By Emre AyteginWednesday June 20, 2018

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia / ANKARA, Turkey - Malaysia’s new government plans to withdraw all Malaysian troops from Saudi Arabia, according to recent remarks by Defense Minister Mohamad Sabu.
In a Wednesday statement carried by the Malaysian National News Agency, Sabu warned that maintaining a military presence in the oil-rich kingdom risked dragging the country into a regional conflict.
With this in mind, the defense minister said, Malaysia should reconsider its policy of keeping its soldiers there.
He went on to stress that Malaysian troops were not taking part in ongoing Saudi military operations in Yemen or those being waged against the Daesh terrorist group.
Ads By Google “Malaysia has always maintained its neutrality; it has never pursued an aggressive foreign policy,” Sabu asserted.
“Our membership in the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War is the best example of this,” he added.
Therefore, Sabu said, the new government would “reconsider” former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s decision to send Malaysian troops to Saudi Arabia.
It remains unclear, however, exactly how many Malaysian troops are currently deployed there.
*Ali Murat Alhas contributed to this story from Ankara
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Wednesday June 20, 2018By 
Michael MacDonald 

Judge hears appeal for former child refugee Abdoul
Abdi, who came to Canada as a Somali refugee at age 6, is facing
deportation after serving a criminal sentence because no one got him
citizenship while he was in foster care. STAFF/Reuters HALIFAX - A federal lawyer says a man who was a child refugee from
Somalia when he first arrived in Nova Scotia is trying to get Canadian
citizenship through the back door despite a violent crime conviction and
his possible deportation.Melissa Grant, who represents the
federal public safety minister, told a Federal Court hearing Tuesday
that a decision by the Canada Border Services Agency to refer Abdoul
Abdi to a deportation hearing should not be overturned by a judicial
review."What the applicant is actually trying to do here is to
seek a de facto grant of citizenship," Grant told Federal Court Judge
Ann Marie McDonald, who later reserved her decision in the case.Abdi,
who was born in Saudi Arabia in 1993, lost his mother in a refugee camp
when he was four and came to Canada with his sister and aunts two years
later. He was taken into provincial care shortly after arriving in Nova
Scotia.Ads By Google He was moved 31 times between foster homes, but he was never granted citizenship while he was growing up in the province.Abdi
developed behavioural problems that advocates say were not adequately
treated. Those issues led to problems with the justice system.The
border agency detained Abdi and referred him to a deportation hearing
after he served about five years in prison for multiple offences
including aggravated assault.Abdi's lawyer, Benjamin Perryman,
argued that the Canadian and Nova Scotia governments failed his client,
which is why Abdi should not face a deportation hearing."He would be a citizen, if he had been taken care of properly," Perryman said outside the Halifax courtroom.Perryman
told the judge that the decision to send Abdi to a deportation hearing
was unreasonable, unfair and contrary to the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms and international law.He said Abdi's aunt had asked the
province to grant him citizenship, but he said she was refused — and the
province continued to drag its heels for eight years."This is what systemic racism looks like," he said.Abdi
did not attend the hearing. He is living and working in Toronto, which
is in keeping with one of the conditions of his release.Grant
said the suggestion that Abdi's rights under the Charter and
international law have been violated are premature and based on
hypothetical harm."This is an administrative process that does
not result in any change of status for the applicant," Grant told the
court. "All this decision is doing is referring the applicant to the
immigration division."She said Abdi's case does not engage the
Charter of Rights, and she stressed that the law clearly states that
permanent residents who commit serious crimes can be deported.

As well, Grant said Abdi could seek a so-called danger
opinion from immigration officials, which can be used to prevent
refugees from being deported to unsafe countries.However,
Perryman challenged those assertions, saying immigration officials will
have no choice but to send Abdi back to Somalia if the deportation
hearing goes ahead. As for the danger opinion, he said such an
assessment wouldn't take into account the challenges Abdi has faced in
Canada.Lawyers from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and
the non-profit advocacy group Justice for Children and Youth also made
submissions to the court as interveners.Jane Stewart, the lawyer
for Justice for Children and Youth, said Abdi's interaction with the
child welfare system hurt his chances for success."We see
persistently negative outcomes for children in care," she said, citing
studies that show lower scores for education and health."He has been disadvantaged as a result of his interactions with the state."Abdi's
case has prompted supporters to call on the Nova Scotia government to
intervene on his behalf. As well, the high-profile case has sparked
protests at events with federal leaders, including a town hall earlier
this year with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Lower Sackville, N.S.
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Wednesday June 20, 2018by Omar S Mahmood To counter outside interference, Somalia must focus on building unity and strengthening its internal structures. The involvement of Middle East actors in Somalia, namely the United
Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and Turkey, has reached fever pitch recently, underscored both by external and internal dynamics.
