Cigarette Smoking Takes Unknown Toll On Somalis

    Mogadishu, June 13 2013 (SDN) — The Somali government should undertake a comprehensive study on the effects of tobacco consumption since many Somalis lack awareness about the physical and economic consequences of smoking, health specialists and labour officials say. An official study would cast light on smoking-related medical problems and the connection between smoking and…

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      Somalis march in Cape Town against South Africa attacks

      Cape Town June 08, 2013(SDN) -Members of the Somali community in South Africa have marched to parliament in Cape Town to protest against recent attacks on foreigners. Three Somalis have been killed this month and the Somali government has requested the South African authorities to do more to protect their nationals.  About 200 people took…

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        Go rebuild your country, Ruto urges Somalis

        Yokahoma May 31, 2013 (SDN) —– Kenyan Vice-President William Ruto has asked Somali exiles and refugees to return and rebuild their country. Speaking during a conference on Somalia in Yokohama, Japan, Ruto said returning was the only way that Somalis can help stabilise their country. The deputy president spoke as other world leaders praised Kenya’s…

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