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Kenyan Somali’s are not second-class citizens: Ministry of Interior
Nairobi (HAN) April 18, 2014 – In this section of Opinion By MWENDA NJOKA – Security agencies in IGAD countries are on alert for possible terror attacks from Somali Militats Al-Shabaab who have vowed to avenge the presence of African Union troops in Somalia. Kenyan Security has been increased following that alert, said Kenya’s Internal Security…
SOMALI AMERICAN PETITION: THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO STOP THE MISTREATMENT OF SOMALIS IN KENYA
Washington (HAN) April 19, 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR expressed concern for Somali refugees and called on Kenyan law enforcement to treat them humanely. The agency reports nearly 551,000 refugees and asylum seekers reside in the country and 50,800 of them are Somalis living in Nairobi. SOMALIS IN KENYA ARE…
Somalia: Saudi Arabia shared fight against the misguided Al-Shabaab Group
Mogadishu (HAN) April 19, 2014 -The Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today welcomed the new Ambassador from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Somalia and said, “Saudi Arabia has been a constant friend to Somalia throughout the years of trouble.” His Excellency Garam Bin Said Bin Garam Almulhan presented his credentials to the President in Villa…
New York Police Drops Special Unit that Spied on Muslims
Djibouti (HAN) April 19, 2014 – The Special police unite with New York Police Department has abandoned a secretive program that dispatched plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and built detailed files on where people ate, prayed and shopped, the department said. Stephen Davis, said. The unit’s detectives were recently reassigned, he said. “Understanding…
Somali Ethiopian Expatriates Vowed Support Nile Dam Construction Financially
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 19, 2014 – The Extra Ordinary Ambassador and Plenipotentiary of the federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to Sweden, Her Excellence Woinshet Tadesse and other Nordic countries with Consul Hussein Ahmed Omer at the meeting. Ethiopians abroad can help reduce poverty in Ethiopia by investing back home…
Eritrean Refugee in Sudan Selected to Study in the Netherlands
Khartoum (HAN) April 18, 2014 – By, NICOLAS BRASS, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Press Release – These days in Sudan, Eritrea’s policy of indefinite military conscription, coupled with drought and poor economic opportunities, prompt some 1,800 people to cross into Sudan every month, according to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR. “Refugees have…
Ethiopia: Piracy is not just limited to Eritrean music
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 18, 2014 – In this section Music Opinion By, Madote Admin (Eritrean Music) – Gossaye Kellemu, alias Jacky Gosee, is one of vocalists from the younger generation rising to Ethiopian stardom, along with guys like Temesgen Gebregziabher and Ziggy Zaga. Gosee lives in Amsterdam, and brings something of a modern, urban image…
Somalia: The Strategic View of Ethiopian Baidoa conferences status
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 18, 2014 – This week the view Security section & Opinion By the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia – Somali Federal Government Prime Minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, arrived in Kismayo, the capital of the Jubba Interim Administration, on Saturday, April 11 for a three day visit. He was heading a…
Ethiopia: Winning Boston Marathon is a Lifetime Achievement
Addis Ababa (HAN) April 18, 2014 – In this section Sports Opinion By, John Powers (bostonglobe) – In the beginning there was Abebe Bikila, the imperial guard who ran barefoot atop Roman cobblestones by torchlight in 1960 and became the first black African to win the Olympic marathon. The Ethiopians owned the distance then, winning…
Kenya: Somalia Will Rise with Tears of Defiance, Resilience and Courage
Nairobi (HAN) April 18, 2014 – Opinion By, Hibaaq Osman, Founder Karama. – Last week, I could only watch on television news as soldiers herded scores of my countrymen on to trucks like livestock, to be driven to detention centers. Women carrying babies struggled to climb onto the cumbersome vehicles, built not for carrying humans…
