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But then again, why not? Somalian cuisine seems almost defined by its long history of fusion; a combination of Somali trading and the odd occupation. Kismayo restaurant in Mayfair even calls its food “international”. The flavours, ingredients and cooking techniques include Italian, Indian, Persian and more besides. But back to the biryani: the basmati rice…
Mogadishu, 27 October 2014: President of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Maman S. Sidikou, along with senior military officers from the Somali National Army (SNA) and the African Union Mission…
Dr Ali Issa Abdi is fooling his Associates in the office as well as the international community too long. He is misappropriating the organization’s power and it’s funds in financing Khatumo, an armed rebel in Sool region of Somaliland, that he has established by himself with his co-founder Professor Ali Khalif Galydh, the current leader…
Mogadishu, 25 October 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: HE the President’s visit to El-Bur and Beledweyn; the Somalia Investment Conference in London; the delivery of food…
Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister and Chair of the IGAD Council of Ministers, delivered a key note address at the Conference on IGAD Economies and Federalism, co-organized by the Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Dr. Tedros Adhanom; UNECA Deputy Executive Secretary, Dr. Abdalla Hamdock; Ambassador…
NAIROBI/UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Somalia said it was reviewing several oil and gas deals that U.N. investigators say lack transparency and risk hindering development of the country’s energy industry. Energy firms are cautiously eyeing Somalia’s long coastline, an untapped frontier on the east African seaboard that has become an exploration hot spot after…
Abi Mohammed was dashing about his small kitchen early Wednesday preparing rice and goat for the lunchtime rush when he paused to get something off his chest. “I don’t care if they are young, they should be prosecuted,” said Mohammed, owner of Kin Restaurant in a south Denver strip mall jammed with East African businesses….
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the slain gunman in Wednesday’s shooting at the Ottawa War Memorial and Parliament Buildings, had a criminal record in Quebec and British Columbia. Court documents obtained by CBC News show that Zehaf-Bibeau pleaded guilty to charges including drug possession and robbery. Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian born in 1982, was charged with drug possession in 2004….
The recent high-profile campaigns for Scottish and Catalonian independence have buoyed hopes that Somaliland could soon gain independence from Somalia, according to the president of the self-declared country. Somaliland is viewed by the international community as a territory within Somalia – a nation that is struggling to emerge from more than two decades of civil…
Somalia plans to begin producing oil and gas offshore for the first time within six years and is in talks with state governments about how revenue will be shared, Petroleum Minister Daud Mohamed Omar said. The Horn of Africa country, which has been immersed in conflict for more than two decades, is proceeding tentatively on…
(MENAFN Press) LUXEMBURG Luxembourg October 20 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Foreign Affairs Council meeting The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. The EU welcomes the political and security progress made in Somalia since the signing of the Somali Compact during the Brussels New Deal Conference for Somalia in September 2013. The Somali Compact has…
Mogadishu – H.E. Mustafa Duhulow, Minister of Information today hosted an important meeting between AMISOM and Somali Police forces and Civil Society groups in Mogadishu. The aim of the meeting was to better coordinate between AMISOM and the Federal Government institutions as well as on how best to engage with public in order to bring…
Mogadishu –The Hearing of the case of Shabelle and SkyFM journalists started at the regional Court on Tuesday morning around 10:00am and lasted for an hour. Judge Hashi Elmi Nor opened the hearing as scheduled and read a letter from the office of the Attorney General charging Abdimaalik Yusuf Mohamoud, owner of Shabelle Media Network…
Following their meeting in Mogadishu,the National Security Committee and members from the Cabinet who have been tasked with solving tensions in Hiiaran have issued a number of key recommendations to solve the conflict in Hiiraan. Please read the press release on Hiiraan conflict below
Djibouti — The head of the Djibouti diplomacy receives a delegation of Canadian parliamentarians The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Government Spokesman , Ali Youssouf M.Mahmoud , today received in his office a delegation of Canadian parliamentarians, in the presence of the Ambassador of Canada accredited to Djibouti , Mr. David Usher ….
Minneapolis became sisters with a Somali counterpart on Friday — becoming the first city in the country to do so — in an effort to strengthen international ties with Somali-American residents. The City Council voted to add Bosaso, Somalia, as Minneapolis’ 12th sister city in an arrangement that has inspired local residents and Somali citizens…
Somali oil and gas summit will be held in London on October 20, 2014 whereby the intentional oil and gas giants will meet Somali leadership for future investment opportunities. The Somali federal government Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources of the Federal Republic of Somalia has confirmed that the 2nd Somalia Oil & Gas Summit will take place on Monday, 20th October at the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel. The event…
Three teenage girls from the western U.S. city of Denver, Colorado are reported on their way back to the United States after going missing from their homes last Friday and later being apprehended in Frankfurt, Germany. Relatives and other sources told VOA’s Somali Service the girls left Denver and flew to Frankfurt via Chicago. Family…
United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has acknowledged in a confidential report that the President of Somalia’s North Eastern State of Puntland Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas has showed extreme reluctance to address the upsurge in extremism, saying his ties to pirate linchpins also remain apparent, Garowe Online reports. The 8-member panel of UN…
THE African Union (AU) has established a team to investigate allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Ugandan and Burundian troops serving under the AU Mission in Somalia. According to AMISOM, the chairperson of the AU Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma authorized the deployment of an investigation team into the allegations against AU personnel made by…