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Somalia national to be honoured by Queen Elizabeth for shunning tribalism

Mr Adam Matan, the director of Anti-Tribalism Movement will receive an Order of the British Empire (OBE) that will be handed to him by Queen Elizabeth. He is also the first Somali to ever recieve such an award in history. Mr Matan is the founder and Managing Director of the Anti-Tribalism Movement that…

Bill Gates Warns a New Disease Could Kill 30 Million People in 6 Months

That could happen easily within the next decade. And as Bill Gates told listeners at a discussion about epidemics hosted by the Massachusetts Medical Society and the New England Journal of Medicine back in April, we're not ready. Gates acknowledged that he's usually the optimist in the room,…

Oregon hotel apologizes a week after kicking out black man

PORTLAND, Ore. — Attorneys for a black man who was kicked out of an Oregon hotel last week say they want a public explanation for why he was told to leave. Nearly a week later, the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Portland apologized Friday to Jermaine Massey on Twitter. He has accused the hotel of racially…

Alberta high school student discovers new diamond extraction method

An Alberta teenager has discovered a new way to extract diamonds that might otherwise be destroyed by current harvesting techniques. Hamdi Ali is a 17-year-old high school student and a participant in the University of Alberta's WISEST program, which is designed to encourage women to explore different…

Kenya: Noordin Haji: Man to watch in 2019

As the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Haji knows that the collective eye of the nation is on him. It is a bit scary for him, because he likes to keep to himself. As an intelligence officer, he was your common man on the streets, but, as the DPP, he can't hide beneath the cloak of anonymity.…

Ethiopia creates reconciliation council to tackle ethnic violence

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won international praise for his reformist agenda since coming to power in April, including allowing the return of exiled opposition figures.

Man charged with injuring another man Remanded in custody

The police said the man, a 24-year-old Nigerian who lives in Żebbuġ, Gozo, was also charged with breaching the peace and the conditions of a previous release. Another man, a 30-year-old Somali who lives in Munxar, was granted bail after he pleaded not guilty to breaching the peace and the conditions…

China will start fishing along Somalia's coastline just as piracy makes a comeback

Somalia granted fishing licenses to 31 Chinese vessels to exploit tuna and tuna-like species off its coast in a bid to tap the sector for economic growth. The vessels are associated with the China Overseas Fisheries Association, a distant-water trawling group created in 2012 to promote the East Asian…

AMISOM strongly condemns simultaneous bomb attacks in Mogadishu

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has strongly condemned the simultaneous bomb attacks, which occurred last night and today morning in Mogadishu.

PRESS RELEASE NUSOJ Mourns the Death of Veteran Somali Journalist Awil Dahir Salad in Mogadishu

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) mourns the loss of veteran journalist Awil Dahir Salad, who died in Mogadishu on Saturday morning December 22, 2018. Late Awil Dahir Salad was among people who died in huge suicide attack targeted to a military checkpoint in the heart of Mogadishu near…

SOMA, SIMHA, SWJ, MAP and NUSOJ jointly extend their deepest condolence for the death of a veteran Somali journalists in Mogadishu.

Somali Media Association (SOMA), Somalia Independent Media Houses Association(SIMHA), Somali Women Journalists(SWJ) , National Union of Somali Journalists(NUSOJ) and Media Association of Puntland (MAP) were all shocked by the death of the veteran Somali journalist Awil Dahir Salad, whose death was a…

Barcelona oo weerar ku ah Juventus! Maxaa Juve lagu arkay ?

Difaaca kooxda kubadda cagta Juventus ee Daniel Rugani ayaa waxa uu bartilmaameed u yahay kooxda Barcelona. Barca ayaa waxa ay la tacaaleysaa dhibaatooyin dhaawac, kuwaasoo soo gaaray difaacyadeeda kala Samuel Umtiti iyo Thomas Vermaelen. Sidaas darteed, Barcelona waxa ay dareemeysaa inay u baahantahay…

DefenDerders: 2019 - End Year Massege

As we move towards the end of 2018, it is time to reflect upon our achievements, actions, and challenges over this past year. I am grateful to say that we have enhanced our work, methodologies, strategies, and most importantly our impact in 2018 – ensuring an increased and improved level of proactive…

U S is committed to providing more than $900 million in Somalia

Summary: U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia $420 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance to Somalia this year. Job Creation

Manchester United fire manager Jose Mourinho

The end for Mourinho at English soccer's most prestigious club came two days after a 3-1 loss at Liverpool, which was the latest reminder of just how far United has slumped behind the top teams in the Premier League and Europe. United said it will not hire a permanent replacement for Mourinho until…

Nuruddin Farah lost a sister to terrorism. His new novel shows the pain left behind.

The celebrated Somali novelist, a frequent contender for the Nobel Prize in literature, lost his sister Basra Farah Hassan in 2014. A nutritionist working for UNICEF, she was murdered, along with at least 20 others, when the Taliban bombed a restaurant in Kabul. Farah's new book, "North of Dawn,"…

ACHPR: Reflections on the 63rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

This year, as we commemorate 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and 20 years of the UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; we take stock…

A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — so She Lost Her Job

The child language specialist, Bahia Amawi, is a U.S. citizen who received a master's degree in speech pathology in 1999 and, since then, has specialized in evaluations for young children with language difficulties (see video below). Amawi was born in Austria and has lived in the U.S. for the last…

Jubaland's Ahmed Madobe holds secret meeting with Garissa leaders

Sources told the Nation that Mr Madobe had come to lobby for support from his Ogaden clan, whose majority are also in Kenya. The state is set to go to the polls next month. Several candidate from Sheikh Madobe's backyard are eyeing his seat besides other contenders who are backed President Mohamed…

Sudan's Bashir first Arab leader to visit Syria since war began

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has become the first Arab League leader to visit Damascus since the war in Syria began nearly eight years ago. Syria's state-run news agency SANA said al-Bashir was greeted on Sunday at the capital's airport by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before they…

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