Externally, the Gulf Cooperation Council dispute between the Saudi Arabia/UAE camp on one side, and Qatar on the other, has resulted in attempts to divide
the Horn of Africa into two. Internally, the Federal Government of
Somalia’s handling of recent affairs has exacerbated tensions.
While these dynamics show how Somalia has been subject to external
interests, they also highlight that if the country wants to avoid
external interference in its affairs, it must unite internally first.Recent months have been busy for those monitoring Gulf influence in
Somalia. When Parliament returned from recess in March, Somalia became
embroiled in a dispute over an agreement between the self-declared
independent state of Somaliland and DP World to manage the Port of
Berbera, with Ethiopia receiving a 19% share. While the agreement and
even Ethiopia’s role has been known for some time, the official announcement set off a new course of rhetoric and actions.
Ads By Google The dispute peaked in mid-March when Somalia’s Parliament declared
the deal ‘null and void’ and banned DP World from operating in the
country (which in Parliament’s eyes includes breakaway Somaliland). This
exacerbated divisions between Somalia and Somaliland, and extinguished
hopes that new administrations elected in both entities in 2017 could resume a dialogue process that has been stagnant since 2015.
Then in April, Somali authorities seized $9.6 million in cash from an
inbound plane from the United Arab Emirates. Somalia claimed it hadn’t
been informed about the money previously, while the UAE said it was
designated for ongoing security training programmes in Mogadishu and
Puntland.
With the Lower House of Parliament embroiled in a no-confidence
motion over its speaker, and the frequent doling out of cash during such
episodes to secure votes, it’s understandable that authorities were on
edge.Nonetheless, the result was another blow as the downturn in relations led to the disbandment
of the UAE’s training centre in Mogadishu. This was worrying given the
need to develop the Somali security sector before an eventual withdrawal of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
In May, five of Somalia’s federal member states gathered at their
second Council of Interstate Cooperation meeting, a forum created last
year for their better representation at a national level.
The federal member states have been upset with Mogadishu’s foreign
policy direction since last year, and this has been exacerbated by
recent developments. For example, Puntland also benefited from UAE
training programmes, while DP World’s sister company P&O Ports had
signed an agreement to manage the Port of Bosaso. Thus Mogadishu’s
handling of both the Berbera Port deal and the seized UAE money threaten
federal member states’ interests, Puntland argues.The Council of Interstate Cooperation meeting highlighted tensions in
the federalisation model. The federal member states complained about a
lack of material support from Mogadishu, and being sidelined in the
formulation of foreign policy, especially on aspects that affect them.
To this effect the final communiqué noted that rather than remaining
neutral in the Gulf Cooperation Council crisis, Somalia’s government had
sided with Qatar, in opposition to federal member states’ interests.
While this complaint isn’t new, one key change involved Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, the Interim Juba Administration leader, who lashed
out against the government’s handling of the UAE-Qatar crisis. Madobe
had previously served as a more neutral mediator between the federal
member states and government in late 2017 when developments reached a
tense stage. But the switch in his stance, preceded by a visit to the UAE, signalled a stronger dividing line.
In short, recent developments have led to the suspension of
prospective talks between Somalia and Somaliland, the disbandment of a
UAE security training programme, and more entrenched divisions between
the government in Mogadishu and the federal regions.
Largely a result of the fallout from the divided loyalties between
the UAE and Qatar, the Gulf Cooperation Council crisis hasn’t been kind
to Somalia. While other Horn of Africa countries have been pressured to
choose sides in this dispute, Somalia has suffered the worst
consequences.
This is largely a by-product of two related issues – that Somalia’s
nascent state-building institutions are still in their infancy and thus
struggle to accommodate such outside pressures, and that Somalia itself
is inherently divided.The former relates to Somalia’s slow comeback from state collapse,
and the lack of clarity in how roles and responsibilities are delineated
within the federal system. Outside actors have contributed to this
(like when the UAE hosts federal member states’ leaders who return to
Somalia more critical of the government). But it is ultimately the
divisions in Somalia that allow this to happen.
Therein lies the predicament but also the solution for Somalia. To
ensure external actors don’t cause internal instability, unity must be
fostered. The federal member states and government need a common vision
regarding Somalia’s future. Much of this has to do with compromises over
access to power and resources, with actors jockeying to strengthen
their position and preserve their interests.
An agreement
at a recent meeting between the federal member states and government to
examine these power sharing issues is a start. But without genuine
internal consensus on such aspects, Somalia will remain vulnerable to
divisions. This has been recently heightened by external developments,
but only because Somalia has allowed it to. A failure to address this
now will result in more of the same.
