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Risks rise at Horn of Africa refugee camps
January 15, 2012
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned about increasing insecurity in and around camps hosting hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa. UNHCR says the situation is particularly worrying, complex and tenuous in the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya where the…
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Dozens of Somalis close Wells Fargo accounts to protest bank's refusal to work with money-transfer businesses
January 15, 2012
Every month, Shukri Hassan took about $300 of the money she earned as a compliance officer for a money-transmitting business and sent it to her mother, Amina, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
The money is a godsend to someone in a country gripped by famine, with…
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Police holding 29 Ugandans in probe
January 15, 2012
Police are still interrogating the 29 Ugandans arrested in a house in Maji Mazuri, Kasarani area. Police Spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the Ugandans, 27 men and two women, were headed for Somalia to join the terror group Al-Shabaab.
Mr Kiraithe also said that the security alert remained…
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Panel hears stories from Somalis who call Willmar, Minn., their home
January 14, 2012
WILLMAR — The story of Somali refugees settling in Willmar is part of the ongoing story of a city and a nation that has been built on immigration.
Stories told Thursday highlighted the similarities and differences between new immigrants and those who arrived a century ago.
During…
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Ethiopia signs Djibouti railway deal with China
January 14, 2012
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia signed an agreement with a Chinese state-run firm to build the final section of a railway line that will link its capital Addis Ababa to the tiny Red Sea state of Djibouti, an official said.
The deal signed late on Friday with…
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Kenya army apologises for 'misleading' stoning tweet
January 13, 2012
NAIROBI — A Kenyan military spokesman apologised Thursday for a "misleading tweet" he posted the previous day linking to pictures of a man being stoned to death by Somali Islamists.
Kenya in mid-October rolled tanks into Somalia, in order, it said, to fight the Shebab Islamists it…
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Minneapolis City Council backs Somali community on solving money-transfer stoppage
January 13, 2012
In the fine tradition of Minneapolis City Councils past and present, the current members have passed a public policy resolution that has nothing to do with their jurisdiction. But it has everything to do with a group of Minneapolis residents who find themselves unable to send money…
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Americans rise in rank inside Somalia jihadi group
January 13, 2012
The October al-Qaida video shows a light-skinned man handing out food to families displaced by famine in Somalia. But the masked man is not Somali, or even African — he's a Wisconsin native who grew up in San Diego. A handful of young Muslims from the U.S.…
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MANKATO, MN: Somali High School Student wins Pathfinder Awards
MANKATO — An advocate for the disabled, a progressive company and a high school student from Somalia are this year’s recipients of the annual Pathfinder Awards.
Wilbur Neuschwander-Frink will receive the Pathfinder Award, Zeynab Omar will receive the Young Pathfinder Award and Lloyd Management will receive the Business Pathfinder Award.
The awards, given annually to people who embody the spirit and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were announced at a news conference Thursday…
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Macdonald apologizes for election-night comments
December 17, 2011
LEWISTON — Mayor-elect Bob Macdonald apologized to the city Thursday for his election-night comments — but his apology wasn't enough for some members of the city's immigrant community.
Abdifatah Ahmed, a local landlord and pharmacist, said Macdonald ought to apologize for his tone throughout the mayoral campaign, not just his election-night comments.
During his campaign, Macdonald said he wanted to make the city less attractive to layabouts and deadbeats, many of whom…
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Flow of money from US to Somalia faces disruption
December 9, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS — A critical pipeline that Somalis in America use to send money to relatives in Africa faces disruption after a bank in Minnesota announced it would no longer handle the wire transfers. Sunrise Community Banks said it would close its accounts with the Somali money transfer businesses after realizing it was at risk, and could not prevent funds from winding up in terrorists' hands. Without Sunrise, many money transfer businesses known…
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Dowlada Kenya oo sheegtay inay dad ku qabatay kiimikada bambooyinka
January 14, 2012
Dowlada Kenya ayaa sheegtay in ruux u dhashay dalka Britain iyo saddex Kenyan ah oo bishii hore lagu qabtay qalabka laga sameeyo bambooyinka qarxa lasoo taagi doono maxkamad.
