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FGM law change call from 'persecuted' Somali women

Healthcare workers in Wales have been required by legislation to report any children they believe to be at risk of FGM to social services since 2014. Campaigners say FGM is now a thing of the past in Somali communities and want to stop being "racially profiled".Ads By Google The Welsh Government…

Trump, Kim hail historic summit despite doubts over agreement

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un hailed their historic summit Tuesday as a breakthrough in relations between Cold War foes, but the agreement they produced was short on details about the key issue of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons. The extraordinary encounter saw the leader of the world's most powerful…

Reflections on the 62nd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

From 20 April to 1 May 2018, DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) led a delegation of seven members to the 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Peoples' and Human Rights (ACHPR) in Nouakchott, Mauritania. These HRDs, representing Uganda, Sudan,…

Somali Refugee Abdi Nor Iftin: 'I Am Here To Make America Great'

Iftin's long road to the US began when he was only a child in Mogadishu, watching American movies and teaching himself English, while brutality and war raged around him. In his new memoir, Call Me American, he tells his story from the beginning: with his nomadic parents and their now-unimaginably…

Suicide car bomb in Somalia injures seven soldiers

Al Shabaab fights to topple Somalia's western-backed central government and impose its a rule based on its own strict interpretation of Islam's Sharia law.

Somali Government Signs up to Western Indian Ocean Ecosystem Initiative

The Government of Somalia has this week signed up to a regional marine partnership initiative to ensure the sustainability of the livelihoods, environment and resources of the Western Indian Ocean. Eight other countries in the region are taking part in the initiative – Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar,…

Austria to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams

The coalition government, an alliance of conservatives and the far right, came to power soon after Europe's migration crisis on promises to prevent another influx and restrict benefits for new immigrants and refugees. insidenewsThe moves follow a "law on Islam", passed in 2015, which banned…

NUSOJ Mourns the Death of Veteran Somali Journalist in UK.

Press Release on Thursday 07/06/2018 The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) mourns the loss of veteran journalist Mohamed Aden Hersi better known as Terra, who passed away in London on Thursday morning June 7, 2018. Late Mohamed Aden Hersi "Terra" died in the late hours of Thursday…

Afghan president announces temporary ceasefire with Taliban

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani announced on Thursday a temporary ceasefire with Taliban until June 20, though it was not immediately clear if the armed group had agreed. In a televised address, Ghani said that fighting against other armed groups such as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant…

State Rep. Ilhan Omar files to run for Congress

State Rep. Ilhan Omar (DFL-Minneapolis) filed her candidacy for Ellison's seat in Congress Tuesday afternoon, just hours before the deadline. Minnesota's reliably Democratic 5th Congressional District represents Minneapolis and several suburbs to the west.

Somalia Journalist's Trade Union (NUSOJ) attend ILO Conference in Geneva

The Secretary General of National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu represented Somalia in this year's 107th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, which was officially opened on May 28, 2018 by the Director General of International Labor…

Liboi residents cry for justice as scores go missing

Relatives of people who have disappeared mysteriously in the border town of Liboi, Garissa, have asked the government to locate their whereabouts. The residents, who claimed their loved ones were picked by people identifying themselves as police officers, also accused the government of being involved…

Father of four distraught over impending deportation to Kenya

A father of four says his life is in danger if Canadian authorities follow through on an order to deport him to Kenya. Yussuf Madey Mahamed made a desperate public plea Saturday for more time to have his application to stay in Canada processed. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials earlier…

FIFA World Cup 2018: Complete schedule of games, how to watch

A total of 32 teams will be competing, with the group stage set for June 14-June 28, Round of 16 from June 30-July 3, quarterfinals on July 6-7, semifinals on July 10-11 and the final on July 15. Germany are the defending champions.

Shabaab video details assassination unit in Mogadishu

The video begins by showing the unit's training camp, which is named after two former Shabaab leaders, Muhammad Ismail Yusuf and Hassan "Turki" Abdullahi Hersi. Yusuf was a former ideologue within the group, while Hersi, who was closely tied to al Qaeda, was a senior leader of Shabaab before…

Italy commits $1.2 million to the Somalia Infrastructure Fund

The ceremony was witnessed by Albert Mafusire, the African Development Bank's Principal Country Economist for Somalia, who represented the Bank's Deputy Director General for East Africa and Country Manager for Somalia, Nnenna Nwabufo; the Italian Ambassador to Somalia, Carlo Campanile; and the…

Two TV channels shut down, journalists arrested in Somaliland

Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities in Somalia's breakaway northwestern region of Somaliland to stop harassing privately-owned media outlets that are covering its territorial dispute with its eastern neighbour, Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. Two TV channels have been…

NUSOJ Condemns Shutting Down Of Two Somali Tvs and The Detention of Two Journalists in Somaliland.

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) protests against the decision to ban the two Somali Chanel televisions in Las Anod by the government of Somaliand on 27,28 May, 2018. On Sunday, 27 May 218, Somaliland police arrested journalist Abdirahman Keyse Tungub, a Bulsho TV reporter in the town…

Kenya: Police arrest three terrorism suspects in Nyeri

Police have arrested three terrorism suspects in Nyeri County and put key installations in Mt Kenya under surveillance. Two institutions in Nyeri, one in Meru County and several roads are under 24-hour radar. Two of the suspects, according to Nyeri County criminal investigations officer Charles Mutua,…

OTTAWA: Man dead, woman injured in south-end shooting

A double shooting Sunday evening left a father of two dead and a woman injured in the city's south end, police said.   Dozens of police vehicles descended on the townhouse on Patola Private after police reported an "active shooting" around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. There was no immediate word…

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