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Wednesday June 20, 2018Fardowsa Adow Mohamed has not known any other home apart from Hagadera refugee camp since she arrived from Somalia where she was born.She came to Kenya at the age of two due to inter-clan skirmishes in Somalia.As she joins millions of refugees around the globe to mark World Refugee Day, she hopes to return to her country of birth to rebuild the image tattered by years of war.Ms Mohamed says she is willing to use the skills she has acquired at Hagadera back in Somalia.The 28-year-old woman started her early childhood education at Hagadera where she also did her primary and secondary school exams and despite difficulties and lack of opportunities, she managed to do well."I have studied Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) in college where I started with a certificate course and followed by diploma. I am now waiting for my diploma certificate," she told the Nation.ECDE TEACHERAds By Google She is now an ECDE teacher at the same school she went to in what she says is giving back to the community since there are few qualified teachers in the camps. And although the refugees’ agency UNHCR and other partners have employed several teachers, they are not enough, she says."Refugees are humans being like any other and if given an opportunity they will shine and bring the much-needed change in their home countries," she said."I encourage girl, weather refugees or not, to work hard in their studies and make sure they achieve their goals in life. Parents should also give their daughters a chance to study," she added.BETTER FUTUREMs Mohamed says if she gets a chance to go back to her country, she will concentrate on education and building a strong foundation for children for Somalia to have a better future.At the Dadaab refugee camp, there are 32 pre-school centres, 32 for primary learning and seven secondary school centres. Ther are also 18 primary accelerated learning centres, three secondary school accelerated learning centres and four vocational learning centres.According to UNHCR, 114,967 children are of school-going age (3-17 years) and constitute half of the population at the camps.Overcrowding is a major challenge to a safe learning environment at the camps and has been cited as one main reason why most students drop out of school.According to UN agency, due to uncertainties surrounding the closure of the camps, attendance, transition, and completion rates at all level remains another challenge.
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• Somaliland frees jailed king - BBC
• Families in Elbarde, Bakool region, miss meals as shilling loses value and food becomes short - Radio Ergo
• 12 al-Shabab militants killed in offensive in southern Somalia - Xinhua
• Indianapolis man lived refugee story: 'These people ... they are running for their lives' - Idystar
• Refugees in Dadaab camps shun calls to voluntarily return home - Daily Nation
• Yemen: The deadly migration route that the world is ignoring - CNN
• Somali refugee finds success in the ring - Newsok
• Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS Africa
• Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi trying to skirt immigration process: lawyer - CP
• President Trump Betrayed My American Dream - TIME
• Malaysia to withdraw troops from Saudi Arabia: Official - AA
• Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa - HOL
• Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough - Reuters
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• Kenya: North East Counties on high alert as Rift Valley Fever kills 13 - Standard Digital
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Newsok Wednesday June 20, 2018She pants from exhaustion, sweat dripping down her forehead and over a bruise or two as practice finishes.It's all part of Ramla Ali's routine, twice a day, six days a week, either on the track or at the gym. It is what it takes to be a champion in boxing, but Ali doesn't mind it.In fact, she relishes it."It's a little bit of an addiction," she explains. "You just want to train harder so you can win another fight, so you can be better than you were yesterday".And it's been like that since the Londoner won her first bout as a teenager: "The moment the referee puts your hand up, it's such a high, such a rush, and you just want more of it."insidenewsHer big moment came in 2016 when, against all odds, Ali won the British title in her weight category (54 kilograms)."I went in there a bit of a like an underdog," she recalls. "I was so scared when I saw the list [with the other fighters] and I ended up beating them and came out on top.""I think that was one of my proudest moments to date".The 27-year-old's glory in Britain is a far cry from her birthplace in Somalia, where civil war forced her family to flee when she was just two years old."The reason why we came here is because my eldest brother died in the war," Ali says, "He was struck by a grenade as he played outside the house. Obviously from then, my mom didn't want that life for us."In a tale that's all too familiar these days, her family packed up and set off to Kenya in an overcrowded boat."Five hundred people were just climbing on, trying to survive," Ali's mother told her. "A lot of people died along the way."Ali herself almost didn't make it, becoming violently ill and losing a lot of weight during the journey.Ali and her family eventually made it to the UK where they were given refugee status, but her trials didn't end there. Struggling to fit in at school, Ali was teased because of her size."I was bullied a bit, for being overweight," she recalls. "The girls [at my school] were quite slender in frame and here's me standing out."Ali's mother tried to boost her confidence with a membership to a local sports center, where she tried a few classes until she stumbled across a boxercise session.
