killing of Osama bin Laden. Trump’s comments over the last few days have angered Pakistan, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, who on...
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November 19, 2018November 19, 2018Global News & Politics, Market Bazaar, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
DP World chairman says trade tensions will make 2019 challenging
DUBAI (Reuters) – Global ports operator DP World DPW.DI believes international trade tensions such as those between the United States and China will make 2019 challenging but not unmanageable, its chairman said on Sunday. The Dubai government-controlled ports operator cautioned in August about geopolitical risks and changes in trade policies as first-half profit fell 2.1...
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November 13, 2018November 13, 2018Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Instant forest? ‘Tree hopping’ takes off in Kenya
KERITA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The sun beat down on Samuel Rono’s farm in Kerita, a village in southern Kenya, as six young men struggled to load one of several large trees into a waiting truck. “They (the trees) are not for making timber,” Rono explained. “They are being moved to a new location...
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November 9, 2018November 9, 2018News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
IS IT TIME FOR THE WORLD TO RAISE THE SOMALILAND FLAG?
By Tom Wilson The self-declared state of Somaliland is stepping up its push for international recognition, warning that the world’s continued refusal to formally accept its independence threatens to plunge the breakaway region back into armed conflict with Somalia. “We have made a lot of progress in the past 27 years and now we are recognized as...
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November 9, 2018November 9, 2018Global News & Politics, Market Bazaar, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
U.S. firm to assemble phones in Uganda
KAMPALA (Reuters) – U.S. firm CTI Africa plans to invest $10 million in Uganda to build a plant to assemble low-end smart mobile phones and manufacture phone components, its chief executive said on Friday. CTI says it is focused on digital technology to bring affordable solutions in sectors like agriculture, energy, healthcare and finance to...
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November 7, 2018November 7, 2018Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
After years in exile, an Ethiopian politician returns home with hope and fear
Maggie Fick Berhanu Nega, an exiled Ethiopian Ginbot 7 rebel leader eats lunch in his apartment after a Reuters interview in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A year ago, rebel leader Berhanu Nega was coordinating attacks against Ethiopian soldiers from his base across the border in Eritrea and...
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November 7, 2018November 7, 2018Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Minnesota, Michigan send first Muslim women to U.S. Congress
(Reuters) – Voters in Minnesota and Michigan on Tuesday elected the first two Muslim women to serve in the U.S. Congress, a former refugee who fled Somalia’s civil war and a Detroit-born Palestinian-American. The victories by the two Democrats — Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib — came on an election night when members of multiple...
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November 2, 2018November 2, 2018Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow
Ethiopia’s First Female Supreme Court Chief Hopes to Rebuild Trust
By Salem Solomon and Tsion Girma Meaza Ashenafi is the first woman to lead Ethiopia’s Supreme Court. For the first time, Ethiopia’s Supreme Court will be led by a woman. Meaza Ashenafi, a lawyer and women’s rights advocate, accepted the offer Thursday, after deliberating for about a week. “I know the weight that comes...
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November 2, 2018November 2, 2018Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
Somaliland steps up push for international recognition
Tom Wilson in Hargeisa, Financial Times World’s failure to grant statehood risks reigniting war with Somalia, minister warns The self-declared state of Somaliland is stepping up its push for international recognition, warning that the world’s continued refusal to formally accept its independence threatens to plunge the breakaway region back into armed conflict with Somalia. “We have made...
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November 1, 2018November 1, 2018Global News & Politics, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
UN asks Canada to resettle more refugees displaced in Horn of Africa
BY MICHELLE ZILIO,The Globe and Mail The United Nations refugee agency is asking Canada to resettle more refugees from the Horn of Africa, emphasizing the needs of particularly vulnerable Somalis displaced by a decades-long conflict in the war-torn country. Mohamed Abdi Affey, the special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the...