Akhrisay :33MP Mark Lancaster has been honoured for his fight to ban the drug Khat. The member for Milton Keynes North was praised for his efforts by Milton Keynes Somali Association last week. Khat is a shrub which contains cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant, which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite and euphoria. It [...]
Akhrisay :36Somalia’s warring parties have all failed to protect Somali children from the fighting or serving in their forces, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab has increasingly targeted children for recruitment, forced marriage, and rape, and attacked teachers and schools, Human Rights Watch said. “For children in [...]
Akhrisay :50Jermaine Grant to appear before Mombasa court in case highlighting fears Somalia becoming training ground for terrorists. A British man charged with possessing explosives is to go on trial in Kenya in a case highlighting fears that Somalia may become a new training ground for terrorists under the Islamist rebels al-Shabaab. Jermaine Grant’s trial [...]
Akhrisay :59Hundreds of Somalis marched through the war-torn capital Mogadishu on Wednesday in a rare open protest against Islamist Shebab insurgents and their al-Qaeda allies. “Down with al-Qaeda! Down with al-Shebab!” the crowds chanted, as they marched through the streets near the presidential palace, passing areas recently hit by suicide and car bomb attacks set [...]
Akhrisay :180A statement by Turkish Airlines (THY) said on Wednesday that the airlines would launch flights to Somali capital of Mogadishu as of March 6. Turkish national flag carrier will fly to Somalia. A statement by Turkish Airlines (THY) said on Wednesday that the airlines would launch flights to Somali capital of Mogadishu as of [...]
Akhrisay :38Somalia’s President wants Al-Qaeda listed as a colonial power in the Horn of Africa country following its announcement of a merger with Al-Shabaab, the radical Islamist group, in Somalia last week. “We must identify Al-Qaeda as the last colonial power that invaded our country,” said President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed while speaking Sunday at [...]
Akhrisay :56Kenya’s Defence Forces (KDF) say that Somalia’s extremist Al-Shabaab fighters held demonstrations in areas under their control to display that their new-found alliance with Al-Qaeda enjoys local support. KDF spokesperson Major Emmanuel Chirchir, who made the announcement on his twitter handle @MajorEChirchir on Monday, however gave no indications on whether Kenyan forces planned to [...]
Akhrisay :48The news that malaria kills almost twice as many people a year as previously believed — not 655,000 but a staggering 1.2 million — is only the latest evidence of how poorly even the best scientists and researchers understand the poor world. The error derived from the mistaken assumption that malaria is a child [...]
Akhrisay :64NGO’s report says western donors must build up local and national groups to cope with expected rise in global disasters. Western donors and relief groups must build up the capacity of local and national organisations to respond to disasters, or the international humanitarian response system will fail to cope with an expected rise in [...]
Akhrisay :119The tender took place at TOKI headquarters in Bilkent district of Ankara with the participation of nine companies. Turkey’s Housing Administration (TOKI) held a tender Friday for the construction of a hospital with 200 beds in Somalia. The tender took place at TOKI headquarters in Bilkent district of Ankara with the participation of nine [...]