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• Refugees in Dadaab camps shun calls to voluntarily return home - Daily Nation
• Yemen: The deadly migration route that the world is ignoring - CNN
• I’m ready to go rebuild my country, Somali refugee says - Daily Nation
• Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS Africa
• Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi trying to skirt immigration process: lawyer - CP
• President Trump Betrayed My American Dream - TIME
• Malaysia to withdraw troops from Saudi Arabia: Official - AA
• Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa - HOL
• Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough - Reuters
• UAE issues updated travel advisory for Emiratis - Arabian Business
• Kenya: North East Counties on high alert as Rift Valley Fever kills 13 - Standard Digital
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Wednesday June 20, 2018Last year, nearly 100,000 migrants entered Yemen, a country gripped by conflict and the world's worst humanitarian crisis. That's 2,000 migrants entering a warzone per week; nearly 300 a day.The majority start out from Ethiopia, and some from Somalia, and usually head to the Gulf in search of work, with Saudi Arabia being the top destination. People embarking on this route are typically under 25, but many are children.The stories we hear from them are the same; they know someone who has gone before and "made it." Someone who has sent enough money home to build their parents a house, put their brother through school or regenerate their family farm affected by years of drought. Migrants often cite these examples as proof that once they reach their destination they will be able to pull themselves and their loved ones out of poverty.It is this mix of desperation and naivety that smugglers unscrupulously exploit.Abuse, torture and kidnappingAds By Google It is almost impossible to travel this route (Ethiopia-Djibouti-Yemen-the Gulf) without enlisting a smuggler at some point and if a migrant tries to go it alone at all, they are putting themselves at greater risk because it's "bad for business" for the vast smuggling networks. Many migrants, including young people, suffer appalling treatment from cruel smugglers and other criminals, including physical and sexual abuse, torture, kidnapping for ransom (from families who can't afford to pay), arbitrary detention for long periods of time, forced labor, trafficking and even death.In Yemen, migrants also often get caught up in the conflict, sustaining injuries or even dying from shelling, and some are taken to detention centers.No migrant should be held in detention, especially children, and IOM, the UN Migration Agency, advocates for their closure and offers its support to the authorities to improve conditions. In Yemen, we currently only have access to two detention centers out of an unknown total.Ethiopian migrants sleep on the beach at Djibouti City.On a recent visit to Yemen, I went to a migrant holding facility in the capital, Sana'a, where I met teenagers in utter distress. I put a question to the room of over 200 migrants, mostly young men: if I could bring a bus or plane to take you home right now, would you want to go?They all raised their hands, showing how desperately they wanted out.How many are trafficked?These are worrying similarities to the horrendous abuse that migrants face on the Central Mediterranean Route from West Africa through Libya to Europe. But migrants in Yemen only attract a fraction of the world's attention and demands for protection and support. Not to mention the lack of funding from the international community. For example, did you know that that thousands of migrants were stranded in or near the frontlines of the recent military offensive on Yemen's busy port city of Hodeidah?But we also do not know the true size of the problem, because of the security situation in the country and the danger it would pose to our staff to expose them to these violent smuggling networks. We do not know how many migrants are in Yemen, how many stay there to work or make it to the Gulf. We do not know how many are held captive by smugglers or are in official detention centers. We do not know how many are being trafficked.However, during 2017 we have been able to track 87,000 migrants in the country through our Displacement Tracking teams, and provide humanitarian assistance to more than 33,000 migrants.A survivor's storyOne person who our team on the ground helped, was a 14-year-old boy named Mohammed. He wanted to travel from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia to find work and hopefully save some money. He left his home with some friends without telling his relatives. They walked several hundred miles, while hungry and thirsty.Risking drowning in the sea, they crossed from Djibouti to Yemen. When they got to Yemen, Mohammed says he and his friends were abducted by smugglers in an area where there is ongoing fighting. He says the smugglers abused him physically and only released him once they had extorted money from him and his friends through their families back home.Attempting to then travel through the country to the border, they were seriously injured by an explosion. An ambulance took Mohammed and five others to a hospital. According to Mohammed, two female migrants died and the other migrants from his group were never found. Mohammed was transferred to the prison in Hodeidah, which is where IOM met him and provided him with assistance.Following this near-death experience at such a young age, Mohammed asked us to help him return home to Ethiopia, which we did earlier this year.No other optionThe vast majority of migrants who come to our centers or receive any aid from us on this route are men. But when we speak to the migrants, they tell us there are plenty of women traveling. It worries me that we are hardly reaching these women.As thousands of migrants enter Yemen, IOM is helping many get home, offering safe and dignified passage funded by Saudi Arabia, Germany, the Czech Republic and the US. However, the situation they face when they get home is far from ideal.For Ethiopian returnees, we only have funding to help a few vulnerable cases reintegrate into their home communities. With no support to restart their lives, they will be no better off than when they left (in fact, they are typically worse off, having each paid out $200-1,000 to smugglers) and they are likely to attempt the journey again. They simply feel like they have no other option.Not only do donors need to provide more support, countries of origin, transit and destination should redouble efforts to develop legal and safe migration channels within the region.Countries along the route -- Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia -- are already doing a lot. I would like to thank them and encourage them to work with us and each other to better protect migrants.There needs to be real consequences for those at the top rungs of these smuggling networks and efforts need to be made by concerned countries to support communities along the route so that they do not engage in or facilitate this abuse.This is not a new route and the number of irregular migrants traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen and the Gulf is far greater than the amount heading from the region toward Europe, but it is far less talked about. We want to change that and bring the world's attention to where it needs to be, in the hope that it will lead to more support for migrants in this part of the world too.
