How a Taiwanese former legislator helped free 26 Asian sailors held hostage by Somalia pirates
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.
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Federal authorities reportedly battled over direction of Clinton email investigation
The FBI and the Justice Department reportedly were at odds over how to investigate Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as federal authorities announced they would take a new look at her emails.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported Sunday that...
Somali Americans: Searching for identity, finding ISIS
60 Minutes reports on first-generation Somali-Americans who were trying to find themselves-- but wound up convicted of supporting terrorism
Abdirizak Warsame may have an exotic name, but by all accounts, he was an American teenager. He lived with his mom in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of...
Why girls in northeastern counties have been left behind in education
BY ABDIMALIK HAJIR
Boys interact more with teachers than girls who are expected to be submissive and shy, head teachers says
though Yasmin Mohamed Ahmed is confident that she will do well in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination, whatever happens, she has...
Somali-American Refugee Eyes Historic Role in Minnesota State Legislature
Twenty-two years ago, Somali-born Ilhan Omar was living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Today, she has her sights set on the Minnesota state House of Representatives after a successful primary election campaign that has her positioned to make history in the United States....
Police detain Kenya-bound ship from Kismayu port
Police have detained a Mombasa-bound ship that sailed from the Somalia port from Kismayu. They also detained Kenyan and Tanzanian crew of the Kenyan-registered vessel that had sailed into Kilifi's port. Police say the Tanzanians are deemed to have entered Kenya illegally aboard the...
Joint press statement: International community expresses grave concerns over corruption and intimidation in Somalia’s electoral process and delays in voting for Lower House seats
Mogadishu, 30 October 2016 — The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States are deeply concerned over continuing allegations of corruption in Somalia’s electoral process and reports of recurring intimidation of...
Donald Trump Slams The Social Media Twitter, Facebook and Google He Says “dishonest media!
HORNDIPLOMAT-The US Republican Nominee Mr.Donald Trump Attacks the Social Networks (Google,Twitter and Facebook) He Accused that They Supportes the Hillary Clinton And Burying The FBI Criminal Investigation about the Hillary Emails.-Horndiplomat
Trump According that His Twitter Post "Wow, Twitter, Google and Facebook are burying the...
Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’
By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTINOCT
Hillary Clinton and her allies sprang onto a war footing on Saturday, opening a ferocious attack on the F.B.I.’s director, James B. Comey, a day after he disclosed that his agency was looking into a potential new batch of...
Sudan’s FM Ibrahim Ghandour: ‘ICC is a court built to indict Africans’ – Talk to Al Jazeera
Ibrahim Ghandour discusses Darfur, the allegations of ongoing government violence and Bashir's indictment by the ICC.
The war in Darfur is the conflict the world seems to have forgotten, but it hasn't gone away.
And neither has the leader of Sudan, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the man the International Criminal...