Climate Change: The biggest ever threat to humanity
By:Ayanle Shuaib
As a result of human-induced climate change, various weather and climate extremes are now occurring in every region across the globe. Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, torrential rainfall, droughts, and tropical cyclones are becoming more often, with evidence pointing to human influence....
Somalia’s president names prime minister
Somalia New president Mohamed Abdilahi Farmaajo has appointed Hassan Ali Khaireh
as the country’s new Prime minister.
The New Prime Minister Hasan Ali khayre has been working for Humanitarian and business for many years, he worked for NRC.
Currently he's living in Britain and head of the...
Somalia is not just applying to join East African Community, it is being invited in
By: The EasternAfrican
Nearly 13 years ago, when even inside the high-security African Union Mission to Somalia (Amisom) camp they wouldn’t allow visiting journalists to step out of their rooms at the media reception centre to smoke without a...
Why some African Americans are moving to Africa
Accra, Ghana - They have come from the big cities of San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. Thousands of them. And many refuse to return.
A new wave of African Americans is escaping the incessant racism and prejudice in the United States. From Senegal and Ghana to The Gambia, communities...
Somaliland: Prosecutions Threaten Free Expression
Repeal Provisions that Criminalize Free Speech
(Nairobi, May 8, 2018) – A string of recent prosecutions in Somaliland targeting people who spoke out on controversial issues is a dangerous attack of free expression, Human Rights Watch said today. In the latest such case, a prominent traditional elder was charged,...
Ethiopia’s export earning continues to decline
By:newbusinessethiopia
Ethiopia’s export performance which has been declining since 2012, has dropped by $170 million for the fiscal year concluded July 7, 2019 as compared to the previous year.
The country has earned a total of $2.67 billion from July 8, 2018 – July 7, 2019....
Will the world heed the warnings of Somaliland’s savage drought?
RAGEH OMAAR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EDITOR
ITV News International Affairs Editor Rageh Omaar has travelled across Somaliland as severe drought brings the unrecognised east-African nation to the brink of a preventable humanitarian catastrophe.
Somaliland is a place that doesn’t officially exist, a self-declared independent country in the...
Saudi King Salman invites Qatar pilgrims to Hajj
Qatar welcomes decision, but says move should include a full lifting of the blockade imposed by the Saudi-led group.
Saudi Arabia will open its land border with Qatar to allow Hajj pilgrims to pass through, its official press agency said.
A statement on the official Saudi...
Father of suspect in UK lawmaker’s slaying is ‘traumatized’
By: ASSOCIATED PRESS
The father of a man held for the fatal stabbing of a British lawmaker during a meeting with local voters has told British media that he was shocked and “traumatized” by his son’s arrest, as police continued questioning the suspect under terrorism...
UNHCR:Tens of thousands arrive in Ethiopia, fleeing recent clashes in Lasanod
By: UNHCR
More than 60,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, have fled to Ethiopia’s Somali region in the past few weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Laascaanood, in Sool region. More than half of...
