Hassan Nur Mohamed started out as a tea vendor selling cups of tea from a single flask under a tree in Mogadishu. Now, 12 years later, he runs his own restaurant called Hassan-dhere that opened in June, employing five full-time and two part-time staff. “When I started my business I had just one flask of...
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Two GSU officers killed, 4 injured in IED attack in Garissa
At least two General Service Unit officers were killed and four others seriously injured on Monday morning when a remote-controlled bomb hit their vehicle in Dadaab, Garissa County. Police said the attack took place at Ege Dam along Dadaab-Garissa road when the officers were headed to provide security during the ongoing national The vehicle was...
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Traveling is part of my work – Kenyan president
Kenyan President William Ruto has defended his numerous visits abroad, saying they have benefited the country economically. Mr Ruto has been criticised for having made the highest number of foreign trips in a year compared to any of his predecessors. Local media say he has been to 38 countries since coming to power in September...
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CyberSOC Africa targets Kenya’s, East Africa’s cybersecurity market
Cybersecurity firm CyberSOC Africa has expanded to Kenya as part of its pan-African cybersecurity expansion plans. The new office will promote cybersecurity awareness and education as well as provide resources and tools to keep government agencies and organisations safe from cyber attacks. “We are excited to open the new cybersecurity office and to continue our...
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Parents of Liverpool winger Luis Diaz kidnapped in Colombia
The mother of Liverpool’s Colombian winger Luis Diaz has been rescued from kidnappers but the search for his father continues, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said. Petro posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday that Diaz’s mother was rescued in Barrancas in the northern part of the country “We continue in the search for...
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Journalism, sacrifice, and Legacy: Remembering two remarkable media colleagues
October 2022 and October 2023: These are the months that forever altered the landscape of our Somali media community. In those fateful days, we lost two colleagues, friends, and rising beacons of journalistic integrity. Their names were Mohamed Isse Hassan Koonaa and Abdifatah Moalim Nur, known as Qeys, and their absence has left an indelible...
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Ethiopia’s Determination for Port Access by All Means Necessary
Since the PM of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Dr Abiy Ahmed announced that his country is exploring all options to secure a port for Ethiopia, either through negotiation, “give and take,” or “force”, the concern of the littoral countries in the region about his intention has increased sharply. PM’s call to acquire sea...
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A Somalia Port for a Returned Somali land!
Ethiopia, a land locked country ( and due to its demographic explosion in the horizon), is desperate for a seaport! Somalia, on the other hand, a tiny country with a tiny population of 17 million, is blessed with The longest coastline on mainland Africa of approximately 3333 km! The question is, what would Ethiopia be...
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As Italy turns again to Africa, ‘good coloniser’ myth persists
Rome (AFP) – Italy’s government is eyeing Africa in pursuit of energy security, even as some officials defend Rome’s often-bloody colonial past on the continent — giving short shrift to historical accuracy. Historians agree that hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed under Italian colonial rule in Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and what is now Somalia...
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Turkey’s Erdogan tells pro-Palestinian rally Israel is ‘an occupier’
At a massive pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was an occupier in its war in Gaza, and repeated his stance about Hamas not being a terrorist organisation. “I reiterate that Hamas is not a terrorist organisation. Israel was very offended by this … Israel is an occupier, Erdogan speaks...