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Sorry, but when I decide who to vote for on Election Day, it will be the person I think can best represent the country, not the candidate that will most impress my boyfriend.

The UK response to Somalia’s looming famine is painfully slow

A baby is treated for severe acute malnutrition at a special hospital in Mogadishu CREDIT: Ed Ram/Getty Images
By: Telegraph This week, after two years of devastating drought and soaring food prices, the UN warned that without action, famine will hit Somalia within the next few weeks. With half a million children...

Canada’s top long-distance runner Mohammed Ahmed given key to City of St. Catharines

Mayor Walter Sendzik presented Olympic silver medalist Mohammed Ahmed, with a Key to the City of St. Catharines yesterday. (Photo: St. Catharines)
By:INSAUGA Canada’s most successful long-distance runner, Mohammed “Moh” Ahmed, was presented the Key to the City by St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik yesterday (September 13). Those who remember last year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics might...

Joseph Wu: Working as one for the global good

Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of China (Taiwan)
By: Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Republic of China (Taiwan) The global community is confronting a number of unprecedented crises: from the ongoing challenge of COVID-19 variants and stalled efforts on climate change, to supply...

Somali American legislative candidate poised to make history

This undated photo provided by Mana Abdi, shows Democrat candidate for Maine Legislature Mana Abdi. Abdi’s path to office was cleared when her Republican candidate dropped out. If elected, she would be the first Somali American to serve in the Maine Legislature. (Courtesy Mana Abdi via AP)
By :Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A Democratic candidate is poised to become the first Somali American to serve in the Maine Legislature after her challenger dropped out of the race. Republican Fred Sanborn-Silvers'...

Queen Elizabeth dies at 96, Prince Charles now King

By: AFP Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. Her eldest son, Charles,...

Ethiopia hails Turkish role in region, grain corridor mediation

ANKARA, TURKEY - AUGUST 18: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (L) hold a joint press conference at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on August 18, 2021. (Photo by Ali Balikci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
By: DAILY SABAH thiopia is appreciating the role Türkiye is playing in the region as well as its efforts in having brokered a grain export deal between warring Ukraine and Russia that alleviated a possible global food...

Diaspora remittances continue to boost Somali economy – Dahabshiil

By: The STar Somalis living abroad have remained key in the economic growth of the region through their remittances, money transfer company Dahabshiil has said. According to the firm, diaspora remittances are a lifeline...

Türkiye celebrates centenary of Victory Day

Erdogan, senior government and high-ranking military officials, and opposition leaders laid a wreath at Anitkabir on Tuesday. (AA)
On the 100th anniversary of the Great Victory, President Erdogan vows to continue to advance the Republic of Türkiye and to strengthen it in every field, especially in economy, defence and diplomacy. The Turkish president and senior...

Ethiopia Eyes Export Income Surpassing $5 Billion As Coffee, Gold Prices Increase

Ethiopia Eyes Export Income Surpassing $5 Billion As Coffee, Gold Prices Increase
By: New Business Ethiopia During the current budget year started July 8, 2022, the Government of Ethiopia expects increase of annual commodity export income by 30 percent reaching $5.4 billion mainly as a result of increasing global prices...

Japan vows to work for ‘more resilient’ African economies

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joins by video conference a press conference at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia FETHI BELAID AFP
By: AFP Tunis (AFP) – Japan will cooperate closely with African countries to promote "more resilient" economies, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the final session of an investment conference in Tunisia on Sunday.He also promised Japan would...