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The U.S. is home to about 7 percent of the world’s Somali migrant population. Two months after the first chartered plane with Somalis took off in January, a surge in Somali deportations — with an estimated 4,000 to come — has been reported by the...

Not long ago, Amina J. Mohammed, the U.N.’s deputy secretary-general, witnessed firsthand democracy in action in Africa. After Muhammadu Buhari won Nigeria's presidential elections in March 2015, he appointed her environment minister. The election marked Nigeria’s first peaceful transition of power in decades; since attaining independence...

Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was listed among the top 10 most followed and effective world leaders on Instagram, with followers reaching 2.35 million. A report, published by PR firm...

Noted humanitarian Dr. Hawa Abdi Diblaawe will visit the campus on Tuesday, April 18 under the auspices of the Chubb Fellowship. She will be joined by her daughter, Dr. Deqo Mohamed, who was a fall 2016 Yale Greenberg World Fellow. Abdi and Mohamed will give...

By: BRITTANY JOHNSON Asma Dahir--a voice for the Somali youth SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) - In case you haven't heard, there's a new queen in town. The Miss Africa Utah Pageant took place Friday night and Miss Somalia, Asma Dahir, took the crown. https://twitter.com/BJohnsonABC4/status/850584252081213443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.good4utah.com%2Fnews%2Flocal-news%2Fmiss-somalia-crowned-miss-africa-utah-2017%2F690593177 To Dahir,...

There are approximately 4 million Indians who use Snapchat on a daily basis. But the CEO of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, feels that India is just too poor a country to even consider expanding into. According to a report by Variety, ex-employee Anthony Pompliano was suggesting...

BY ANDREW DUFFY, POSTMEDIA NETWORK In June 2015, Somali national Ali Omar Ader was arrested in Ottawa at the end of a remarkable five-year undercover operation designed to lure him to Canada. He will stand trial in October for his alleged role in the kidnapping...

On Thursday, the Indian Navy took custody of the Indian dhow Al Kausar, which was hijacked by Somali pirates off Socotra Island on April 1. Somali security forces recaptured the dhow and freed the hostages in a series of operations and arrested as many as...

North Korea's military forces were massed in Pyongyang Saturday for a show of strength by leader Kim Jong-Un as tensions mount over his nuclear ambitions. Hundreds of flatbed trucks packed with soldiers lined the banks of the Taedong river ahead of a parade through the...

Project to connect Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania ANKARA-Turkish construction enterprise Yapi Merkezi is building a high-speed rail line in East Africa, said the company in a press release on Thursday. The Istanbul-based company said railroad project will connect Uganda, Rwanda,...