BERLIN — Dozens of people from around the world lined up on a sunny morning this week in front of a former mental health hospital in Berlin to apply for asylum in Germany. There were two older women from Moldova. A young man from Somalia sat next to them on a bench. A group of...
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September 30, 2023September 30, 2023English
On IDUAI, journalist Bulbul transferred to Mogadishu prison despite charges being dismissed
MOGADISHU – On the occasion of International Day for Universal Access to Information, the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is alarmed by the forcible transfer of our colleague journalist, Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul, from Hamar Jajab police station to Mogadishu Central Prison by armed officers affiliated with the Somali police and the national intelligence on Thursday 28 September....
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September 30, 2023September 30, 2023English
Chinese embassy in Somalia holds Mid-Autumn Festival movie reception
The Chinese Embassy in Somalia on Thursday held a reception in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival by showcasing a Chinese science fiction movie, “Wandering Earth II.” Senior officials from the Somali government, local students, representatives of the Somalia-China Friendship Association and foreign missions in Mogadishu attended the reception and had the...
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September 30, 2023September 30, 2023English
Somalia arrests suspected al-Shabab arms sealer
WASHINGTON — Somali security forces on Friday arrested a man believed to be one of the country’s main illegal arms dealers suspected of supplying weapons to al-Shabab militants. Zakariya Kamal, who is accused by Somali authorities of conspiracy to provide weapons, material support or resources to al-Shabab, a designated terrorist organization, was arrested in the...
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September 30, 2023September 30, 2023English
Suicide attack on tea shop in Somalia capital kills at least seven
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a shop selling tea in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, police and witnesses have said. The explosion on Friday occurred inside a tea shop in Bar Bulsho Mogadishu near the presidential palace in central Somalia, said police spokesman Sadik Dudishe. “All the casualties were people spending...
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September 30, 2023September 30, 2023English
US pleads urgent action in phone call to Ethiopia
The United States says it is concerned about conflicts in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Oromia regions, and has appealed for political dialogue to end them. In a call with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for human rights to be protected. According to an independent monitoring group called the...
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September 28, 2023September 28, 2023English
Qatar Airways executive says invasive gynecological examinations of passengers won’t be repeated
A senior Qatar Airways executive told an Australian Senate inquiry on Wednesday there would be no repeat of an incident at Doha’s international airport in 2020 in which female passengers were subjected to invasive gynecological examinations. Australian Transport Minister Catherine King said three weeks ago that the examinations of 13 Australian women who had boarded...
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September 28, 2023September 28, 2023English
President Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: A Bold Optimist!
For the first time in years, a massive counter-insurgency operations are launched with core commitment led by the Somali leadership, international partners, local communities with the sole aim of rooting out the militant group of Al-shabab in Somalia. This operation’s first phase sparked by after a clash of defeat to Al-shabab by the former governor...
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September 28, 2023September 28, 2023English
East Africa bloc climate service warns of higher temperatures alongside El Nino rains
The Horn of Africa will experience higher than normal temperatures between October to December, a period when the region is also expected to have El Nino rains that would lead to heavy flooding, the East African bloc climate service warned Wednesday. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) said in...
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September 28, 2023September 28, 2023English
569,000 people displaced in Somalia due to conflict, insecurity
The enduring conflict and insecurity have displaced some 569,000 people in Somalia in the first eight months of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. The WHO said the Somali government’s ongoing counter-insurgency operations against the al-Shabab terror group and tensions following clan disputes continue to cause insecurity and displacement in the country....