Suldaan Said Ahmed becomes Finland’s first Somali-born MP
Helsinki city councillor Suldaan Said Ahmed (Left) will become Finland's first Somali-background Member of Parliament when he replaces outgoing MP, and incoming Helsinki Deputy Mayor, Paavo Arhinmäki (Left).
MEP Silvia Modig (Left) was initially mooted as Arhinmäki's replacement after the latter was nominated as the Left Alliance Party's candidate for Deputy...
Taiwan President Tsai delivers 2021 National Day Address
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on the morning of October 10 attended the ROC's 110th Double Tenth National Day Celebration in the plaza fronting the Presidential Office Building, and delivered an address entitled "Forging a Stronger Consensus: Standing United to Protect Taiwan."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUSVwOT7iQw
A translation of the...
US seeks sanctions against South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar, army chief
UNITED NATIONS:-The United States on Friday proposed that South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar, its army chief and its information minister face UN sanctions for fueling violence in the war-torn country.
Machar, President Salva Kiir's army chief Paul Malong and his information minister Michael Makuei...
Horn of Africa Nations united on Eritrea sanctions lifting at UNGA
Except Djibouti that did not make an explicit appeal to the United Nations General Assembly with respect to Eritrean sanctions, Ethiopia and Somalia reiterated calls for the lifting of sanctions.
On their part, Eritrea dedicated its entire address to the sanctions with categorical demands that...
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – briefly – becomes world’s richest man
Share price jump of 40% in 2017 made founder worth $91bn – for a short while leapfrogging the fortune of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos briefly overtook Microsoft’s Bill Gates to become the world’s richest person.
Bezos leapfrogged Gates, who has...
Somaliland and South Africa Ties Enter new Stage
By M.A. Egge
The future of South Africa-Somaliland relations seems to be on the path of blossoming in the near future following recent evident events witnessed.
The previous visit of South African bureaucratizes, politicians and investors comprising of 11 eminent personalities shone the lights of a...
One Thing You Must Know About Employment Background Screening
By Omar Dek Aden
So, you’re in charge of running or researching program for your company?
Well, before you get too far there’s one thing you absolutely, positively must know:
There is a difference - and we’re talking a big difference – between ordering an “instant” criminal...
Ethiopia-Turkey Relation Getting Stronger In Trade, Investment: President Mulatu
The Second Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum kicked off in Istanbul, under the motto” Building a Sustainable Future together through Investments and Joint Ventures”.
In his remark at the Forum, President Mulatu Teshome cited the long-standing and historical relations of Africa and Turkey, with a...
IGAD Signs $3M Grant with the World Bank for the Formation of an Inter-Regional Platform on the Management of Desert Locusts
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has signed a three year, 3 million USD grant with the World Bank to set up an Inter-Regional Platform for the Sustainable Management of Desert Locusts and other Trans-Boundary Pests. The grant is part of the World Bank's...
How Two Students in the US Turned Their Online Popularity Into Big Money for Famine Aid in Somalia
This story by Arthur Nazaryan originally appeared on PRI.org on April 21, 2017. It is republished here as part of a partnership between PRI and Global Voices.
It was just two years ago that Liban Adam found himself in the shrublands in northern Somalia, crouched over a giant bowl of...
