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Socialist Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Has Rally With Almost No English
The Daily Caller
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August 18, 2025
A small rally for Minneapolis Democratic Socialist Mayoral Candidate Omar Fateh was held mostly in Somali on Sunday night. Fateh, who currently serves as a Minnesota state senator, announced his mayoral candidacy last year and was recently...
UK Interior Ministry Reports Rise in Asylum Seekers Housed in Hotels
teleSUR
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August 21, 2025 Hour: 9:29 am On Thursday, Britain’s Home Office released a report showing that more than 32,000 asylum seekers were temporarily housed in hotels across the United Kingdom in the 12 months to June 30, an 8% increase compared with...
Innovative multicultural care program expanded State-wide
The National Tribune
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August 18, 2025
CaLD Community Carers Program rolled out State-wide following successful trials in Mirrabooka and the Pilbara Community carers provide out-of-home care for children and young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to help...
Mogadishu Mayor Denies Reports of Forced Voter Registration Amid Election Preparations
Shabelle Media Network
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August 18, 2025
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Mayor of Mogadishu, Mohamed Hassan Hussein Muungaab, has denied allegations that residents of the capital were forced to register for the upcoming local elections, insisting the process was voluntary and widely welcomed....
Somalia’s illicit gulper shark oil trade threatens the entire species
Institute for Security Studies
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Somalia’s illicit gulper shark oil trade threatens the entire species A syndicate in Puntland’s Bosaso port city operates in defiance of a recent ban on shark fishing. Published on 19 August 2025 in ISS Today By Halkano Wario East Africa Regional...
What Different Cultures Teach Us About Healthy Grieving
Psychologs Magazine
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August 21, 2025
Grief is perhaps the most universal of all human experiences. Still, the traditions or “rules” around how one is allowed to grieve, how far into the future, and what we do about it, vary enormously from one culture to another. Healthy grieving is...
Somalia’s illicit gulper shark oil trade threatens entire species
Premium Times
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August 18, 2025
The primary landing site for fishing boats in Bosaso, north-east Somalia, is a beehive of activity from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. every day. Traders, fishermen, food sellers and Puntland government officials haggle, shout and exchange pleasantries over the...
Mogadishu Nears Holding First Direct Elections in Decades
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Somalia has completed voter registration for Mogadishu’s upcoming municipal elections, scheduled for October 30, in what officials have hailed as a significant milestone toward reviving full democratic governance. Close to one million...
Somalia Completes Voter Registration
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Somalia announced on Sunday the completion of voter registration for the upcoming municipal council elections in Mogadishu, scheduled for October 30. Authorities hailed this as a landmark achievement in the nation's journey toward...
Asylum seeker's emotional message amid migrant hotel protests
Birmingham Live
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August 21, 2025
Katy Hallam and Shekhar Bhatia 14:35, 21 Aug 2025 A resident of the asylum hotel at the heart of heated anti-migrant protests has made a plea for the demonstrations to cease, following an order from the Home Office to limit their stay. Khadar...
Al-Shabaab Mortar Attack Targets Somali Army Base Near Mogadishu
Shabelle Media Network
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August 21, 2025
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug 21 — Several mortar rounds were fired overnight at the Hiilweyne military base, located between the Somali capital Mogadishu and the town of Balcad, security and local sources said Thursday. The base houses units of the...
Security forces in Somalia confront Islamic State militants
Africanews
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August 21, 2025
Islamic State is expanding its operation in northern Somalia, a Sky News report said, despite efforts from Somali forces to tackle the rising threat. The fighting is being mostly carried out by forces in the semi-autonomous Puntland region and it...
Ex-childminder who called for arson on asylum-seeker hotels released from jail
The Guardian
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August 21, 2025
Lucy Connolly, who was jailed in the aftermath of last summer’s riots for an expletive-ridden social media post calling for followers to set fire to hotels housing asylum seekers, has been released from prison. The former childminder who is...
Reclaiming African identity: Grounding Pan-African Unity in cultural and ethnic authenticity
Business and Financial Times
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August 20, 2025
By Ben Brako Pan-Africanism, as a political and cultural ideal, has long sought to unify the continent’s diverse peoples under a shared vision of liberation, development, and solidarity. Yet despite decades of effort, the dream of continental...
Somalia’s Journalist Leader Pays Courtesy Visit to the New Head of Mission of the African Union (AU)
Shabelle Media Network
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August 17, 2025
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has welcomed Ambassador El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, the newly appointed Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) and Head of the African Union Support Mission in...
Somalia: Legal Defence Roundtable Charts New Path for Journalists’ Protection Across Eastern Africa
Garowe Online
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Somalia’s Journalist Leader Meets New AU Mission Chief The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has extended a warm welcome to Ambassador El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, who recently assumed office as the Special Representative of the Chairperson...
Refugee at Epping hotel speaks of 'living in pain and fear' after surge of anti-migrant protests
Manchester Evening News
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August 21, 2025
A refugee living at a hotel targeted by anti-migrant protests has spoken of how residents are "living in pain and fear" after the Home Office was told they will have to leave. Khadar Mohamed is just 24 years old, but has already had to endure more...
US places $10m reward on ISIS-Somalia financiers
GhanaWeb
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August 20, 2025
The US has placed a $10 million cash reward for information on a financial network fuelling ISIS operations in East Africa, even as it warned of possible renewed wave of attacks from extremists, generally, in the region. On Tuesday, the US Embassy...
Turkish President Erdogan's 2011 visit: Watershed moment that reshaped Somalia's trajectory
Yeni Safak
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August 20, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's landmark trip to Somalia in 2011, while he was prime minister, is remembered as a watershed moment that reshaped the country's trajectory during one of its darkest times.When Erdogan visited Somalia in...
‘We’re seen as criminals’: Epping hotel residents facing limbo after say they want to work
The Guardian
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August 21, 2025
An asylum seeker staying at a hotel that has been the flashpoint for anti-migrant protests has described being called a “scumbag” and treated like a criminal by local people. Dozens of residents of Epping’s Bell hotel face an uncertain future...