The Politics Behind the Khat Ban
By Will Becker | World Policy | August 20, 2015 On June 24, 2014, a shrub made headlines. The U.K.’s Home Secretary Theresa May announced that khat, also known as miraa in East…
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UN warns El Nino may reverse humanitarian gains in Somalia
NAIROBI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) — Experts from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday warned that a looming El Nino climate phenomenon could reverse humanitarian gains in Somalia.…
Soma Oil & Gas requests meeting with UN over Somalia allegations
Muqdisho | QOL | Agoosto 20, 2015 | Soma Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd., the U.K.-based explorer chaired by former Conservative Party leader Michael Howard, requested a meeting with the United…
Doing it themselves: the rebuilding of Somalia’s higher education sector
The ineffectiveness of the Mogadishu government is not stopping university leaders from trying to drive up standards August 20 2015 | By Chris Havergal | With no permanent government and militant…
Even war won’t stop us: Determined Ethiopians, Somalis brave death and head to Yemen..then finally Saudi Arabia
As Somalis – and Yemenis – flee back to Somalia to escape war in Yemen, other Somalis and Ethiopians head in the opposite direction into the conflict. Mail & Guardian…
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: International community urges rapid resolution to the impeachment motion
Mogadishu, 19 August 2015: As concerned partners of the Somali people, the envoys of the United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD),…
The President: ‘’ I call the Parliament and Cabinet to fast track national issues to build a strong state.’’
Mogadishu, 19 August 2015: HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, has urged the parliament and the government to strengthen their commitment to serve the nation.…
Police: Vandalism probe lacks evidence of race motive
SCTimes | by Sam Louwagie | August 18, 2015 | Vandalism to several vehicles over the weekend has left some St. Cloud residents feeling unsafe and wondering whether they are…
St. Cloud immigrants get global news in unusual ways
SCTimes | IBRAHIM HIRSI | August 17, 2015 | When Mohamed Jama Mohamud dashed through a busy parking lot on a recent afternoon at a small African business hub in…
Caribou employee apologizes for post about Somalis
MPRNews | Mukhtar Ibrahim | Aug 17, 2015 | A Caribou Coffee supervisor in St. Cloud, Minn., has apologized for a Facebook post in which she described herself as a…
