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Minnesota Somali families plead with immigration officials for loved ones' return

(KMSP) - Dozens of Minnesota families say they've been torn apart from their loved ones as they await deportation to Somalia in a detention facility. Fox 9 has been following the cases of at least five Somali men from Minnesota who were arrested and ordered for deportation. Some of the detainees…

Kansas men charged with planning to bomb Somali immigrant housing complex want Trump voters on jury

Three Kansas men charged with planning to blow up a mosque and an apartment complex housing Muslim Somali immigrants told a federal judge Friday they want Trump voters on the jury. Gavin Wright, Patrick Stein, and Curtis Allen — who were part of a militia group called "the Crusaders"— are…

Kenya disputes UN claim that KDF killed 40 Somali civilians

The Kenyan government is disputing allegations in a new United Nations report that its forces were responsible for 40 civilian deaths in Somalia during a 22-month period ending in mid-October. The report issued on Sunday states that air strikes carried out by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) were "allegedly…

Somali TV journalist killed by an explosive device fitted in his car.{Press Release}

Somali TV journalist killed by an explosive device fitted in his car. Mogadishu, December 11, 2017 . The National Union of Somali Journalists is deeply shocked and condemns by the senseless murder of the Somali journalist in Mogadishu on Monday December 11, 2017 .

Somalia, UN seek to vaccinate over 700,000 children against polio

Somalia's health ministry and two United Nations agencies on Sunday launched a three-day oral polio vaccination campaign, targeting 726,699 children under five years of age in two districts. A joint statement issued in Mogadishu said the campaign backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and…

International Human Rights Defenders Day: Wellbeing of HRDs at the heart of our work

9 December 2017 On the International Human Rights Defenders Day, DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) celebrates the work of human rights defenders (HRD) throughout the East and Horn of Africa and takes stock of the growing needs of local civil society across…

AU Special Representative for Somalia applauds power-sharing agreement between Galmudug state and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a{PRESS RELEASE}

AU Special Representative for Somalia applauds power-sharing agreement between Galmudug state and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'aMogadishu, 8 December 2017- The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, has hailed a…

Somali Man Found Guilty In Kidnapping Of Canadian Journalist

A Somali national has been convicted in an Ontario court for his role in the 2008 kidnapping of Canadian Amanda Lindhout, who was held captive in Somalia for 460 days and released only after her family paid a ransom, Canadian media reported on Wednesday. Ali Omar Ader, 40, was found guilty of one charge…

BREAKING: Veteran singer dies in Hargeisa, northern Somali

HARGEISA (HOL) - Veteran Somali musician, Shamis Abokar Ismail on Thursday died in Hargeisa of the breakaway Somaliland.

African Union Mission In Somalia (AMISOPRESS RELEASEM)AU Special Representative for Somalia congratulates the Somali Government for the successful high-level fora on Security and Partnership

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira congratulates the Federal Government of Somalia for hosting a highly successful Security Conference and Partnership Forum. The two high-level meetings…

President Farmajo; "US, Qatar Development Investment Pacts Cements our already strong partnership"

Mogadishu, Dec 6, 2017: President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has acknowledged the US comprehensive bilateral development agreement as a remarkable partnership that builds on efforts and commitments towards aspirations for stability and prosperity. The Development Objective Assistance agreement saw the…

Mission Chief: Somalia's Peacekeeping Mission Could Be Hurt by Cut in Force Size

The African Union's plan to trim its Somalia peacekeeping force (AMISOM) will hurt the mission unless extra equipment is found to offset the troop decrease, the mission's leader told Reuters on Monday. The force of 22,000 deployed a decade ago is set to lose 1,000 soldiers this year as part…

Communiqué Somalia Partnership Forum Mogadishu 5th of December 2017 Preamble

1. Representatives from 25 countries and 6 multilateral organizations, as well as representatives from all of Somalia's Federal Member States and the Benadir Regional Administration, gathered in Mogadishu on the 5th of December 2017 to participate in the inaugural Somalia Partnership Forum officially…

U.S., foreign officials warn Trump not to call Jerusalem Israel's capital

Such a decision, which U.S. officials have said has not been finalized, would violate decades of U.S. policy not to take a stance on the fate of Jerusalem on the grounds that this was an issue Israelis and Palestinians should negotiate and decide. If Trump made such a move, it could spark demonstrations…

SOMALIA SECURITY CONFERENCE, MOGADISHU 4th December 2017 COMMUNIQUE

On 4 December 2017 the President of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmaajo" convened the Somalia Security Conference in Mogadishu with representatives of the Federal Member States of Somalia and the Benadir Regional Administration. The conference was co-convened…

Somalia mulls swift actions to prevent use of children in armed conflicts

According to a joint statement issued in Mogadishu on Sunday after a five-day meeting of key representatives from the government and federal member states, recruitment and use of children is a key security concern and has the potential to undermine efforts aimed at bringing lasting peace to Somalia.

Shir Itoobiya ka dhacay oo lagu go'aamiyay dagaalo cusub oo Amisom ay qaadaan

Shalay Jimcihii waxaa magaalada Adis Ababa, xarunta Midowga Afrika lagu qabtay kulanka 25-aad ee guddiga qaabilsan hawl-galka Amisom ee Soomaaliya, kulanka oo ay soo qaban-qaabiyeen Midowga Afrika, waxaa goobta joogay taliyeyaasha dalalka ay ciidamada ka joogaan Soomaaliya sida (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia,…

Think before you tweet, Barack Obama advises leaders

Former US president Barack Obama said Friday that social media powers like Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are leading to "snap judgements to complex issues" and warned leaders to think before tweeting. Obama was repeatedly asked about his successor, President Donald Trump, at a New Delhi symposium…

Somalia lays out work plan for rehabilitation of ex-militants

Somalia and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have set out a detailed work plan on integrating and rehabilitating converts from violent opposition groups. Somali Defector Rehabilitation Program (DRP) said on Friday its priority plans include defector disarmament and community engagement…

Perpetrator of 2016 attack at Ohio State acted alone: FBI

A Somali immigrant who wounded 11 people in a car and knife attack at Ohio State University a year ago was influenced by the ideology of militant group Islamic State, but had no outside help in planning the violence, the FBI said on Wednesday. Abdul Razak Ali Artan, 20, on Nov. 28, 2016, plowed into…

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