UAE participate in Ministerial Meetings on Somalia, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
By Tariq Alfaham
NEW YORK, 22nd September, 2017 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates, UAE, participated in the Ministerial Meeting on Somalia, which was held on the sidelines of the 72nd Session of the United Nations, UN, General Assembly, in New York, on Thursday.
Fares Al...
Using eDahab, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provide $1 Million to 1000 families in Somaliland
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation teamed up with the American Refugee Committee (ARC), Love Army and eDahab mobile money transfer of Dahabshiil, a Somali leading money Transfer Company, in a bid to help those who were most affected by the famine in Somaliland.
The...
Turkey processing citizenship for 50,000 Syrians
Turkey will grant around 50,000 Syrians citizenship, a top Interior Ministry official said Friday.
Speaking in Turkey's southern province of Şanlıurfa, one of the cities hosting Syrian refugee camps, Interior Ministry General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs Manager Sinan Güner told Anadolu Agency...
FULL Speech of Somalia Prime Minister at UN General Assembly Hassan Ali Kheyre
Somalia’s Prime Minister told the UN General Assembly that “Somalia is rising” from decades of conflict and political dysfunction.
While addressing UN General Assembly in New York on Friday, Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre acknowledged that Somalia is still struggling to address serious issues...
Somali supermodel Iman thanks Turkish first lady
Erdogan attends Fashion for Development event during UN General Assembly
Somali supermodel and entrepreneur Iman has thanked Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan for Ankara's humanitarian aid efforts towards Somalia.
Erdogan attended the Fashion for Development (F4D) event as part of the launch of the annual UN...
‘Corruption is not African’ – Rwanda’s Paul Kagame tells the world
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has rejected the notion that Africa is characterized by corruption, and pointed fingers at non-Africans for involving in corrupt acts in the continent.
Kagame was speaking on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York where...
Trump Tells African Leaders His Friends Go There to ‘Get Rich.’ Awkward Silence Follows
U.S. President Donald Trump was met with silence from African leaders Wednesday when he tried to congratulate them for the economic progress the continent has made.
"Africa has tremendous business potential. I've so many friends going to your countries, trying to get rich," Trump told...
Somalis live in Trump’s childhood home for UNGA immigration project
As world leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, two Somali immigrants to the United States found themselves there too – living in the childhood home of President Donald Trump.
Eiman Ali and Abdi Iftin moved into the old homestead...
Nimao Ali’s path from Somali refugee to advisor on Black Youth action plan
On the morning of July 24, 2016, a shaken Nimao Ali surprised herself by picking up her cellphone and shooting a video.
From the balcony of her Hilda Street apartment, Ali aimed her camera below at two Ottawa police officers crouched next to a handcuffed...
Statement by the U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa on Reports of Ethnic Violence on the Oromia-Somali Border
Addis Ababa, September 19, 2017 :- We are disturbed by the troubling reports of ethnic violence and the large-scale displacement of people living along the border between the Oromia and Somali regions, particularly in Hararge, although the details of what is occurring remain unclear.
We...
