Chris Gardner: The homeless man who became a multi-millionaire investor
By Dave Gordon Business reporter
When Chris Gardner and his young son were sleeping rough on the floor of a public toilet, he could never have dreamt that his life story would be turned into a hit Hollywood movie.
It was back in the early 1980s that...
Somalia Boxer Ramla Ali Makes History at Tokyo Olympics Despite Loss
By: SKY NEWS
Ramla Ali's historic appearance for Somalia at the Olympic Games ended in a unanimous decision defeat to Claudia Nechita in Tokyo.
The 31-year-old became the first boxer ever to represent Somalia at the Olympics, but Ali was unable to progress further in the...
International partners’ Statement on Resolution Adopted by the Somali House of the People
Mogadishu – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Canada, Denmark, European Union (EU), Finland, France, Germany, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and the United Nations are deeply concerned by passage on 12 April in...
When A Somali-American Woman Was Attacked, Support Came From An Unlikely Source
Asma Jama was out to dinner with her family at an Applebee's in Coon Rapids, Minn., in October 2015, when a woman seated nearby starting getting angry. Why? Jama, who is Somali-American and Muslim, was speaking Swahili and wearing a hijab.
The woman, Jodie Bruchard-Risch,...
Dr. Abiy: Why Assab and Berbera Ports Matters Now?
Assab, Djibouti and Berbera Ports are roughly (average) the same distances to Addis Abbaba which is about 800km. Luckily; these three ports are located three different countries, namely Eritrea, Djiabout and Somaliland respectively. These ports in the neighboring states are not only strategic alone,...
The Dadaab dilemma – Kenya given urgent warning to solve Somali refugee crisis
By Elsa Buchanan
Rights and aid organisations have welcomed Kenya's high court ruling stopping the government from closing Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, but warned that the African nation and the international community must work towards finding alternative solutions for refugees.
The 8 February ruling...
Prominent activist Jawar Mohammed Won’t Rule Out Election Challenge to Ethiopia PM
By Reuters
ADDIS ABABA - Prominent activist Jawar Mohammed does not rule out challenging his erstwhile ally, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in next year's election, he told Reuters on Friday, after days of demonstrations by his supporters resulted in dozens of deaths.
Jawar's ability to organize...
Somaliland: Ten Years of International Book Fair
Horndiplomat-When Jama Muse Jama announced ten years ago that he is holding a Book Fair in Hargeisa. I vividly remember people talking about it and each one giving a different explanation about what the book fair would be. Some said he was selling books,...
Somaliland:Contract Signature Event for the Maydh Jetty Construction Project in Erigavo
PRESS RELEASE
On 11 August 2020, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development hosted the contract signing event for the construction of the new Maydh jetty in Erigavo city, Sanaag region. The construction of the jetty is among the recently approved projects funded by the...
Kenya denies expelling the Somalia ambassador and recalling its envoy to Mogadishu
Kenya has denied expelling the Somalia ambassador and recalling its envoy to Mogadishu over a simmering marine territorial dispute.
Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS) Macharia Kamau clarified that Nairobi had only "summoned" Kenya's envoy to Mogadishu and asked his Somali counterpart to leave for consultations...