Ruuxa British-ka ah oo lagu magacaabo, Jermaine Grant 29-jirna ah ayaa su'aalo laga weydiinayaa xiriirka uu la leeyahay Xarakada…
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Hay’adda Qaramada Midoobay oo sheegtay dhibaato abaareed inay weli haysato dad badan oo Soomaali ah
January 13, 2012
Saraakiisha ugu sarreeya hay'adaha gargaarka Qaramada Midoobay ee Soomaaliya ayaa sheegay in gargaarkii hay'adaha dunidu ay ku caawiyeen Soomaaliya sannadkii hore oo ay abaaro iyo macluul darni jireen lagu guuleystay in lagu badbaadiyo tiro badan oo dad ah, balse weli ay jiraan malaayiin qo oo Soomaali ah…
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Maamulka Puntland oo sheegay howsha ceelashii shidaalka in laga bilaabay
January 13, 2012
Madaxweynaha Putland, C/raxmaan Sheekh Maxamed Faroole oo wareysi siinayay BBC-da ayaa sheegay in Puntland laga billaabay qoditaanka ceelkii shidaal oo ugu horreeyay, isagoo xusay in dhaqaalaha kasoo baxa uu Soomaali dhan, gaar ahaan Puntland uu kaafiyo.
Dr C/raxmaan Faroole wuxuu sheegay in howsha qoditaanka ceelka shidaalka laga…
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Masuul ka mida dowlada Mareykanka oo ka hadlay khilaafaadka Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya
January 12, 2012
Ergayga Mareykanka ee arrimaha Soomaailya, James Swan oo wareysi gaar ah siiyay VOA-da ayaa sheegay inay walaac xoogan ka qabaaan khilaafka u dhexeeya xildhibaanada baarlamaanka Sooamaliya, isagoo intaas ku daray in ismari-waagan uu caqabad weyn ku noqdo fulinta Roadmap-ka.
Mr. Swan ayaa sheegay in dowladda KMG ah…
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Ra'iisul wasaare Abdiweli Gaas oo la kulmay Ra’iisal wasaaraha dalka Jabuuti
January 12, 2012
Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Prof Abdiweli Mohamed Ali oo booqasho rasmi ah ku jooga dalka Djibouti ayaa maanta la kulmay Madaxweynaha Djibouti Ismail Omar Gelle. Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya ayaa Madaxweynaha Djibouti uga mahadceliyey sida ay isaga, dowladiisa iyo shacabka Djbiouti ay marwalba ugu heelan yihiin una garab istaaganyihiin shacabka…
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Qarax miino oo loo waday xarunta Hay'adda UNDP ee Muqdisho oo laga badbaaday
January 11, 2012
Kooxo aan la aqoon ayaa xalay laba bam oo kuwa gacanta ah ku weeraray xarunta haya'dda UNDP ee Muqdisho, kuwaasoo ku dhacay darbiga dhismaha xarunta, sida ay sheegeen saraakiil ka tirsan UN-ka iyo goobjoogayaal.
Warar laga soo xigtay dad goobjoogayaal ah ayaa sheegay in laba bam oo…
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Dowlada Holland oo dalkeeda ka joojisay isticmaalka Qaadka
January 11, 2012
Dowlada Holland ayaa sheegtay inay joojin doonto qaadka la geeyo dalkeeda, kaasoo ay cunaan 10% bulshada Soomaalida ah ee ku nool dalkaas oo tiradooda lagu sheego 25,000 oo qof. Qaadka ayaa lagu sheegay inuu yahay maado daroogo ah, inkastoo dalkaas uu u furnaa in la geeyo, waxaana…
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Ra'iisul Wasaare Gaas oo ugu baaqay Beesha caalamka inay taageeraan fulinta qorshaha Road map-ka
January 10, 2012
Ra'iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya Dr Cabdiweli Maxamed Cali oo shir looga hadlayay fulinta Roadmap-ka uga qaybgalay magaalada Nairobi Isniintii shalay ahayd ayaa ku eedeeyay beesha caalamka inaysan waqtigii loo baanaa ku bixin dhaqaalihii lagu fulin lahaa Roadmap-ka.
Dr C/weli Gaas wuxuu sheegay in xukuumaddiisu ay fulisay waxyaabihii kaga…
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