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• Somaliland frees jailed king - BBC
• Families in Elbarde, Bakool region, miss meals as shilling loses value and food becomes short - Radio Ergo
• 12 al-Shabab militants killed in offensive in southern Somalia - Xinhua
• Indianapolis man lived refugee story: 'These people ... they are running for their lives' - Idystar
• Refugees in Dadaab camps shun calls to voluntarily return home - Daily Nation
• Somali refugee finds success in the ring - Newsok
• I’m ready to go rebuild my country, Somali refugee says - Daily Nation
• Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS Africa
• Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi trying to skirt immigration process: lawyer - CP
• President Trump Betrayed My American Dream - TIME
• Malaysia to withdraw troops from Saudi Arabia: Official - AA
• Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa - HOL
• Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough - Reuters
• UAE issues updated travel advisory for Emiratis - Arabian Business
• Kenya: North East Counties on high alert as Rift Valley Fever kills 13 - Standard Digital
• Wanted Terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar Said to Still Be Alive - VOA
• Mauritius to sell citizenship and passport - BBC
• Oprah in Obama’s delegation to Kenya - The Star

Wednesday June 20, 2018The total closure of three extensive refugee camps in Dadaab may not happen soon as numbers of those returning to their countries of origin voluntary have reduced while others have vowed never to return to their homes.While the number of refugees has tremendously reduced from 466,683 in 2011 to 208,871 individuals as at June 2018 due to spontaneous returns as well as voluntary return to Somalia, officials have recorded a slower repatriation process for the last one year.United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has signed tripartite agreement with the Somalia and Kenya governments to provide a framework for the voluntary return of Somali refugees, who are the majority, back to their country.INSECURITYThe Kenyan government has in the past announced its plans to close the Dadaab refugee camps saying they are a major cause of insecurity. There were claims that Al-Shabaab attacks were being executed from the sprawling camps.So far, a total of 80,144 refugees have been assisted to go back to Somalia from Kenya on a voluntary basis since the process started in December 2014.Refugees interviewed by the Nation said they are reluctant to voluntary go back home citing various reasons including lack of social amenities, lack of proper healthcare system, education and insecurity."One reason I will not go back to Somalia is the education of my children because there is no proper system unlike here where UNHCR are taking care of their education. Security is another big issue in my country," said Mrs Halima Yakub who is at the Hagadera refugee camp.NO PRESSUREHead of operations at UNHCR Dadaab camp Jean Bosco Rushatsi said nobody is putting pressure on the refugees to go back home since there are many challenges."UNHCR is only facilitating their movement for those willing to go back. Some areas are not safe yet. Efforts to rehabilitate basic services such as water, sanitation shelter, land, health and education are limited. This is why some refugees are still reluctant to go back," he told journalists.In the three camps of Hagadera, Ifo and Dagahley, hundreds of refugees converged Wednesday to mark World Refugee Day and called for more assistance from the international community.    
