BRUSSELS - Somalia's government and international donors will sign up to a three-year plan on Monday to rebuild the violence-torn country, backed by pledges of new funding that EU officials hope could reach more than one billion euros.
The Brussels...
pecial Representative Nicholas Kay. Photo: AU/UN/IST/Tobin Jones
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12 September 2013 – While praising the people and Government of Somalia, along with their international partners, for being “on the brink of achieving truly great things,” the top United Nations Envoy in...
Abu Mansoor al-Amriki was born just outside Mobile, Alabama, whose real name is Omar Hammami.
Thursday, Sep 12, 2013
MOGADISHU - A US Islamist fighting in Somalia was killed Thursday in a shootout with Al-Qaeda linked Shebab militants, former comrades he...
Dahabshiil Holdings Ltd., the Somali money-transfer operator, said it will comply with any new banking rules as humanitarian organizations lobbied to stop Barclays Plc (BARC) from closing the company’s bank account.
“Tell us what we should do and we will...
Chefs from Denmark's world famous Noma restaurant have launched an appeal to support a colleague in war-torn Somalia after his establishment was targeted again by Al-Qaeda inspired insurgents.
The Village, set up in 2008 by restaurateur Ahmed Jama in Somalia's...
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Brussels, 9 September 2013
Conference "A New Deal for Somalia"
The conference "A new deal for Somalia" is a high-level event organised jointly by the European Union and Somalia in Brussels.
Why:
Somalia's eight-year transition ended in September 2012, with the peaceful...
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In the latest attempt to save Somalia's cash "lifeline", nine aid agencies call on Barclays Bank to scrap plans to sever money transfer accounts.
It is is the only bank in the UK still providing this service. However, it plans...
Sunday, September 08, 2013
LONDON - When Britain bans the herbal stimulant khat, Mohamod Ahmed Mohamed will lose his livelihood. But he fears most for his small Somali community without the leaf that fuels its social life.
"I can switch to...