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On Thursday, the German parliament voted by a large majority to extend its military operations in Somalia. Of the 578 votes cast, 454 delegates voted for the continuation of German involvement in the mission. There were 115 “no” votes and nine abstentions. The decision provides for a continuation of earlier commitments to the European Union…
The Former President of the Transitional Federal Government Sheikh Sharif Ahmed founded a new humanitarian Charity in the name of Samadoon. According to Sharif, the Charity Headquarter will be in London. He stated that his new Charity Organisation is determined to deliver humanitarian assistance to the underprivileged people of Mogadishu and other regions…
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, March 29 (KUNA) — His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday received President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud. The meeting, held at the Sharm El Sheikh International Congress Center, Egypt, was attended by the delegation accompanying His Highness the Amir to the 26th Arab Summit.
As an engaged resident and educator, I am concerned about the commitment by the school board and superintendent to the district’s core values – excellence, learning, leadership, partnership, respect Somalis are under attack in St. Cloud because of their race, their religion and their immigration/refugee status. With the recent influx of many Somali students, the…
But Somali Remittance Action Group chairman Hussein Haraco said the closures would cut off the ability of thousands of poor, dependent Somalis to buy food and water and access health and education. “Westpac has advised Somali and other money transfer operators that the closure is driven by increased perception of risk around remittance services in…
Confidentiality. Quality of process. Impartiality. Conflict of interest. Competence. Those were the words scribbled across the chalkboard in a St. Cloud State University classroom March 21. Beside them: I am a qualified mediator under rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rule of Practice. In three chairs — one in the middle, two facing each other…
Blood spattered utensils, bullet-pocked walls and overturned chairs mark the reception area of a prominent hotel in the Somali capital following an attack by Islamic extremists that killed at least 21, including six attackers. Somali special forces stood over three bloodied bodies of the alleged attackers after officials declared they have full control of the…
Cardiff has become the second local authority in the UK to recognise the Republic of Somaliland. The council approved a motion to endorse recognition of Somaliland during a meeting at City Hall, following in the footsteps of Sheffield council. While the motion did get cross-party support and passed with 45 votes in favour, members of…
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare has been able to send English- and Spanish-language texts to patients and their parents since late last year. Now, in what it thinks is a first in U.S. healthcare, it can also send texts in Somali and Hmong. If families opt in, they are sent a text message as a reminder seven and…
Members of the St. Cloud business community had the opportunity to learn about Somali culture and workforce at Thursday’s East African Presentation and Job Fair. The two-hour joint presentation by Language Bank Operations Manager Abdul Kulane and Stearns-Benton Employment and Training Council Director Kathy Zavala provided employers with basic knowledge about Somali people and tips…
An investigation is underway following a passerby’s discovery of the body of a man east of the ski jump facilities at Canada Olympic Park early Wednesday morning. A family spokesperson has identified the victim of Wednesday morning’s suspicious death as 25-year-old Mohammed Ali Mohamud, a member of Calgary’s Somali commmunity The initial call came in…
Even by Somalia’s standards, the village of Amara is a lawless place. A tumbledown hamlet in the sunbleached scrubland north of Mogadishu, it lies in a “no man’s land” between turf controlled by local warlords and the al-Shabaab Islamist militia. It is the perfect spot to keep hostages, and during the height of the Somali…
MOMBASA (Reuters) – A senior officer with Kenya’s counter-terrorism police unit was shot dead by gunmen on Thursday in the port city of Mombasa, in what police said could be revenge for a crackdown on attempts by the Somali al Shabaab militant group to recruit young men. Kenya is contributing troops to an African Union…
Mogadishu (AFP) – Pirates have seized an Iranian vessel fishing illegally off the coast of Somalia in the first successful hijacking in almost three years, officials said Thursday, raising fears that the scourge of Somali piracy may be returning. “An Iranian vessel, fishing illegally in Somali waters, was hijacked earlier this week,” said Alan Cole…
The chairman of a Somali company called the First Somali Bank (FSB) has revealed plans to launch a biometrics-backed money transfer scheme that would allow remittance cash to still reach the country. Liban Egal told Reuters that he plans to launch a technology in May that will help remittance firms track transfers and identify who…
Four years ago, famine in Somalia took an estimated 260,000 lives. It would have been worse without a key source of financial support: money transfers from relatives abroad. Family members “could send money in five minutes from Minneapolis to Baidoa,” says East Africa scholar Laura Hammond of the University of London School of Oriental and…
It has long been feared that ISIS could ally with Somali terror group al-Shabaab, which has been tied to al-Qaeda. As Osama bin Laden’s gang fades and the Islamic State rises, ISIS might look like a better partner for the Somalian militants. ISIS recently accepted an oath of fealty from Boko Haram in Nigeria. Last October, the…
A leader of a Grand Forks Somali organization responded Tuesday to racist graffiti found on a commercial building recently. Faisal Abdi, in a message to the Herald, said the graffiti was a “desperate attempt to spread hatred, suspicion and division among the peacefully coexisting communities in the Greater Grand Forks (area).” Abdi is a member…
More than 100 people squeezed into the Minneapolis Brian Coyle Center conference room Monday night to meet a delegation of Turkish government officials, who came to Minnesota over the weekend to bolster relations with Somali-Americans. Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame, who arranged the arrival of Metin Kulunk, a member of the Turkish parliament, delivered…
No one even knows the last time the Somali shilling was printed. After years of civil war that has left the horn of Africa country as a pariah state, the Somali shilling has died a natural death with its own citizens preferring to trade in dollars and other regional currencies such as the Kenyan shilling….