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1 week ago

Fury as low-income families loose tax refunds to tutors kids couldn't understand

In March 2023, Abdijalil Sheik-Yusuf went before the Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee with a critical plea. The Dar Al-Farooq spokesperson also sent a recent article on Somali Media MN, however, promoting Success Tutoring, saying it would provide “valuable context for your story” including the “systemic challenges minority families face … accessing the education tax credit.” While the mosque claims it …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Somalia, Ethiopia agree on compromise to end tension, Turkish leader says

Al Jazeera

Turkiye’s President Erdogan announced the breakthrough after talks between the Ethiopian and Somali leaders in Ankara. Somalia and Ethiopia have agreed on a joint declaration to resolve their dispute over the breakaway Somaliland region and land-locked Ethiopia’s push for sea access, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Speaking in a joint news conference in Ankara, Erdogan late on Wednesday …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Turkey's Erdogan mediates Somalia-Ethiopia dispute over Somaliland independence

Firstpost

Turkey has previously hosted two rounds of negotiations between the East African neighbours. A third round of talks, initially scheduled for September, was cancelled amid escalating tensions, a sign of the challenges in resolving the rift Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Somaliland goes to the polls amid Ethiopia-Somalia port deal row

Al Jazeera

Small Somaliland is positioned in the middle of a regional spat that some experts fear could escalate further. President Abdi has touted his administration’s landmark “port-for-recognition” memorandum of understanding for a deal with neighbouring Ethiopia, signed in January by him and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. One day after the Somaliland port deal was announced in January, the Ministry of …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China-Africa ties hit new heights

China Daily

Editor's note: President Xi Jinping held a series of bilateral meetings on Friday with foreign leaders who have attended the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Somalia relations enjoy long history China and Somalia elevated their relations to a strategic partnership, vowing firm support for each other over issues concerning their core interests, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China-Africa ties hit new heights

China Daily

Editor's note: President Xi Jinping held a series of bilateral meetings on Friday with foreign leaders who have attended the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Somalia relations enjoy long history China and Somalia elevated their relations to a strategic partnership, vowing firm support for each other over issues concerning their core interests, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Drought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels

Associated Press

KAJIADO, Kenya — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the country’s most recognizable community. “We never used to live near lakes and oceans, so fish was very foreign for us,” said Maasai Council of Elders chair Kelena ole Nchoi. “We grew up seeing our elders eat cows and …

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4 months, 1 week ago

She Was a Teenager When a Renegade Cop Framed Her. Will She Finally Get Justice?

Slate

More than 30 people suffered life-altering consequences after Sgt. A federal appeals court described Weyker’s police work as “plagued with problems from the start.” And a different federal appeals court expressed “acute concern” about Weyker’s conduct in one case, proclaiming that her presentation was “likely a fictitious story.” Despite the scolding and token discipline, Weyker has never had to answer …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Somalia expels Ethiopian ambassador amid Somaliland port deal dispute

Al Jazeera

Mogadishu also shuts down Addis Ababa’s consulates in Hargeisa and Garowe amid rising tension over a Somaliland port deal with Ethiopia. Somalia has announced the expulsion of Ethiopia’s ambassador from the country amid rising tensions over a port deal dispute in the breakaway region of Somaliland. “The plain interference of Ethiopia’s government in the internal affairs of Somalia is a …

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10 months ago

Somalia’s president accuses Ethiopia of trying to annex territory with Somaliland sea deal

Associated Press

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Ethiopia on Saturday of trying to annex part of his country’s territory by signing a sea access deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. “Somalia categorically objects to that.” Neither side has made the terms of the deal public, but it appears to give Ethiopia the right to build a port in Somaliland in …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Somalia president accuses Ethiopia of trying to annex part of its territory

Al Jazeera

President Mohamud ‘categorically objects’ to Ethiopia’s Red Sea port deal with Somaliland, territory Somalia claims as its own. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Ethiopia of trying to annex part of his country’s territory by signing a sea access deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Speaking at the African Union summit in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa on Saturday, …

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11 months ago

‘Don’t do it’: Somali president warns Ethiopia over Somaliland port deal

Al Jazeera

In an exclusive interview, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Somalia will not yield to ‘pressure’ on the breakaway region. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has warned Ethiopia against taking steps to implement a controversial port deal it brokered with the breakaway region of Somaliland. “We haven’t discussed the Egyptian military coming to Somalia and we believe that the problem has not …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Turkish court convicts Somali president's son over motorcyclist's death, commutes sentence to fine

The Independent

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1 year ago

Turkish minister says Somalia president’s son will return to face trial over fatal highway crash

Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — The son of the president of Somalia will return to Turkey in the coming days to face trial over a fatal highway crash in Istanbul, Turkey’s justice minister said Thursday. Yunus Emre Gocer, a 38-year-old motorcycle courier, was hit by a car driven by the Somalia president’s son, Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on a highway in Istanbul. …

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1 year ago

Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee fatal accident in Turkey and should return to court

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee Turkey after he was involved in a fatal highway crash in Istanbul, and adds that he has advised his son to go back and present himself to court, which has issued an arrest warrant. … So, he has a business and he came out of the country.” Yunus Emre Gocer, …

