Tubta Toosan Initiative on Building a Strategic National Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Response for Somalia

Nairobi 04 August 2016 – Tubta Toosan Initiative today concludes a three days consultation on Building a Strategic National Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Response for Somalia.

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Somali Federal Government, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism Government Activities in the past week

Mogadishu, 03 Augus, 2016 – HE the Minister of Information, Mohamed Abdi Hayir 'Mareye' briefed the media on security and development activities of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in the past week.

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Turkey's Erdogan accuses West of 'supporting coup plotters'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during an economic meeting with international investors at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on August 02, 2016. He has accused the West of supporting both "terror" and the coup plotters who tried to unseat him. AFP PHOTO | TURKEY PRESIDENTIAL…

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AMISOM Senior Commanders convene to review military operations in Somalia

The Force Commander said this would help SNA take full charge of the country's security.

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Money flows into competitive Minnesota legislative races

The fight for funds is fierce, with all 201 seats and no governor up for election.

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Mo Farah on fame, family and why he stuck by his coach through doping allegations

It became the image of London 2012: Mo Farah crossing the finish line, arms outstretched, eyes wide in disbelief as he won his second gold. Now, as he prepares for what will almost certainly be his last Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Farah is hoping to repeat his success and win both the 5,000m and 10,000m…

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Can Somalia Hold Credible Elections in Time?

By Abdirahman Omar Osman (Eng. Yarisow) engabdirahman@gmail.com 01 August 2016 Ahead of the eve of the Somali Leaders Forum (SLF) meeting in Mogadishu, there are positive signs as Somalia prepares elections in the next few months. There is a consensus among all Federal Institutions (Executive, Legislature…

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Tens of thousands of protesters call for a regime change in Ethiopia

Tens of thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Gonder in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia on Sunday demanding a change of government due to the unfair distribution of wealth in the country.

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Soldiers blamed for deaths, robbery in Mandera

The locals say scores of others were seriously injured when the soldiers descended on them in broad day light.

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Clinton says Russian intelligence services hacked DNC

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Russian intelligence services hacked into Democratic National Committee computers and she accused Republican contender Donald Trump of showing support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Militants launch car bomb, gun attack on Somali police base, ten dead

Militants set off two car bombs outside a police base in Somalia's capital before gunmen stormed inside on Sunday, leaving at least 10 people dead, police said.

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Funeral for Abdirahman Abdi to be held at Ottawa mosque today

Ottawa (HOL) – A funeral will be held today for Abdirahman Abdi, a 37 year old with mental health issues who died after a violent confrontation with two Ottawa police officers.

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Somalia's long-term peace at risk over Amisom funding cut, Amina tells UN

Burundian troops serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) patrol near the village of Modmoday, some 40 kms east of the central Somali town of Baidoa. Amisom troops were deployed to Somalia in 2007 to defend the internationally-backed government against attacks by the Al-Shabaab. PHOTO…

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Tubta Toosan Initiative consults youth on the National P/CVE Strategy for Somalia

Jigjiga, 30 July 2016 – Tubta Toosan Initiative with the support of IGAD and Japan conducted a four days training and consultation with over 50 young people from Somalia. The training took place 26 to 29 July 2016 in Jigjiga. The President of the Somali Region H.E. Abdi Mohamud Omar closed the training…

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Dear friends and colleagues,On 9 July, South Sudan marked its five-year anniversary as a sovereign state not with celebrations,

but with violence. Two and a half months after Riek Machar returned to Juba to take up the post of First Vice President under the terms of the August 2015 peace agreement, his troops clashed with those loyal to President Salva Kiir. The altercation led to a wave of violence that reportedlykilledover…

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Climate change increases risk of armed conflict, war, study reveals

YOU wouldn't think this one issue could lead to war and armed conflict. But a new report shows a surprising threat to peace. Scientists have found climate change dramatically increases the chances of war breaking out as heatwaves, drought and other natural disasters help push countries to the edge.

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Somalia controbutes to the development of the Horn and Eastern Africa Regional Strategy for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE)

Somalia has shared its experience, knowledge and views to IGAD member states plus Tanzania as the Horn and Eastern Africa plans to develop a Regional Strategy for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE). Since Somalia has already developed an inclusive process to devise a comprehensive national…

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Community questions role of race in Abdi's death

As a community mourns the loss of Abdirahman Abdi, the Somali-Canadian who died in hospital the day after a violent arrest by Ottawa police, there are questions about what role, if any, race played in the altercation.

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Minnesota's DFL delegation brings deep diversity to the national scene

Abdul Ahmed, a Somali-American state employee from Coon Rapids, had no strong desire to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention until his politics-loving 10-year-old son intervened.

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Somali presence big in state DNC delegation

Philadelphia — Minnesota's delegation to the Democratic National Convention has a noteworthy amount of racial and ethnic diversity, including three Somali-American delegates and one alternate.

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