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• Somaliland frees jailed king - BBC
• Families in Elbarde, Bakool region, miss meals as shilling loses value and food becomes short - Radio Ergo
• 12 al-Shabab militants killed in offensive in southern Somalia - Xinhua
• Indianapolis man lived refugee story: 'These people ... they are running for their lives' - Idystar
• Yemen: The deadly migration route that the world is ignoring - CNN
• Somali refugee finds success in the ring - Newsok
• I’m ready to go rebuild my country, Somali refugee says - Daily Nation
• Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS Africa
• Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi trying to skirt immigration process: lawyer - CP
• President Trump Betrayed My American Dream - TIME
• Malaysia to withdraw troops from Saudi Arabia: Official - AA
• Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa - HOL
• Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough - Reuters
• UAE issues updated travel advisory for Emiratis - Arabian Business
• Kenya: North East Counties on high alert as Rift Valley Fever kills 13 - Standard Digital
• Wanted Terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar Said to Still Be Alive - VOA
• Mauritius to sell citizenship and passport - BBC
• Oprah in Obama’s delegation to Kenya - The Star

Idystar Wednesday June 20, 2018Mohamed Osman Mohamed, 26, looks successful and self-assured. The 6-foot-6  Indiana University graduate works for Eli Lilly and Co. in Indianapolis, but his heart is thousands of miles away — in a refugee camp in Kenya.That's where much of his family is. His little brother, his aunt, cousins and friends. Mohamed is one of the lucky ones, escaping the camp and coming to the U.S. legally with help from Exodus Refugee Immigration in Indianapolis. He arrived in Indiana in December 2010, shivering under three jackets, yet exhilarated at the opportunity before him."I love this state and I love the people," he said. "I'm very happy to be working here."Now a U.S. citizen, Mohamed counts his blessings every day but also wants to bring attention to citizens of the world who are suffering because of violence, disease, hunger and despair, especially today (June 20), World Refugee Day."It's a day people honor the courage of refugees, people who have fled, people still in camps, people dying at sea," he said. "I want people to think of themselves being in that position."Mohamed fled his war-torn home in Somalia as a teenager and found relative safety, if not peace, in what was then the largest refugee camp in the world. At its height, Dadaab was home to 500,000 refugees, most of them Somalis who began fleeing their country's civil war in 1991.The United Nation’s refugee agency estimates there are 65 million refugees in the world today, split among informal settlements and more formal camps. More than half of them are children."Like every refugee person in the world, I left (Somalia) not by choice, but by force," he said. "We were forced to leave everything behind to seek a better life."His mother died in Somalia after giving birth to Mohamed's brother; his father was killed in the country's civil war when Mohamed was 13.Today, Mohamed is fluent in English, lives on the south side of Indianapolis and works in Lilly's investor relations and corporate social responsibility office. He feels some guilt about his good fortune, though it hasn't come without cost. He sends money back to his family for his cousins' education, mentors a young Congolese boy here and volunteers with Exodus to help others find their way to a better future.The same young boy who used to roll up a book and pretend to be a radio reporter in Somalia now listens to the BBC for news of his homeland and of the camp in Kenya where so many live a squalid existence."My dream is just to make a difference in others' lives," he said. "Anything I can do to help people that are in the position that I was seven years ago — I know how hopeless that was."Cole Varga, executive director of Exodus, said Mohamed has been gracious about volunteering his time. When he spoke at the group's fundraising gala last summer, Varga said he commanded the room with his story."He's so articulate, so genuine, and he is able to communicate so well."Ads By Google Mohamed understands the conflict that the refugee crisis creates among citizens of the United States and other countries around the globe. He doesn't expect the U.S. to solve all of the world's problems, but he has a word of advice and a request."When you see people fleeing, crossing international borders, don't look at them as a problem," he said. "The problem is not the people, the problem is what is causing people to flee."I want people to look beyond politics," he added, "to look beyond opinions that are not based in reality, to look at real people and real problems and to ask their government to do everything they can to address the root cause of the problem."To start that process, he invites everyone to find a refugee and listen to their story. After hearing it, he says, "Ask yourself what would you do if you were in that position, what would you do if you had to escape, if you had to save your kids? Would you stay or run away? That is what these people are doing; they are running for their lives."Mohamed will participate in a benefit for Exodus on Saturday at the Cottage Home Neighborhood Community Space, 714 N. Highland Ave. The family-friendly event from 4 to 11 p.m. will include an "Ask a Refugee" booth, a “What Would You Take?” activity and information on supporting refugees locally and globally. "People can help in different ways," he said. "Helping one person creates a ripple effect. I feel guilty that I am the only one of my family who has the choice to do things — to go to college, to look for a job and to earn my own income."But he tries to keep the dream alive for his family, especially his 17-year-old brother, who has polio."I tell him to stay alive and keep your hopes alive. That camp is not your destiny."In 2016, 85,000 refugees from around the world were admitted to the United States, up from about 70,000 in 2015. The top countries of origin were the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Burma, Iraq and Somalia. The Trump administration capped refugee numbers at 50,000 in 2017 and 45,000 this year.
