Four Somali Finns alleged to have financed terrorism

    HELSINKI, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — Four Finns of Somali origin face prosecution in Finland for allegedly financing terrorism, local media reported Wednesday. Finnish prosecutors said the four people collected funds and sent them to al-Shabaab in East Africa. The sums collected between January 2008 and January 2011 amounted to several thousand euros. Their trial is…

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      NUSOJ in partnershi​p with SIMHA held Internatio​nal Day of Peace event in Mogadishu

      Mogadishu 16 September, 2014(SDN/QJ)-National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in partnership with Somali Media Independent Houses Association (SIMHA) held Media Peace campaign event in Mogadishu for the International Day of Peace. The event, which was attended by more than 150 people among them journalists, media representatives, government representatives, women organizations (national and regional level), human…

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        AMISOM’s toll on Somali Women and Girls

        hen a Somali interpreter from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) approached Idil in July 2013 asking her to “befriend” a Ugandan soldier in exchange for money, she was struggling to survive. Idil (not her real name) had fled to the capital, Mogadishu, during the 2011 famine and was stuck in a camp for…

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          Uganda arrests Somali Shabaab bombers

          Ugandan police said Sunday that suspected Islamist Shabaab insurgents arrested in weekend raids had planned to carry out bomb attacks, as the U.S. embassy said the immediate threat had been “countered.” Police raids on Saturday came two weeks after Ugandan troops, fighting in Somalia, reportedly provided intelligence that helped U.S. Special Forces kill the Shabaab’s…

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            Somali Group Pushes For Non-Pork Food Shelf

            MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Food shelves can be a life line for people dealing with poverty and hunger. But many in the Somali-American community say finding a food shelf that caters to their religious dietary restrictions is almost impossible. “Some food shelves are trying to meet the need, but some of them already got canned beans…

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              Top Somali anti-terrorism officer shot dead in Mogadishu

              MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) — Al-Shabaab militants on Saturday shot dead the deputy chief of Somalia’s anti-terrorism unit, Mohamed Qanuni, in a drive-by shooting in Mogadishu, police said. Al-Shabaab military operation spokesman Abdiaziz Abu Musab claimed that militants blocked Qanuni’s vehicle with their vehicle at Km5 Junction, spraying it with bullets before escaping from the scene….

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                Al Shabab’s Last Stand?

                Last week’s deadly U.S. strike on Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of the Somalia-based Islamist militant group al Shabab, could be the group’s undoing. Although the organization was quick to name a successor, Godane’s death has thrown it into disarray, casting serious doubts on its future. Although that augurs well for Somalia, the region is…

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                  Weekly Press Conference on the Progress of the Government

                  Mogadishu, 13 September 2014 – The Minister of Information, Mustafa Duhulow, today addressed the media in Mogadishu, providing an update on the progress of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) over the last week. The Minister discussed various issues including: the importance of Public Engagement, the ongoing Consultation Process in Baidoa, the importance of Public…

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                    Globalizat​ion of Somali Music-Aar Maanta Talks with Africa Day with Arise TV’s Juliette Foster

                    Juliette Foster : Now, He’s been described as exemplary individual for attempting to introduce the World to the beautiful sound of Somali Music. Aar Maanta’s efforts have already won him a huge following that started getting even bigger when he performs at October’s Africa Day celebrations in London’s Trafalgar Square.But Aar spent on music all…

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                      UN alleges ‘plot’ to steal Somali assets

                      Nairobi, Kenya – A confidential UN report alleges that Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud , his former foreign minister and an American law firm conspired to steal public funds by engaging in secret contracts that gave them hefty percentages from the country’s recovered overseas assets. The report, obtained by Al Jazeera and presented to the…

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                        Al Shabaab in Context

                        Somalia’s most feared militant group didn’t evolve in a vacuum. Al Shabaab is one of Africa’s most notorious militant organizations. The group has been accused of committing widespread human rights violations, including attacking aid workers and imposing harsh religious law in areas it controls. However, Al Shabaab didn’t evolve in a vacuum – it’s the…

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