Yasmin Warsame is a Somali model and activist

    Yasmine Warsame is a Canadian model who was originally born in Mogadishu, Somalia. During the early 1990s when she was fifteen years old she relocated to Canada with her family in order to avoid the civil strife and unrest that was taking place in Somalia during that time. After she became a famous model, Warsame…

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      The new Somali prime minister received cable of congratula​tion from his Turkish counterpar​t

      Mogadishu, December 23, 2013…… The Turkish Prime Minister His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent congratulation cable to His Excellency Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed on his appointment as the Prime Minister of the federal republic of Somalia. In a letter to Dr. Abdiweli Sh. Ahmed, the Prime Minster extended his warm congratulation and hoped the two countries…

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        Ali joins District 3 school board field

        Siad Ali formalized his entry into the District 3 race for school board in a well-attended announcement Saturday at the Phillips Community Center. Judging by the mostly Somali-American crowd of close to 100, the Somali-born staffer for U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar can claim fairly broad support. The most notable figures there in terms of school board politics were…

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          Somali pop idol offers escape to Somali youth

          After more than two decades of conflict, some semblance of normality is returning to the Somalia capital, Mogadishu. A UN-backed government is consolidating its control of the city, and services such as rubbish collection and traffic lights have been restored. Now, a TV reality show has been launched, as the BBC’s Kate Forbes reports. A…

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            The Somali prime minister received message of congratula​tion from his Ethiopian counterpar​t

            The Somali prime minister received message of congratulation from his Ethiopian counterpart Mogadishu, December 22, 2013…… His Excellency Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed received message of congratulation from his Ethiopian counterpart His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn on his appointment and approval as the prime minister of the federal republic of Somalia. On behalf of the government and the…

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              Somali government calls for peace in Hiran region

              The Somali government has issued a decree calling for the cessation of clan fighting in Hiran region, government-run Radio Mogadishu reported Friday (December 20th). A delegation led by Minister of Natural Resources Abdirizak Omar Mohamed has been in Beledweyne since Sunday to mediate between two clans who fought in Kabahanley area over grazing land. The…

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                Ethiopia arrests five for bomb plot

                Dec 19 (Reuters) – Ethiopian police have arrested five more people suspected of plotting suicide bombings during Ethiopia’s World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria in October, security officials said on Thursday. The planned attack failed when two Somali accidentally blew themselves up a few kilometres (miles) from Addis Ababa Stadium where soccer fans were gathering….

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                  UN Envoy Denounces Attack On Medical Convoy In Somalia

                  The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has strongly condemned the attack on a medical convoy outside Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing at least six people. “Somalia, still struggling to build up its health services, relies on the goodwill of NGOs [non-governmental organizations] and medical personnel who work in incredibly difficult conditions to save Somali lives,”…

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                    500 killed in violent clashes

                    At least 500 people, most of them soldiers, have been killed in South Sudan since Sunday, a senior government official said, as an ethnic rivalry threatened to tear apart the world’s newest country. The clashes apparently are pitting soldiers from the majority Dinka tribe of President Salva Kiir against those from ousted vice president Riek…

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                      Somalia: Militants ambush doctors convoy killing 6

                      MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Suspected armed Islamic militants on Wednesday ambushed a convoy carrying doctors near the Somali capital, killing six people, three of them Syrian doctors who were in the country giving medical assistance, officials said Wednesday. Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior Somali police commander, said the convoy came under attack in a semi-forested…

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                        Hargeisa deputy mayor (Councillor Abulaziz Mohamed Hashi) posses all concepts and successful qualities to become a future Leader

                        Hargeisa deputy mayor (Councillor Abulaziz Mohamed Hashi ), who is at present in official visit to UK, has all concepts and successful qualities to become a future Leader. Today December 18, 2013, he will meet and address the Diasporas here in London with regard all the issues in general in Somali-land local governments and in…

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                          Salahley Communty:We denounce the minister of education’s remarks and the first lady taking credit for an ambulance donated by Emirates Red Crescent

                          This week a delegation from Somali-land government officials including minsters and the first lady has paid visit to salaxley to deliver an ambulance donated by emirates Red Crescent to Somali-land. The ambulance being donated by friendly country and not from Somali-land government, the delivery of the ambulance should have been delivered in normal protocol, which…

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                            Banned charcoal still finds ways into Gulf

                            KHASAB, Oman: Charcoal from Somalia, which was banned nearly two years ago by the United Nations, is still making its way to markets in the Middle East, frustrating international efforts to cut off a major moneymaker for Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab militants in the Horn of Africa nation. UN inspectors in recent weeks have sent letters to…

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