The Republic of Somaliland and the Issue of International Recognition
By Mohamed Hussein OPINION | January 18, 2012 While news stories from Somalia seemingly rotate between the subjects of drought, piracy, terrorism and never ending civil war, there is an often...
View ArticleDo Muslims in the West need funeral covers?
OPINION | May 10, 2012 Yanyo Mooge “Kayse” I am sure you get sick and tired of all those funeral ads that seem to never end. To be honest it used to annoy me as a Muslim, because I always considered it...
View ArticleAustralian mother of four reunites six orphaned Somali relatives
Photo: Shamsa Hassan, back right, with the six orphans who have been reunited with their family (The Northern Weekly) MELBOURNE — Six orphans from Somalia have been reunited with their only living...
View ArticleIOM warns Somalis against migration lottery scam
NAIROBI — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is advising the Somali public to ignore migration scammers following recent complaints about random request for money. IOM office in Nairobi...
View ArticleAustralia expels Syrian diplomats as anger grows over killings
A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network shows the bodies of 92 people including 32 children before their burial in the central Syrian town of Houla on May 26, 2012....
View ArticleSOMALIA: Range to spin off Puntland region assets
Photo: Range Resources chief executive Peter Landau says the spin-off will shift attention to the company’s other assets (Marie Nirme/The Australian). SYDNEY — THE Australian market’s affair with the...
View ArticleNatural gas discoveries put East Africa on world energy map
Sudanese workers inspect burnt out oil pipes at the oil-rich border town of Heglig, Sudan (Photo: Abd Raouf/AP). JOHANNESBURG — Massive offshore gas discoveries in East Africa are catapulting the...
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ETHIOPIA: Australia’s LAVA architect lands new soccer stadium
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian football and athletics fans will have a new FIFA and Olympic-standard 60,000 seat stadium in Addis Ababa thanks to a competition winning design combining local identity with new...
View ArticleIn that other big hit-up, science finds Higgs boson
IT EXISTS. SYDNEY — In a discovery that throws light on the very fabric of space and time, a new subatomic particle has been found that is very likely the long-sought Higgs boson. Making one of the...
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Ethiopia: Conference in Toronto highlights Ogaden Human Rights issues
ONLF and Ogaden members meet in Toronto, Canada (HOL). TORONTO — Members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), a rebel group fighting for independence for an ethnically Somali part of...
View ArticleHoly month of fasting not so sweet for Muslim diabetics
Dangerous diet… Hana Hajeh, a diabetic, shops for sugar-free sweets in preparation for Ramadan. She is served by Allen Sayed from Abu Adam Sweets in Lakemba. Photo: Kate Geraghty/SMH SYDNEY — ”SOME...
View ArticleAnonymous hackers cripple Australian websites over proposed laws
Members of Anonymous wear the traditional facemasks associated with the group. Source: AFP SYDNEY — A GROUP of hackers has launched a string of politically-motivated cyber attacks targeting Australian...
View ArticleAustralian researchers make malaria breakthrough
Immunity puzzle: Researchers from Melbourne’s Burnet Institute have made a breakthrough that could lead to a malaria vaccine. Picture: AP MELBOURNE — Melbourne researchers are a step closer to...
View ArticleNew cold-war brewing between US and China – Australian academia
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith in New Delhi – (Photo/TopNews) CANBERRA — An arms race between the United States and China – reminiscent of the former Soviet Union Cold War – has already...
View ArticleAustralia: Hawala money transfer suspected in people smuggling scam
MELBOURNE — Pplice suspect the relatives of people smugglers are using a Melbourne grocery store to transfer funds offshore to pay for places on asylum boats. Authorities suspect the store in...
View ArticleAustralia’s poor Olympic campaign costs taxpayers millions
SYDNEY — Australia’s performance at the London Olympics, its worst result in 20 years, has cost taxpayers $10.6 million for each medal won. The effort of Britain, the host and Australia’s arch-rival,...
View ArticleGenital mutilation may not be isolated
SYDNEY — The charging of four people over the circumcision of two young girls in Sydney has led to fears that other cases of female genital mutilation have gone undetected in NSW. A sheik, a retired...
View ArticleSomaliland: International companies to begin oil exploration
An archaeologist at Las Geel, Somaliland. [Tony Karumba/AFP] HARGEISA — Genel Energy and other international firms are moving ahead with plans to explore for oil in Somaliland, a development that...
View ArticlePakistan culls entire shipment of Australian sheep
Pakistani authorities claimed the Australian sheep were infected, but later tests showed the animals were disease-free. (AFP: Asif Hassan) An entire shipment of Australian sheep stranded in the...
View ArticleSomaliland to drill oil by 2014
The break-away territory of Somaliland sees drilling for oil as possible by 2014 as three companies start exploration activities, the country’s mining and energy minister said on Tuesday. Hussein Abdi...
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