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The Mayor of Mogadishu: what you get when African cliché is dropped

News reporting is always shaped by a considerable amount of tension. How do you strike the balance between hooking the audience with the sensational while supplying sufficient detail and context for an informed understanding of the events being reported?

My dad's Cinderella story: Finding love in Somalia

My dad's life story is kind of like Cinderella's. My dad, Abdul-Basit Hassan, grew up without a mom, worked for an evil relative and found his princess in the least expected way. But instead of having a pumpkin carriage, he had a taxi. Yes, my dad is a Seattle taxi driver, and like many, he's…

Human Rights Council: 33rd Session Oral Statement by DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS)

28 September 2016 Delivered by Manon KaratasThank you Mr President, Our organisations, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project and ACJPS, would like to express concern regarding the crackdown by the Government of Sudan on independent civil society, and the severe circumscription of…

UN Human Rights Council: 33rd session Oral Statement by DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and CIVICUS.

28 September 2016 Delivered by Renate Bloem Thank you Mr President. CIVICUS and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project thank the Independent Expert on Somalia for his report. As Somalia prepares for its electoral process later this year, we take this opportunity to welcome steps…

Obama: Congress' veto override of 9/11 bill 'a mistake'

US President Barack Obama has called the Senate's vote to override his veto on a bill that allows families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's government a mistake.

Why Africa's mobile money revolution can reduce poverty

A mobile subscriber withdraws money from an M-Pesa shop in Nyeri on May 2, 2016. Across Africa more and more people are now spending, saving and planning for the future through banking services offered by mobile phone companies/FILE PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Somalia's Qaafow eager to make debut at FIBA AfroBasket 2017

For the last two decades, Somalia has been engulfed in war resulting in millions of lives being lost, while an unstable economy has affected every aspect of life in the country.

IFJ denounces savage assassination of leading Somali journalist

The journalist, a reporter with Radio Shabelle, in the Somali capital, was hit five times in the chest and neck. The attack happened in Jiiro-garoob neighbourhood of Yaqshid district in northern Mogadishu, shortly after 6pm, local time, as he left the radio to visit his uncle. He was pronounced dead…

With 66% unemployment, Mogadishu, Somalia is the world's most fragile city

Earlier this year, global security expert Robert Muggah released a report that outlined the most "fragile" cities in the world — basically, cities that were flirting with economic or physical collapse.

Arsenal fan Mo Farah open to becoming fitness coach for Gunners

British distance runner Farah has supported the Gunners since he was a boy and said he would be open to working for the North London club in the future.

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Human Rights Council: 33rd Session Item 10: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Burundi

Tourists are heading to Somalia to see the ruins of a two-decade civil war

For a trip to the Puntland region in northeastern Somalia, Christian Matzenauer didn't know what to expect. After traveling from Dusseldorf, Germany to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia he flew to the Somali city of Bosaso in January, drove along the coast to the towns of Alula and Bareeda, before finally…

NUSOJ condemns the killing of Somali journalist in Mogadishu

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the strongest terms possible the murder of a Somali Journalist in Mogadishu on Tuesday 27th of September 2016, the latest in a series of attacks against the press in Somalia.

Mogadishu, 27 September 2016, For Immediate press release

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the strongest terms possible the murder of a Somali Journalist in Mogadishu on Tuesday 27th of September 2016, the latest in a series of attacks against the press in Somalia.

Somalia delays its presidential election by a month

Somalia is pushing back its upcoming presidential election by a month amid concerns by the international community, which has called on all parties to implement the electoral calendar without delay.

Death toll from capsized migrant boat off Egypt rises to 177

IOM says that more than 3,200 migrants have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, while an estimated 298,474 have reached European shores. More than 1 million Middle Eastern, African and Asian migrants entered Europe in 2015.

Sitting kills 433,000 people every year

Although it is an intrinsic part of nature, nearly 433,000 deaths are recorded every year due to longer sitting hours. The fatalities account for about 3.8 per cent of the global annual deaths due to inactivity.

Could Somaliland's new port change the country's future?

On a rough street, it's a risk upsetting the neighbours, but the port of Berbera in Somaliland has done just that. A Dubai firm, DP World, has started work as part of a 30-year deal to run the harbour in a country you might say is not really there.

Clinton stays calm while Trump loses cool during first presidential debate

Clinton repeatedly puts Trump on defensive, accusing him of perpetrating a 'racist lie' with birther movement and 'stiffing thousands' of blue-collar workers Donald Trump's freewheeling approach spun wildly out of control in the first presidential debate as he was forced on the defensive…

We've not backed any hopeful, say Mombasa Somalis

Chairman Mohamed Abdi on Sunday said they are yet to decide whom to support or front for political seats. He said some people are making personal statements but pretend to be talking on behalf of the community.

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