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By:AP ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Dutch woman has been convicted of raising money for the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab, according to a federal prosecutor. Farhia Hassan, 38, was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, Jessica Aber, U.S....

By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12 cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to two administration officials. How many judges...

Preparations have been finalized to successfully host the 11th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa 17th-18th November 2018. Meles Alem, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told local...

By:The Global and Mail Members of Canada’s Somaliland community have been meeting with MPs to push for federal emergency funding relief in the region after a fire devastated its largest commercial market. The Canadian Alliance to Rebuild Hargeisa Market is calling on Ottawa to provide $10-million...

Horndiplomat-President Emmanuel Macron of France has arrived in the town of Lalibela this afternoon (March 12) for a two-day state visit to Ethiopia. Upon arrival at Lalibela Airport, President Macron was warmly welcomed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and other high-level government officials. PM Abiy Ahmed...

By:KUN LI Surviving motherhood and infancy in Somalia is a tenuous thing given what the country’s healthcare professionals are up against. Fifteen-day-old Faadumo lies quietly with her big, dark eyes wide open. Her tiny head and dainty fists rest on a nest of blankets, starting with...

By M.A. Egge Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi who happens to be also the Chairman of the ruling KULMIYE party and both the Chairmen of WADDANI and UCID parties Mr Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro and Eng. Faisal Ali Hussein decried the Booker institutions of going...

STOCKHOLM Minister for Culture and Democracy Alice Bah Kuhnke on Sunday condemned Saturday’s attack on a mosque in Stockholm. In remarks made to Anadolu Agency, Kuhnke said the Swedish government had launched an investigation into the incident. “I myself called Orhan Karan, the head of Setra Turkish...

More than 800 soldiers have left the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) since the Somalia operation began in 2011. KDF Director of Prosecution Brigadier Kenneth Okoki Dindi told a Mombasa court that the soldiers left for various reasons, including desertion. In a sworn affidavit filed...

Proposed sanctions over nuclear arms buildup would include oil embargo,assets freeze and punishment of guest workers. The US has formally requested a UN Security Council vote on Monday on the toughest sanctions yet against North Korea despite resistance from China and Russia, as Pyongyang's state...