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On December 4th 2014, Dr Michael Walls spoke about the successes and challenges facing Somaliland’s democratic transition to mark the launch of his new publication for ARI: “Statebuilding in the Somali region: Compromise, competition and representation”.
On December 4th 2014, Iqbal Jhazbay analysed Somaliland’s quest for international recognition at the launch event for Michael Walls’s new publication for ARI: “Statebuilding in the Somali region: Compromise, competition and representation”.
The chaos and conflict that once consumed the port of Mogadishu are now gone and a few foreign investors are starting to move into Somalia. Turkey is leading the way – but why is there such a strong bond between these two countries? Where once rival militias battled for control of these docks, giant container…
Mogadishu – The Federal Government of Somalia through its Ministry of Interior and Federal Affairs is pleased to announce the launching of a new national Agency for Refugees and IDPs (ARI). The agency is formed as a national institution that will anchor the future development of legal frameworks, response planning, implementation and advocacy of matters of…
Mogadishu, 13 December 2014 – The Minister of Information, Mustafa Duhulow, today addressed the media, providing an update on the progress of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) over the last week. The Minister discussed various issues: Parliament’s vote of “no confidence” in the Prime Minister, the progress on the new terminal building at Mogadishu…
The story of Hamse Warfa begins in a place not unfamiliar to many immigrants in Minnesota: Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. But where that story culminates (at least for now), is quite unique: with a memoir Warfa released last month: “America Here I Come: A Somali Refugee’s Quest for Hope.” Growing up, Warfa was financially better…
(GIN)—It may not be clear who is running Somalia these days but energy companies appear to know who to call as they conduct onshore and offshore seismic surveys which could make the Horn of Africa an oil giant within six years. Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Chevron are all activating plans to drill…
Years ago, Mohamed Barre began snapping pictures of Somali life in Minnesota just so his kids could see what it was like for the first refugees. But as he photographed everything from mosques to halal markets, Barre found he’d built a rich archive of Somali-American life for everyone. What began as an amateur photographer’s tinkering…
At least seven women have been killed in “barbaric” attacks in Somalia after Shebab insurgents beheaded a soldier’s wife, prompting revenge executions of women close to the Islamists, elders said Thursday. The Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab earlier this week snatched two women — a soldier’s wife and a chef for the government troops — before chopping the…
Which city is America’s biggest hotbed for terrorists? If you’re thinking New York or Los Angeles, you’d be mistaken. Think middle America. Dozens of young men and women have left Minneapolis-Saint Paul in recent years to join Islamic terrorist groups overseas. Most of these U.S. passport holders hail from the Twin Cities’ large Somali Muslim…
MOGADISHU – Al Shabaab militants have beheaded two Somali policewomen, prompting a policeman to kill five women linked to the group who were being held for a possible swap of captives, an official said on Wednesday. The policeman killed the women — all wives of rebels from the Somali Islamist group — after discovering the…
A 26-year-old man is accused of a hate crime after allegedly beating a Somali American cab driver while calling him a “terrorist” and asking him if he was a member of ISIS. Two other passengers who rode with him allegedly participated in the early Sunday morning assault, according to police. Jesse Alexander Fleming, 26, was charged…
There is a need for more affordable housing in Eden Prairie. At a public meeting held at the Eden Prairie library on Wednesday, there were calls for more housing. Eden Prairie is home to the third largest Somali community in the metro, behind Minneapolis and St. Paul. Since the 90s, so many Somali’s have moved…
DULUTH, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) continues to deliver consumer transaction technologies and financial services around the world by installing Somalia’s first-ever automated teller machine (ATM) in Mogadishu, the East African country’s capital, with Salaam Somali Bank. “From ATM technology to mobile banking and advanced payments software, NCR Financial Services delivers the most complete Financial Services…
On December 2, 2014, gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab crept into a labourers’ camp in Mandera in Kenya and killed 36 people. In the same all-too-familiar modus operandi seen in the same area in the November bus attack, in Mpketoni in June and at the Westgate mall in Nairobi in September 2013, Christians…
Abu Dhabi, 09 December 2014 H.E. Mustafa Duhulow, the Minister of Information of Somalia was a keynote speaker of today’s Global Communications Expo in Abu Dhabi, that brings diverse experts to collaborate in developing and implementing innovative Counter Violent Extremists communications activities. The Minister said “We need to fully empower our young people, so that…
MANDERA (Xinhua) — The Kenyan government has derived plans to have 370 non-Muslims seeking refuge at the Mandera military camp moved without conceding the calls for evacuation. The move follows two attacks by militants in the past two weeks over a Nairobi-bound bus, in which they brutally killed 28 non Muslims and the massacre of…
Mogadishu: More than three million people in war-torn Somalia- 20 per cent more than last year- need urgent help because of malnutrition, war and other crises, the United Nations said today. The warning came three years after more than 250,000 people died of hunger in the troubled east African country. “The people of Somalia continue…
Calgary police are investigating a late Friday afternoon shooting following the discovery of a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his throat. Shortly after 6:00 p.m., an unidentified male, in need of medical assistance, entered a restaurant in the 5000 block of 17 Ave. S.E. Staff called 911 and emergency crews were deployed. EMS…
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud pledged on Saturday to appoint a new prime minister as soon as possible. The President’s pledge came only hours after his country’s parliament had withdrawn confidence from Somalia’s prime minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. “I welcome the decision reached by the members of parliament through a voting process,” Mohamoud said in…