Barnet-based Somali organisation BritSom gets grant

    An organisation which helps Somali immigrants find jobs has been handed a cash grant. BritSom, in Eversfield Gardens, Mill Hill, was given £1,450 by the Co-operative Membership Community Fund. BritSom was formed in 2008 to help Somali students, graduates and professionals support others from the same background. Abubakar Ali, of Britsom, said: “Funding is becoming…

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      Growing Somali efforts strengthen regional anti-terror war

      Security – The arrest of Abdirahman Isse Hassan, a Somali murder suspect who quietly slipped into hiding in South Sudan, through the efforts of the Somali National Police Force (SNPF) has accentuated Somalia’s growing relevance and cooperation in the regional anti-terror battle. SNPF, which has also grown in capability, closely monitored the movement of Hassan…

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        Somali PM meets Yemen’s embassy chargé d’affaires

        MOGADISHU, Jan. 23 (Saba) – Somalia’s Prime Minister Abdul-Wali Sheikh Ahmed met on Thursday in Mogadishu with chargé d’affaires at the Yemeni embassy Fouad al-Zurqah. In the presence branch manager of Cooperative and Agriculture Credit (CAC) International Bank in Djibouti Ahmed al-Dhib, Ahmed and al-Zurqah discussed the economic relations between the two brotherly countries, the…

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          Somali Spice

          East African Restaurant is the quiet but self-assured new kid in Spenard. While its décor is dominated by remnants of the space’s previous German restaurant identity — walls coated in red and black striped wallpaper, an old piano, a stein for a tip jar, even the tables and chairs — the new tenant’s additions of…

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            Prime Minister chairs first Cabinet, telling ministers: “We must rise to and overcome challenges that lay ahead”

            His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed today chaired Cabinet for the first time since appointing his Cabinet.  The Prime Minister set out his plans and vision for Somalia and told Cabinet that the expectation and responsibility resting on their shoulders is great. “My Cabinet and I are in no doubt of the challenges that…

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              Dubai to host Somalia Investment Summit 2014

              The second Somalia Investment Summit 2014 takes place in Dubai in April 6th to 7th. This year’s summit theme is ‘Opening new possibilities’. Hosted by Somalia Economic Forum, Somali Investment Summit 2014 will focus on the abundant opportunities and exciting future prospect in rebuilding the State of Somalia. With widespread support from the Somali Government,…

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                It’s Somali vs Somali at TDSB

                “We are tired of being marginalized. We came to Canada to integrate, but it seems officials at the TDSB would like us to segregate ourselves into ghettoes.” Those are the words of Suban Abdullahi, mother of two kids in the Toronto school system and three more who have graduated and are now in university. She…

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                  Shipping Industry Aims to Boost Jobs in Somalia

                  Per Gullestrup, whose Danish‐operated ship was hijacked by Somali pirates for several weeks, is to be joined this Thursday, January 23rd at a meeting in London, by other shippers and government representatives, to discuss expanding coordination across job-creating projects in coastal regions of Somalia, including a fishing project he leads on the north Somali coast….

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                    Suspects in Kenyan mall attack tour damaged scene

                    NAIROBI, Kenya — Four handcuffed ethnic Somali men walked by the gaping, four-story hole in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall on Tuesday, part of an organized tour so court officials could visualize how the multi-day siege unfolded. The four ethnic Somalis are accused of aiding the four al-Shabab gunmen who carried out the attack which killed at…

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                      President welcomes Parliament’s approval of new Cabinet

                      His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today welcomed Parliament’s vote approving the new Council of Ministers. In a landslide vote Parliament confirmed Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed’s Cabinet. The President said: “I congratulate the Prime Minister and welcome and commend this responsible and democratic vote by parliament. This is an important step forward for…

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                        Prime Minister: “The hard work now begins”

                        His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed today thanked Parliament for voting to approve the Cabinet of Ministers and declared that “the hard work now begins” for his government. Following the vote, the Prime Minister said: “I am thankful to the MPs and Parliament for taking their role responsibly and putting the national interest first…

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