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• Somaliland frees jailed king - BBC
• Families in Elbarde, Bakool region, miss meals as shilling loses value and food becomes short - Radio Ergo
• 12 al-Shabab militants killed in offensive in southern Somalia - Xinhua
• Refugees in Dadaab camps shun calls to voluntarily return home - Daily Nation
• Yemen: The deadly migration route that the world is ignoring - CNN
• Somali refugee finds success in the ring - Newsok
• I’m ready to go rebuild my country, Somali refugee says - Daily Nation
• Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS Africa
• Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi trying to skirt immigration process: lawyer - CP
• President Trump Betrayed My American Dream - TIME
• Malaysia to withdraw troops from Saudi Arabia: Official - AA
• Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa - HOL
• Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough - Reuters
• UAE issues updated travel advisory for Emiratis - Arabian Business
• Kenya: North East Counties on high alert as Rift Valley Fever kills 13 - Standard Digital
• Wanted Terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar Said to Still Be Alive - VOA
• Mauritius to sell citizenship and passport - BBC
• Oprah in Obama’s delegation to Kenya - The Star

Wednesday June 20, 2018At least 12 al-Shabab fighters were killed and several others escaped with injuries in a fierce fighting with Somali National Army (SNA) at a location in the southern port town of Kismayo.SNA commander Ismail Sahardid on Wednesday confirmed the Tuesday incident at Bar-Sanguni location, saying the military operation was aimed at liberating more areas still under al-Shabab in Lower Jubba region."Somali National Army conducted military operation against al-Shabab at several areas including Bar-Sanguni location in this region on Tuesday and killed 12 terrorists and injured several others during the operation," Sahardid said.He did not comment on whether there were casualties on SNA side during the operation.Ads By Google The group's affiliated media said the al-Qaeda allied militant group killed two government soldiers in the gunfight and resisted attacks from Somali forces. The group claimed that Bar-Sanguni is under the militants' control now.Independent sources could not confirm the control of Bar-Sanguni location which has been under target by the allied forces.The U.S. Africa command (Africom) said the incident took place during a joint operation in Jubaland in southern Somalia conducted by combined Somali National Security Forces (SNSF), Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) and the U.S. special forces.The Somali and allied troops have intensified operations in Somalia after the killing of U.S. special operations soldier on June 8. Some four soldiers were also injured in a firefight against the al-Shabab in Bar-Sanguni.
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• Somaliland frees jailed king - BBC
• Families in Elbarde, Bakool region, miss meals as shilling loses value and food becomes short - Radio Ergo
• Indianapolis man lived refugee story: 'These people ... they are running for their lives' - Idystar
• Refugees in Dadaab camps shun calls to voluntarily return home - Daily Nation
• Yemen: The deadly migration route that the world is ignoring - CNN
• Somali refugee finds success in the ring - Newsok
• I’m ready to go rebuild my country, Somali refugee says - Daily Nation
• Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS Africa
• Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi trying to skirt immigration process: lawyer - CP
• President Trump Betrayed My American Dream - TIME
• Malaysia to withdraw troops from Saudi Arabia: Official - AA
• Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa - HOL
• Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough - Reuters
• UAE issues updated travel advisory for Emiratis - Arabian Business
• Kenya: North East Counties on high alert as Rift Valley Fever kills 13 - Standard Digital
• Wanted Terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar Said to Still Be Alive - VOA
• Mauritius to sell citizenship and passport - BBC
• Oprah in Obama’s delegation to Kenya - The Star

Wednesday June 20, 2018A combination of food shortages and the collapse of the Somali shilling are making life extremely hard for the most vulnerable families living in Elbarde, southern Somalia’s Bakool region.Halimo Hassan Mohamud and her six children are internally displaced in Halul, after losing their entire herd of 57 goats and 12 cows in the drought.Halimo told Radio Ergo her causal work washing clothes earns her three days a week earns her 50,000 Somali shillings ($2). The money used to cover two meals a day for the family but now does not cover one meal.“Whenever I am paid in Somali shillings I keeps worthless notes in the house,” she said. She has asked her employers to send her money to her mobile phone.Ads By Google According to local businessmen, the sudden drastic changes have been caused by the decline in value of the local currency over some time. Traders only want to sell in the stable US dollar now, so local people cannot spend their shillings.Shuayb Hassan Mohamed, a businessman, said prices have also rocketed partly due to the recent adverse weather conditions. Vehicles bringing in food supplies to the area have not been able to navigate the flooded roads.  From the usual three to four vehicles bringing in food each day, there is now a single truck arriving in a week. The supply of food has shrunk.A kilo of sugar, flour or pasta used to cost 16,000 shillings ($0.78) and has increased to 40,000 shillings ($1.94), while a litre of cooking oil has risen from 28,000 shillings to 50,000 shillings ($2.40).The IDP families and the low income people are struggling to survive.Mahad Salad Abdullahi, a father of seven in El-Barde, used to sell firewood he collected on his donkey cart from the rural outskirts of town.  Due to the floods, he can no longer go out to fetch firewood.He told Radio Ergo his family cannot migrate away from the area as the roads are cut off. They are struggling to enjoy one meal a day, although he occasionally gets five or 10 dollars sent to his phone by relatives.“When I go home my children run to me, they want something to eat. I have asked the business owners to give me food on credit but they have refused. We don’t cook a meal every day,” Mahad said.
