When Mohamed Noor joined the Minneapolis police force and was assigned to patrol the city's southwest corner, the Somali community there - the nation's largest - threw a party for him to celebrate. (more…)
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Social media star sparks furious calls for her arrest in Saudi Arabia after filming herself walking around in a T-shirt and short skirt
A model named Khulood shared a video on Snapchat walking through Ushaiqer, she was dressed in a short skirt, black crop top and sneakers as she was filmed (more…)
Somalia restores internet connection after weeks of outage
MOGADISHU - Somalia has restored its internet connection after repairing a severed undersea cable, a telecoms official said on Monday, after an outage that the government said had cost the economy millions of dollars a day. (more…)
Internet Outage in Violence-Plagued Somalia Is Extra Headache for Businesses
MOGADISHU — A severed marine cable has left Somalia without internet for weeks, triggering losses for businesses, residents said, and adding a layer of chaos in a country where Islamist insurgents are carrying out a campaign of bombings and killings. (more…)
AU denies its convoy killed woman in Mogadishu
The AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Sunday denied reports that its convoy killed a woman in Albao area, about 20kms northwest of Mogadishu on July 9. (more…)
Aussie women set Sth Africa 270 CWC target
Australia have set South Africa a target of 270 runs to win their final Women's Cricket World Cup group match in Taunton. (more…)
UN warns of worsening hunger in East Africa
The third consecutive failed rainy season in East Africa has seriously eroded families’ resilience, and urgent and effective livelihood support is required, the United Nations agricultural agency has warned. (more…)
Somalia: Dividing By Factions
It was recently revealed that two known pirate gangs in the north (Puntland) which were suspected of having switched to smuggling (between Somalia and Yemen) had used contacts with Islamic terrorists (developed while operating as pirates) to later get work smuggling weapons and people for both al Shabaab and the...
Irish woman (35) dies on charity trip in East Africa
A 35-year-old Irish woman has died while in Africa to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. (more…)
MSC Containership Drags Anchor, Causing Internet Blackout in Somalia -Reports
Somali authorities have detained an MSC containership alleging that the vessel dragged anchor and cut an undersea fibre optic cable supplying internet to much of the country, according to reports. Somalia has been suffering from an internet blackout since June 24 when the MSC Alice allegedly dragged anchor outside Mogadishu port, severing undersea fibre optic...