Nairobi is the 97th most expensive home-rental city in the world after renowned destinations like Bangkok and Cairo, according to Bloomberg World Airbnb cost Index. (more…)
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Six soldiers killed in landmine explosion in Southern Somalia
MOGADISHU -- At least six Somali soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion near Somali's southern town of Wanlaweyn on Wednesday evening, police said. (more…)
Somali Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Director was Detained
Mogadishu, 26/07/2018 (banooda)-Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Director was detained in connection with allegations of corruption. (more…)
Somali Minister of Education is Sacked.
Mogadishu (banooda)-Yesterday's speech, the Minister of Education said his Ministry doesn’t recognize all univerties in Somalia including the National University which was successfully reopened by the gov't. (more…)
Somalia’s al-Shabab carries out attack on military base
Militant Islamists have stormed a military base in southern Somalia after detonating a suicide car bomb. (more…)
Somali forces nab suspects after Mogadishu car blast
MOGADISHU, -- Somali security forces on Saturday rounded up several suspects following the car bombing in Mogadishu in which one security official was killed and three others injured. (more…)
Most girls in Somalia experience genital mutilation. The ritual just killed a 10-year-old.
In 2012, Somalia introduced a new constitution that was supposed to ban female genital mutilation. But a few years later, there had been little follow-up, and UNICEF still estimated that up to 98 percent of girls and women there had been cut. (more…)
Concerns Victorian Labor may be using a small African community to stack votes
It is the biggest Labor Party branch in Victoria, with a membership that has leapt from 13 to more than 325 in the past decade. (more…)
Unarmed, wrongly cuffed teens received ‘subhuman’ treatment after erroneous 911 call, mom says
The Somali-American teenage boys who were wrongfully handcuffed and detained by police in Minnesota have spoken out for the first time, with one of them calling himself a victim of discrimination. (more…)
Somali elder wants to meet Obama
Mr Mohamed Hassan Mumin, a peace elder from Wajir County who dressed former US President Barack Obama in traditional Somali outfit in 2006, is now seeking to meet him. (more…)