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By JEFF BAENEN Rapper K'Naan has faced backlash over the pilot of his HBO Show Mogadishu, Minnesota. MINNEAPOLIS—For Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan, the story he is trying to tell in his proposed HBO series Mogadishu, Minnesota is one he has lived: an immigrant coming to America and...

By Aaron Maasho | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn swore in a group of technocrats and new finance and foreign ministers on Tuesday in a reshuffle meant to respond to grievances behind six months of violent protests. The reshuffle swapped out half of his...

ABDULLAHI Alim wants to unlock the potential of disadvantaged people. The Manning resident, who has born in Somalia, has been named as a finalist in the 2017 WA Australian of the Year Awards in the young person category alongside Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo, singer...

A further worsening of relations between Moscow and the United States is in the interests of neither side, Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of Russia's Security Council, was quoted as saying on Tuesday. "As recent history shows, relations between Russia and the USA will sooner or...

Three rural Somali women are being trained as solar-power engineers in India and are hoping to bring new technology to their villages in remote parts of Puntland. The women from Taleh, Badhan and Alula districts were selected by Puntland’s ministry of women’s development and family...

A year long exhibition of Somali culture has launched at the MShed, as part of the Bristol Festival of Somali Culture. Somalis in Bristol: Where Are We From and Who Are We Now? seeks to introduce new audiences to the richness of Somali culture, break...

Horndiplomat-A senior British diplomat said on Sunday that the world would be surprised and disappointed if Somalia held its elections on time this year and Somaliland failed to meet its own timetable of March 2017 for Presidential polls. Andrew Allen, the Deputy Ambassador to Somalia,...

By OBED SIMIYU More by this Author Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has told African states to guard against forces with selfish motives which he says could be fuelling turmoil on the continent. President Magufuli, who is also the chairman of the East Africa Community (EAC), said...

Faced with its most serious challenge yet, the Ethiopian regime, a crucial Western ally in the fight against terrorism, risks a deepening crisis if promised reforms do not come, researchers and analysts warn. A nationwide state of emergency since October 9 combined with the mass...

Tsai Cheng-yuan, 62, got involved while serving in island’s legislature after Asian crew of Omani-registered Naham 3 fishing boat seized in March 2012 Having taken up the cause of a fellow Taiwanese held by Somali pirates, former legislator Tsai Cheng-yuan faced one hurdle after another. Government...