Warrant: Woman "slapped" squad car before police shooting

A woman approached the back of a Minneapolis police car and "slapped" it shortly before an Australian woman was shot and killed by an officer, according to a search warrant filed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

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Press Release.Child Rights Training for Journalists concluded in Mogadishu

Mogadishu: Monday 24/07/2017 The National Union of Somali Journalists supported by UNICEF have successfully concluded a three day training on child rights in Mogadishu on Monday.

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Somali President Urges the Two Chambers of the Parliament to Cooperate for Constitutional Review

12 July - Source: Somaliupdate - 257 Words President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has opened the second parliamentary session of the Upper House of the Somali Federal Parliament. In his constitutional address, the president called upon the two houses of parliament to cooperate in the ongoing process of…

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U.S. investigating Somali pirates for helping ISIS and al Shabaab terrorists

Mohamed Garfanje, an influential leader of the Hobyo-Harardhere Piracy Network, is accused of helping al Shabaab and the Islamic State in Somalia — two groups that reportedly don't get along — smuggle weapons across the Gulf of Aden, CNN reported. Garfanje, a suspect in the 2012 kidnapping of…

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President Farmaajo; "….the two chambers of parliament must cooperate to ensure a fair process in the ongoing review of the constitution"

Mogadihsu; 12th July 2017:President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has opened the second parliamentary plenary session of the Upper House of the Somali Federal Parliament. In his constitutional address, the president called upon the two houses of parliament to cooperate in the ongoing process of reviewing…

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Press Release. Mogadishu: Tuesday 11/07/2017 Somaliland releases the arrested journalist in Hargeisa on bail.

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes the release of Journalist Omar Hassan Ali Known as Omar Serbia who has been arrested in Hargeisa, Somaliland since on Saturday 7, July 2017.

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AMISOM hands over a rebuilt Somali National University to the Federal Government of Somalia

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT (For immediate release)Mogadishu, 11 July 2017 - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) today officially handed over the Somali National University to the Federal Government of Somalia, relinquishing control of the institution, which it has occupied for the last 10 years.

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Somali Minister for Women and Human Rights Development, H.E. Deqa Yasin, launches the first phase of the National Independent Human Rights Commission's selection process

For immediate release 9 July 2017, Mogadishu - The Somali Minister for Women and Human Rights Development, Deqa Yasin, launches the National Independent Human Rights Commission's selection process today. This is widely seen as a crucial step towards strengthening Somalia's human rights protection…

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Lamu residents flee homes after attacks

Al-Shabaab terrorists killed at least nine people on Friday night in Jima, just two kilometres from the Pandaguo police post where they killed four people on Wednesday.

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Press Release.:-NUSOJ condemns the arbitrary arrest of a journalist in Garowe.

Mogadishu: Thursday 06/07/2017 The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns – in the strongest terms possible – the arbitrary and detention of a Somali journalist on Sunday, 2 July, 2017 in Garowe, Puntland.

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PRESIDENT FARMAAJO'S SPEECH AT THE REFUGEE SOLIDARITY SUMMIT, KAMPALA-UGANDA Excellences and Distinguished delegates

Let me start by thankingH.E Yoweri Museveni,President of the Republic of Uganda for hosting the Uganda Solidarity Summit for Refugees. I would also like to thankH.E Antonio Guteres, the United Nations Secretary General for co-hosting this summit and his commitments to the wellbeing of refugees everywhere.

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8 Killed in Latest Mogadishu Car Bomb

At least eight people were killed and four others wounded Thursday when a car filled with explosives hit a police station in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

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Reflections on the 60th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

Last month, Commissioners and representatives of African member states, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organisations travelled to Niamey, Niger, to attend the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights' (the Commission) 60th session. DefendDefenders led a delegation…

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'This is a lawless place': Australia's Somali community expresses concern for relatives in Libya

A Facebook video authenticated by the aid agency Amnesty International shows malnourished African captives - most of them thought to be Somalis - crammed into concrete cells.

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Muslim Model Halima Aden on Defying Beauty Standards

The people gawking at the model include a family in matching pastel-blue sweaters, a jet-lagged Italian couple, and a bevy of thin blondes swaddled in Mansur Gavriel accessories. And also me. We've met for Sunday breakfast at a restaurant that overlooks Central Park and sells $20 lemon-ricotta pancakes.…

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US shoots down Iranian drone in Syria

An official said it was taken out because it was "assessed to be a threat," the cable news network reported on Tuesday.

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Car bomb in Somalia capital kills at least 15: Police

Mogadishu (HOL) - At least 15 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a district headquarter office in Somalia's capital on Tuesday. Witnesses say an attacker in a milk delivery van as detonated his car outside the Wadajir district headquarters.

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Dear friends, colleagues, and fellow human rights defenders,

As our battle for the promotion and protection of human rights increasingly shifts towards the digital world, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project decided it was time for our online and offline organisational image to get a makeover. In 2016, we adopted DefendDefenders as the organisation's…

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Utah Muslim leader blocked from flying returns to US home

A Utah Muslim leader who finally returned home after being barred from flying to the U.S. last week will push forward with a lawsuit that brought attention to his case to ensure he is afforded free reign of travel in the future, his lead attorney said Monday.

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Somali Government welcomes the resilience of youth for planning to re-open Pizza House Restaurant following terrorists' attack on 14th June 2017

Mogadishu, 18 June 2017 - Somali Government welcomes the resilience of its youth for planning to re-open Pizza House Restaurant as they took bravery step in mobilizing communities to clean up Pizza House Restaurant in Mogadishu, which was destroyed by terrorists groups of Al-Shabaab on 14 June 2017.

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