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It’s been about 10 days since the last bank in Minnesota stopped transferring funds from here to Somalia, citing federal rules intended to stop terror financing. Since then, all of the parties involved have said they want to find a way to resume the service, understanding that thousands of Somalis depend on remittances from family…

By the time he was 27, Jonathan Starr had written a book about value investing, made his first million, and founded his own hedge fund, Flagg Street Capital, in Cambridge, Mass., not far from his hometown of Worcester. He had a fat Rolodex and a bright future in finance—only he was burning himself out. “I’m…

Qaranimadii Soomaaliyeed way burburtay, shacabkiina waxuu noqday qaar marti u ah hadba waxii u yimaada ee ay wadamo kale soo dirsadaan, kuwaas oo fulinaya awaamiir la soo siiseeyey kii ka weecdana loogu hanjabo inuu xilkiisa waayi doono, taasoo keenta inay arinkasta oo loo soo dhiibo si indhola’aan ah ula boodaan, una qaderiyaan oo u weyneeyaan…

Most people with any interest in soccer know that the FIFA World Cup was held for the first time in Africa in 2010 in South Africa. While Mother Africa was disappointed that one of her teams did not win the cup, it was nonetheless not a total loss for Africa. The event did popularize two…

I had just dropped off a first-grader at school and was headed to my job as a commercial banker in Minneapolis when the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York. I vividly remember the words of Minnesota Public Radio’s Gary Eichten as he explained that it was thought a small plane had…

To: Ban ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary General 760 UnitedNationsPlaza New York, 10017,USA Fax: +2129637055   CC: UN Security Council CC: The African Union CC: The Arab League   December 31, 2011   An open letter concerning “The Garowe Principles”     We, Somali citizens, former leaders and civil society personalities, are gravely concerned about the…

Bristol Dec 27,2011(qurbejoog.com)-Waxa halkan aanu idiinku soo bandhigeynaa maanta Maanso uu tiriyay abwaan Yusuf Cali Waraabe uuna na soo gaadhsiiyay Siyaasiga Kaysar Cabdlilaahi oo reer UK ah. Mafrishkii Burde haystay Bulaale uu ka gabyaayay ayaan Badhar jaada ka qaatay Rag bidaartru ku taallo oo boqolkaas kor u dhaafay oo badi aan garanaayo oo bishimaha dibnahooda…

Shine Ali doesn’t scare easily. If he did, he would not be with his band in a basement studio in Nairobi, rapping lyrics that challenge the Islamist rebels who control much of his homeland, Somalia – and whose reach extends deep into the Kenyan capital. Ali is well aware of the risks he is running….

A document referred to as the Garowe principles came out of the Somali national consultative constitutional conference held in Garowe city of the semi-autonomous region of puntland on December 21-23, 2011. While many are skeptical of the potential implementation of this document and view the outcome of the Garowe conference as rehashed and recycled principles…

Without question, the main joy of teaching for the military is the students. When I taught undergraduates, students would talk in class but few would say anything: They’d argue theory, but would have few facts and even less life experience to back up their arguments. Today’s servicemen and women are different. They have accrued a…

In every society there is a small group of people who possess adequate authority to influence positive (or negative) change. This group—often referred to as The Elite—could come from any sector of a society from military, economic, political, social, spiritual, to the intellectual. In one way or another, every one of these circles of authority…

Hargeysa Dec 20 2011(qurbejoog.com)-Bahweynta Somalidiasporanews ee ku kala firirsan dunida dacaladeed iyo akhristeyaasha baganiba waxa ay Tacsi tiiraanyo leh u dirayaan dhamaan ehelkii,qaraabadii iyo asxaabtii uu ka baxay marxuum Jirde Faarax Afeey oo dhawaan Hargeysa lagu aasay. Waxaanu sEebe SWT uga baryeeynaa marxuumka in uu janadii fardowsa ka waraabiyo,ehelka,qaraabada iyo asxaabta uu ka baxayna waxaanu…

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Ururka Tol Leadership Council (TLC) wuxuu dadweynaha reer Ottawa ee nabada jecel ugu baaqayaa iney ka soo qayb galaan munaasabad taageero dhaqaale loogu ururinaayo qoysaskii ka hadhay saddexdii muwaadin ee shantii December 2011, gacan ka xaq daran ku dishey Tuulada Seemaal ee Degmada Baki, gobolka Awdal. Waxaa lagu qabanayaa Kulankaas ciwaanka iyo taariikhda hoos ku…

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