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1 year ago

Turkey under pressure to seek return of Somalia president’s son involved in fatal traffic crash

Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish government is facing mounting pressure to seek the return of the Somali president’s son, who allegedly fled Turkey after causing a fatal traffic crash in Istanbul. Turkish authorities ordered Mohamud arrested and barred him from traveling abroad following the motorcyclist’s death, but reports said the Somali president’s son had already left Turkey by the time …

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1 year ago

Somali president’s son flees Turkey after fatal Istanbul accident: Reports

Al Jazeera

Turkish media say Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud crashed into and killed a motorcycle courier before leaving country. The Somali president’s son allegedly killed a motorcycle courier in a traffic accident in Istanbul’s Fatih district, according to Turkish media reports, which said he fled the country after the incident. Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the son of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, crashed …

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1 year ago

Somalia hails lifting of 30-year-old arms embargo, vows to wipe out al-Shabab

Firstpost

President Mohamud, in a televised statement following the resolution’s adoption, highlighted that the lift of the embargo signifies the freedom for Somalia to procure any necessary weapons Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expressed his satisfaction with the recent decision by the UN Security Council to lift a more than 30-year-old arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation. Information …

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1 year ago

Somalia has joined the EAC regional bloc. What happens next?

Al Jazeera

Observers say Somalia’s accession to the bloc comes with multiple opportunities but also multiple challenges. The president has said Somalia’s membership will also benefit EAC members Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. Critics of the move said the admission of Somalia, a country of more than 17 million people and a long …

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1 year, 8 months ago

U.N chief calls for massive international support to Somalia

Associated Press

MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for “massive international support” for Somalia on Tuesday during his visit to the East African country, which is facing the worst drought in decades. During a joint press briefing with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Guterres told reporters he was in Somalia “to ring the alarm” on the country’s need for massive international …

Somali Somalia Mohamud Guterres Thanked Massive International Support

1 year, 9 months ago

Somalia working to ‘stop violence’ amid Somaliland tension

Al Jazeera

In a wide-ranging interview with Al Jazeera, President Mohamud talks Somaliland, the fight against al-Shabab and the country’s future. Doha, Qatar – Somalia is working closely to restore peace in its northern breakaway region of Somaliland amid heightening tensions between the region’s authorities and local clan forces, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told Al Jazeera. “We’ve been advocating for the last …

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2 years ago

Al-Shabab fighters attack Mogadishu hotel used by govt. officials

Al Jazeera

Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the attack on the Villa Rose hotel in the Somali capital with no word yet on any casualties. Fighters from the al-Shabab armed group have attacked a hotel used by government officials in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, according to police and government officials, with security officials saying the gunmen were wearing “suicide” vests. The state …

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2 years, 1 month ago

At least 100 killed, 300 hurt in ‘heinous’ Mogadishu car bombings

Al Jazeera

Somali president says death toll to rise further after Saturday’s twin bombings that targeted the education ministry. At least 100 people have been killed and 300 wounded in two car bomb explosions in the capital Mogadishu, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said. The first explosion hit the ministry; then the second blast occurred as ambulances arrived and people gathered to …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Somalia orders media not to publish al-Shabab ‘propaganda’

Al Jazeera

President Mohamud has launched a campaign against the al-Qaeda-linked group during the struggle for stability. Somalia’s government has declared a crackdown on media organisations that publish what it deems propaganda for the armed group al-Shabab, warning offenders will be punished. “I want to inform the Somali media and all Somali people in general that we will regard all al-Shabab related …

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Fury as low-income families loose tax refunds to tutors kids couldn't understand

Somalia, Ethiopia agree on compromise to end tension, Turkish leader says

Turkey's Erdogan mediates Somalia-Ethiopia dispute over Somaliland independence

Somaliland goes to the polls amid Ethiopia-Somalia port deal row

China-Africa ties hit new heights

China-Africa ties hit new heights

Drought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels

She Was a Teenager When a Renegade Cop Framed Her. Will She Finally Get Justice?

Somalia expels Ethiopian ambassador amid Somaliland port deal dispute

Somalia’s president accuses Ethiopia of trying to annex territory with Somaliland sea deal

Somalia president accuses Ethiopia of trying to annex part of its territory

‘Don’t do it’: Somali president warns Ethiopia over Somaliland port deal

Turkish court convicts Somali president's son over motorcyclist's death, commutes sentence to fine

Turkish minister says Somalia president’s son will return to face trial over fatal highway crash

Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee fatal accident in Turkey and should return to court

Turkey under pressure to seek return of Somalia president’s son involved in fatal traffic crash

Somali president’s son flees Turkey after fatal Istanbul accident: Reports

Somalia hails lifting of 30-year-old arms embargo, vows to wipe out al-Shabab

Somalia has joined the EAC regional bloc. What happens next?

U.N chief calls for massive international support to Somalia

Somalia working to ‘stop violence’ amid Somaliland tension

Al-Shabab fighters attack Mogadishu hotel used by govt. officials

At least 100 killed, 300 hurt in ‘heinous’ Mogadishu car bombings

Somalia orders media not to publish al-Shabab ‘propaganda’