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Kenya: Somalis rubbish census results, claim higher figures

Group allege manipulation of figures as schoolchildren number, voters population tell a different story. They argued it is not statistically possible the community’s population has only increased by 400,000 in 10 years. Experts and political observers agree that the Somali community is turning to be the next big thing on matters of numbers. The Somali

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10,000 mourn victims of racist shooting rampage in Germany

Thousands of people take part in a funeral march in Hanau, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Several people were killed in a shooting in the central German city late Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. (Nicolas Armer/dpa via AP) Around 10,000 protesters marched through the central German town of Hanau on Sunday to mourn the nine people

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The CEO of one of the world’s largest airlines said Muslim men are more likely to be ‘bombers’ and should be profiled at airports

Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O’Leary attends a Reuters Newsmaker event in London.JPG REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is facing criticism after calling on airports to profile Muslim men traveling alone. In an interview with The Times, O’Leary said that “males of a Muslim persuasion” who are traveling alone are more likely to be

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Somali summons its ambassador to Sudan over alleged drunkenness

Photo/ Somali Times Somalia has recalled its ambassador to Sudan following what it termed as.’Drunkenness within the embassy amid reports of a scuffle. Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Isse Awad ordered ambassador Mohammed Isaaq Ibrahim and his first advisor Osman Ahmed Mohamed to return to the Somalia. Mr Awad instructed the two officials to return home

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Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy

FILE – In this June 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Intelligence officials say Russia is interfering with the 2020 election to try to help Trump get reelected, The New York

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Al-Shabaab militant surrenders in Mandera

Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/ Salat Hajir Jimale, a suspected Al-Shabaab fighter at Elwak Police Station in Mandera on February 20, 2020. A suspected Al-Shabaab militant has surrendered to security agencies in Mandera, a day after three people were killed in a bus attack. Salat Hajir Jimale, 23, surrendered to security agencies at Elwak town in

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German gunman kills 9 in attack on migrant bars

Flowers and candles are placed near the Midnight Shisha bar after a shooting in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski A gunman with suspected far-right links shot dead nine people, some of them migrants from Turkey, in an overnight rampage through a German city before killing himself, officials said. Chancellor Angela Merkel

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Disputed oil blocks at stake as law gives Somalia power to sell

Photo/ Somali Times Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has signed a law that gives the central government powers to sell the country’s oil blocks for commercial drilling, giving his administration full control of the unexploited crude deposits. The new Petroleum Act paves the way for creation of a state-owned oil company with authority to sign

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Duale on the spot for distributing expired food

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale is on the spot for distributing expired foodstuffs at an orphanage in Garissa County. The Garissa Township MP was summoned by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) yesterday to explain the matter which he has termed “fake”. The Nation has learnt that Mr Duale had been asked to appear

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Ethiopian Colony arrives in Hargeisa as Abiy Ahmed role in Somalia-Somaliland talks

Photo/ Somali Times An Ethiopian Colony led by Finance Minister Ahmed Shide arrived in Hargeisa Wednesday in what sources said was set to lay the groundwork for PM Abiy’s Ahmed mediation for a visit by President Mohamed Farmajo to the breakaway region of Somaliland. Ethiopian Ahmed Shide arrived in Hargeisa at about afternoon and is

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