Hyatt Plaza, QC hold fast-a-thon in support of Somalia kids’ education A fast-a-thon was organised by Hyatt Plaza shopping mall on June 26 and 27 in the food court offering over 400 non-Muslims an opportunity to experience fasting for one day.… 1 min read
3 mins read Internship Program Growing In Cedar Riverside Neighborhood Students in one Minneapolis neighborhood say their summer jobs are about much more than making a little money. On Tuesday, members of the internship program called STEP-UP gave some elected…
1 min read China provides education equipment to Somalia’s orphanage home The Chinese Embassy in Somalia on Sunday provided education facilities and furniture to Badbado Orphanage Center in Mogadishu. “When notified that a bad situation in the Center, I was shocked…
4 mins read Storyline:Security Obama’s Visit to Kenya Spotlights Regional Security U.S. President Barack Obama visits Kenya this week, his first trip to his father’s homeland as a sitting president. While the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit being co-hosted by the U.S.…
4 mins read Storyline:Security Twitter and YouTube must self-regulate on terrorism Nairobi’s Westgate mall reopened on the Eid Al Fitr weekend, 22 months after it was attacked by a terrorist group that had live-tweeted the bloodshed and the drama of those…
2 mins read Storyline:Security Al-Shabab Ramadan 2015 Threat: Militants Pledge To Kill ‘Non-Believers’ During Holy Month Al-Shabab, the Somalia-based jihadi terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda, threatened to attack “non-believers” in Kenya during Ramadan, continuing what has become an annual offensive during the Islamic holy month.…
22 mins read Storyline:Security Saving Somalia (Again) How Reconstruction Stalled—And What to do About It In early May 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made a historic but little noticed visit to Somalia, a…
3 mins read Storyline:Security Somalia reached ‘tipping point,’ can secure peace, U.N. official says Somalia has made “remarkable” progress in the last two years and has reached a “tipping point” where it can secure peace, the chief United Nations official in Somalia said on…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somali president: Our doors are open for amnesty Today, I have great news to share. Our Somali National Army, supported by our partners in arms, yesterday secured one of the few remaining hideouts of al-Shabaab, the great city…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Somali defence minister hails Bardhere recapture, vows heightened operations Somali defence minister Ali Dini has hailed the recapature of Bardhere by Somali National Army and AMISOM terming it a victory on the war on terror in Somalia. The minister…