By Andy Sullivan MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Ilhan Omar fled civil war in Somalia and spent four years of her childhood in a refugee camp in Kenya. Now she is poised to win a seat in the U.S. Congress, taking on a president who has tried to prevent people like her from coming to America. The...
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Breakaway Somaliland offers Ethiopia a surrogate energy pipeline
By NIZAR MANEK HARGEISA (Bloomberg) — A self-declared republic in Somalia asked Ethiopia to reroute its nascent oil and gas exports via a proposed new pipeline, challenging Djibouti’s long-held plans for a conduit. The overture from Somaliland comes as Ethiopia begins exploiting an estimated 8 Tcf of natural gas and test-drilling for oil in its restive east....
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On the edge of making history, Ilhan Omar confronts fresh wave of scrutiny
As she campaigns for U.S. House, Omar is defending herself against a handful of recurrent controversies, including her marriage and immigration history. By Stephen Montemayor GLEN STUBBE – STAR TRIBUNE Gallery: Ilhan Omar went door knocking with Rep. Cheryl Youakim in Youakim’s district in St. Louis Park. The show kept going even after the lights came up...
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Khashoggi’s fiancee says not planning to go to White House
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday she did not accept U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to visit the White House because she thought it was aimed at influencing public opinion in his favor. In an interview with Haberturk TV, Hatice Cengiz said she would not go to the...
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Turkey’s Erdogan calls on Saudis to say who ordered Khashoggi’s killing
By Ezgi Erkoyun, Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Saudi Arabia on Friday to disclose who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, as well as the location of his body, heightening international pressure on the kingdom to come clean on the case. Erdogan said Turkey had more information than...
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A NATION CAN NOT SURVIVE TREASON FROM WITHIN- PART I
By Ali Yusuf Issa “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” George Orwell This article unveils a dark history that had a great implication on our nation. It is about the story of the most infamous and notorious traitors in Somali history; who betrayed...
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Saudi Arabia calls Khashoggi killing ‘grave mistake’, says prince not aware
Doina Chiacu, Kylie MacLellan Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi speaks at an event hosted by Middle East Monitor in London, Britain, September 29, 2018. Picture taken September 29, 2018. Middle East Monitor/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Sunday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate a “huge and grave mistake”,...
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I forgave my mother for my FGM – but I want to stop the practice
A woman campaigning against FGM in Dublin. The procedure is a cultural practice outlawed in the UK CREDIT: PA by Bibi Lynch When Hibo Wardere was six, she was “cut”. She had been cruelly bullied at school in Somalia by her peers, who called her “dirty” for not having had the procedure. So, she asked her mother...
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Minnesota House hopeful calls marriage, fraud claims ‘lies’
By AMY FORLITI In this Aug. 16, 2018 photo, Democrat Ilhan Omar, the nation’s first Somali-American legislator who won her party’s congressional primary in the race, talks during an interview at Peace Coffee in Minneapolis. Just two years ago, the Minnesota Democrat became the first Somali-American elected to a state legislature. Now she’s likely to...
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Signs of Hope: Reflections on Health Care in Somalia
By Sahra Noor It’s been 13 years since I last visited Somalia and, in particular, the state of Puntland. It was during my last year of graduate school and I was there to conduct qualitative research for my Master’s thesis. I spent six weeks travelling throughout the state, interviewing health care providers and women about...