New Zealand media to avoid ideology at mosque shooting trial

Photo (AP) New Zealand’s major media organizations pledged Wednesday not to promote white supremacist ideology when covering the trial of the man charged with killing 50 people at two mosques. The five organizations that signed the agreement said they were aware that accused gunman Brenton Tarrant might try to use the trial as a platform

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UK invests in renewable energy in Somaliland to address high costs of electricity

The UK-funded Energy Security and Resource Efficiency in Somaliland (ESRES) programme is giving more people across Somaliland access to affordable, clean and renewable energy. Through a phased approach, ESRES in partnership with the Somaliland’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MoEM) is addressing the high costs of electricity in Somaliland. The diversification of Somaliland’s energy mix,

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‘I got HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood but told not to tell anyone – even my family’

by Paul Gallagher Derek Martindale was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, aged 23, given a year to live and told not to tell anyone about his condition. Derek Martindale told the inquiry that his brother Richard, who also had severe haemophilia, had also contracted the virus and died aged 23 in 1990. The first victim

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Kismayo Airport Renamed to Honour Somalia’s Anti-colonialism Hero

The renaming of the airport in honour of Sayid Mohamed was greeted with joy by many Somalis on social media who hailed Sayid Mohamed as a revolutionary. Kismayo Airport will from now henceforth be known as Sayid Mohamed Abdille Hassan International Airport in honour of Somalia’s hero by the same name. The airport is an

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Iran designates as terrorists all U.S. troops in Middle East

Photo Reuters Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle East terrorists and calling the U.S. government a sponsor of terrorism. The bill was passed by parliament last week in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s decision this month to designate Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards a

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‘Europeans should admit Turkey’s economic success’

Turkey is becoming one of world’s largest economies, and we should be pleased at its success, says former German president. Turkey is becoming one of the world’s largest economies, and this should be acknowledged, said a former German president on Monday.”My German friends probably will not be happy to hear this, but we must admit

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Suspected explosive device found, man arrested in New Zealand’s Christchurch

Police officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video April 30, 2019. TVNZ via Reuters TV New Zealand police said on Tuesday a man was arrested and bomb disposal officers found a package with a suspected explosive device at a vacant property in Christchurch,

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We will not enter into any alliance against Qatar and Turkey: Somali FM

Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad yesterday stressed that his country will not enter into any alliance or bloc of any kind against Qatar and Turkey. Due to this, he said, a territorial group, comprising countries from the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, is trying to exclude Somalia, confining it

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IMF’s Lagarde expects U.S. and China to reach trade deal

Photo Reuters International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday she expects the United States and China to reach a deal to end their trade dispute, which has unnerved financial markets and cast a shadow over the global economy.“I would say ‘Yes’,” Lagarde said at the Milken Institute Global Conference when asked whether

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The unintended consequences of charcoal

Elizabeth White The United Nations can sometimes be a figure of fun for its breathless commitment to the dullest of minutia, but spare a thought for the members of the UN Somalia and Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) as they solemnly submit hundreds of pages of reporting each year on the illicit Somali charcoal trade. Charcoal

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