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17 January 2012

Black Women in European Politics: from Struggle to Success

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Vivienne Griffiths · Human Rights, International Relations

Nowadays, it is a common to witness African-born women with successful careers in Europe. Despite the evident challenges, many have also distiguished themselves in politics. Still, it was not so long ago that such success would have seemed impossible.

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27 December 2011

A Radical Solution For Global Poverty: Open Borders

Written by Lova · Translated by Andreea Ungureanu · Disaster, Food

Various experts say that extreme poverty isn't inevitable. The most radical solution to drastically reducing global poverty would be, for many economic experts, opening the borders between countries and allowing workers to migrate where labor is most needed.

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2 October 2010

Sahel Region: On Paying Ransom for Hostages

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lova Rakotomalala · Environment, Human Rights

Hostage-taking by a militant Islamist group called Al-Qaeda in The Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is on the rise in the Sahel region which spans across several countries in the north of Africa. In order to free hostages, governments and companies have put political pressure on the African nations involved, or opted to pay ransoms directly. However, the strategy of paying ransom is often decried as ineffective and dangerous in the long run.

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5 November 2009

Somalia: Introducing a network of Somali journalists and bloggers

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Citizen Media, Media & Journalism

The Somali Media Centre is a forum of Somali journalists and bloggers living in Somalia and outside. The Centre distributes news content and publishes blogs written by journalists.

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15 October 2009

Somalia: Is government recruiting young Kenyans for war?

Written by Abdurahman Warsame · Conversations for a Better World

This is the first wrap up of Somali blogs in 2009. Yes, it's been more than a year since I took leave a long leave from blogging but now I'm back, for good. This is the first post and expect more posts about Somali blogosphere.

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30 May 2009

Egypt: Cairo Refugee Film Festival

Written by Marwa Rakha · Ideas, Arts & Culture

Integrating refugees in society is the aim of a film festival with a difference. Marwa Rakha learns about the Cairo Refugee Film Festival, being held from June 16 to 20 from the event's blog through a fellow blogger, and shares her findings in this post.

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Updates about Somalia

30 December 2011

English

In a post published on december, 27th, The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) declares that: “In 2011, 4 journalists were murdered in Mogadishu alone, making it the only place where the utmost repulsive crimes against journalists were committed. A further 7 journalists were wounded, 5 in Mogadishu, while the remaining 2 were wounded in Bossasso and Galkayo.” Furthermore 19 medias worker were arrested and 7 media houses targeted with aggressive, repressive and violent actions.

• Abdoulaye Bah

6 October 2011

English

Famine is man-made but….:”21st century solutions should be founded on collective responsibility. Describing famine as “man-made” is a step in the right direction, but let's not just look to foreign governments for handouts let's have the courage to call for responsibility and action from those closer to home.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

20 August 2011

French

afrik.com reports [fr] on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's visit in Mogadishu: “The prime minister, his wife Emine and other [Turkish] political and business leaders, as well as artists, are in Somalia to meet the victims of the drought and famine raging in the country.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

31 July 2011

English

Happy Ramadan wishes from Terror Free Somalia Foundation: “In the spirit of Ramadan, I pray that Ramadan gets into our hearts and minds and make us embrace all factions of Muslims without undermining their tradition and further pray that we treat every human on the earth with dignity, respect and care.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

25 July 2011

English

Natasha Elkington looks at satirical newspaper cartoon commenting on media priorities around the Murdoch scandal and the East Africa famine which has sparked debate about pornography: “The image, labelled “Priorities”, depicts three naked, emaciated children holding empty bowls, with swollen bellies, ribs sticking out and flies swarming above them.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

8 July 2011

French

On Afrik.com, Michelle Nougoum reveals [fr] that: “The Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst droughts of its history, so much so that al shabaab, an islamist insurgent group of Somalian rebels, has called for international aid on Wednesday, July 6th. Two years ago, this group had forced foreign aid workers to leave the country”.

• Abdoulaye Bah

20 June 2011

English

Terror Free Somalia Foundation analyses the resignation of Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo: “Farmajo was an unknown quantity when he was appointed in October last year, taking over from Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, who resigned after a long-running spat with Sheikh Sharif. However, analysts say since he took over soldiers began to receive regular wages for the first time, he took a stand against widespread corruption and the government began to press al-Shabaab…”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Comments on "Somalia"

Black Women in European Politics: from Struggle to Success

Dear Mr Bah - You have asked for links. Here are three sources (in English) ...
Nyamko Sabuni is still a member of the Swedish Government. In 2010, however, she was reappointed as Deputy Minister of...

This reminds of the time a pro-govt Egyptian newspaper manipulated images of Mubarak to put him in a favorable light...

Open borders sure does it and it will eventually lead to a playing level field for the world
if this is brought about it could lead to a perpetually mobile underclass being paid slave wages, resented by the...