Mpumalanga MEC condemns looting of Somali shops

    Mpumalanga’s MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Vusi Shongwe, has paid a visit to Pienaar outside Nelspruit where residents have been looting foreign national’s shops. According to police, shops owned by foreigners were looted during and after the funeral of Wellington Hendrey Dube on Sunday.  Dube was allegedly shot dead by a Somali shop…

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      Somali shops looted in Nelspruit

      Several shops belonging to Somali nationals at Pienaar, outside Nelspruit, have been looted. The attacks followed the death of a 20-year-old man, allegedly at the hand of a shop owner. The looting started after the victim was buried. Somali business owners’ representative Ali Mohamed says police are not doing enough to protect them. Mohamed adds…

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        Somalis in Minnesota: Still misunderstood

        Twenty years have passed since Somalis started arriving in Minnesota to establish their largest community in America. Yet a large gap in understanding prevents integration of this burgeoning subcommunity in the North Star state. Popular culture provides Exhibit A. Barkhad Abdi gained instant stardom after outshining Tom Hanks in the thriller “Captain Phillips,” about Somali…

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          Lafoole Commissioner Criticizes Government’s Soldiers

          The commissioner of Lafoole in Lower Shabelle who spoke to Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu declared that Lafoole has difficulties with soldiers from the Somali government who have illegal checkpoints in the area. The commissioner reported that the citizens and drives working from Mogadishu to Afgooye face complications and urged the heads of state like the…

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            Compatibility Issues in Somalia: Governance and Economics

            By John Campbell    Somalia continues to improve after a nearly a quarter century of war, but integrating economics and governance remains difficult. IRIN identifies five core challenges for Somalia’s economic reconstruction. Potentially, the country offers interesting prospects to investors, including vast herds of livestock, bountiful fisheries, oil and gas reserves, and a long coastline with…

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              UN Agencies Begin Survey of Somali Refugees in Kenyan Camps

              Nairobi, 28 Feb 2014 (SDN) –Two UN refugee and migration agencies are carrying out comprehensive four-month return intention survey of Somali refugees living in the Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) said a two-month exercise will ensure that refugees’ views and concerns…

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                Somaliland’s President Performs Friday Prayers at Ali Matan Mosque in Hargeisa

                By: Abdirisak Itaqile Hargeisa, 28 Feb 2014 (SDN) –Somaliland’s President Ahmed Mohammad Mohamoud “Silanyo” has performed Friday prayers in large public mosque, reversing a trend of his predecessor Dahir Riyale Kahin who rarely appeared in crowded mosques. President Silanyo arrived today at Ali Matan mosque in Hargeisa downtown for Friday prayers. President Silanyo accompanied by…

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                  Somaliland’s Finance Minister Approved as a Kulmiye Executive Committee Member

                  By: Abdirisak Itaqile Hargeisa, 28 Feb 2014 (SDN) –Somaliland’s ruling party Kulmiye has announced Thursday the official approval of Finance Minister Abdiaziz Mohamed Samale as a party executive committee member. A statement signed by the chairman of Kulmiye, Muse Bihi Abdi said that the inclusion of country’s Finance Minister Abdiaziz Mohamed Samale to the party…

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                    Car Bomb Kills 12 at Tea Shop in Mogadishu

                    Mogadishu, 27 Feb 2014 (SDN) – Somali officials say at least 12 people died and a dozen others were wounded when a car bomb exploded at a restaurant near the headquarters of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency in Mogadishu. The attack Thursday near the intelligence headquarters is one in a series of terror attacks…

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                      Somalia’s Al-Shabab: Striking Like Mosquitoes

                      Mogadishu, 26 Feb 2014 (SDN) – As Somalia’s government plans a new offensive against al-Shabab, the BBC’s Mary Harper considers why the Islamist militants remain so brazen. The storming by al-Shabab fighters of Villa Somalia, the seat of government in the capital, Mogadishu, last Friday did not take me altogether by surprise. On a recent…

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