Former MP Dawn Butler on why the Government must act to keep UK banking services open to Somalia Written by Dawn Butler THE GOVERNMENT is coming under growing pressure to convince Barclays bank to reverse its decision to close the accounts of 250 UK money-transfer companies which allow people to send remittances to support families in...
Senior military figures have warned David Cameron not to cut the foreign aid budget – even as it emerged British taxpayers will fund a £14million new jail in Somalia. Nine prominent figures including former chiefs of the defence staff Sir Mike Richards and Lord Stirrup say international aid is ‘crucial to the UK’s national interests.’...
Marissa Calligeros Wearing a pinstriped suit, Abdirahman ‘‘Abdi’’ Mohamud sits in a worn office chair talking frenetically on his mobile phone. About 12 minutes south of Brisbane’s CBD, Mr Mohamud’s convenience store is nestled on a slither of Beaudesert Road, Moorooka, unofficially christened ‘‘Africa town’’. The kilometre of road here is a testament to the...
Michael Adebolajo had been a peaceful, if radical, placard-waving figure on Woolwich’s high street. What, then, prompted his involvement in the horrific acts witnessed last week? Jamie Doward Clutching a placard protesting at a “Crusade against Muslims”, Michael Adebolajo was a striking figure. Dressed in immaculate white robes, the young man’s imposing physical presence made...