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• Somaliland frees jailed king - BBC
• 12 al-Shabab militants killed in offensive in southern Somalia - Xinhua
• Indianapolis man lived refugee story: 'These people ... they are running for their lives' - Idystar
• Refugees in Dadaab camps shun calls to voluntarily return home - Daily Nation
• Yemen: The deadly migration route that the world is ignoring - CNN
• Somali refugee finds success in the ring - Newsok
• I’m ready to go rebuild my country, Somali refugee says - Daily Nation
• Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS Africa
• Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi trying to skirt immigration process: lawyer - CP
• President Trump Betrayed My American Dream - TIME
• Malaysia to withdraw troops from Saudi Arabia: Official - AA
• Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa - HOL
• Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough - Reuters
• UAE issues updated travel advisory for Emiratis - Arabian Business
• Kenya: North East Counties on high alert as Rift Valley Fever kills 13 - Standard Digital
• Wanted Terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar Said to Still Be Alive - VOA
• Mauritius to sell citizenship and passport - BBC
• Oprah in Obama’s delegation to Kenya - The Star

Wednesday June 20, 2018Somaliland has freed a king, Osman Aw Mahmud Burmadow, who was imprisoned in April for attending the inauguration of a monarch in neighbouring Puntland.Puntland and Somaliland are at loggerheads over disputed territory along their border in the Sool and Sanaag regions.Ads By Google Somaliland's President Muse Bihi Abdi pardoned the monarch, who was sentenced to five years in prison.Human rights organisations have condemned the self-declared republic of Somaliland of suppressing free speech and arresting people critical of the administration.In April, a court sentenced female poet Nacima Qorane to three years in prison on "contempt of state" charges.She was also freed after receiving a presidential pardon.
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• Families in Elbarde, Bakool region, miss meals as shilling loses value and food becomes short - Radio Ergo
• 12 al-Shabab militants killed in offensive in southern Somalia - Xinhua
• Indianapolis man lived refugee story: 'These people ... they are running for their lives' - Idystar
• Refugees in Dadaab camps shun calls to voluntarily return home - Daily Nation
• Yemen: The deadly migration route that the world is ignoring - CNN
• Somali refugee finds success in the ring - Newsok
• I’m ready to go rebuild my country, Somali refugee says - Daily Nation
• Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS Africa
• Former child refugee Abdoul Abdi trying to skirt immigration process: lawyer - CP
• President Trump Betrayed My American Dream - TIME
• Malaysia to withdraw troops from Saudi Arabia: Official - AA
• Sharp rise in number of Islamist militant attacks in Africa - HOL
• Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough - Reuters
• UAE issues updated travel advisory for Emiratis - Arabian Business
• Kenya: North East Counties on high alert as Rift Valley Fever kills 13 - Standard Digital
• Wanted Terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar Said to Still Be Alive - VOA
• Mauritius to sell citizenship and passport - BBC
• Oprah in Obama’s delegation to Kenya - The Star

WAR-­‐SAXAAFADEED WADA JIR AH
Mogadishu, June 20, 2018. Kulan ay maanta isugu yimaadeen Shirkadaha bixiya adeegyada Isgaarsiinta iyo Internet-­‐ka ee kor ku xusan, kana dhacay magaalada Muqdisho, ayaa waxaa gabagabadii kulanka ka soo baxay Bayaan ka kooban qodobadan hoos ku xusan:

1. Dhamaan Shirkadaha bixiya adeega Isgaarsiinta & Internet-­‐ka ee kor ku xusan waxay cadeynayaan in aysan qeyb ka aheyn, lagana talo gelin habraacii loo maray xulashada xubnaha Hay`adda Isgaarsiinta Qaranka ku matalaya Qeybaha Isgaarsiinta Dalka.
2. Waxaa ayaandaro ah in xubnaha Guddiga Isgaarsiinta Qaranka ee ka imaanaya Qeybaha Isgaarsiinta uu Wasiirka Wasaaradda u magacaabay xubno ka tirsan Shirkado bah-­‐wadaag ah. Haddaba haddii xubanaha Guddigii Isgaarsiinta 75% ay ka yimaadeen hal Koox/Shirkad (Ex-­‐ Barakaat), waxay ka dhigeysaa Hay`adii la rabay in ay ilaaliso isku dheelitirka Ganacsiga Xorta ah mid u gacangashay Shirkado gaar ah, isla markaana xoojineysa habka loo yaqaan “Monoboliga”. Taas oo ka hor imaaneysa Dastuurka Dalka, Sharciga Isgaarsiinta iyo Habraacii lagu heshiiyay.
3. Shirkadaha Isgaarsiinta waxay cadeynayaan in magacaabistani ay si too ah uga hor imaneysaa Sharciga Isgaarsiinta sida ku cad Qod. 10aad iyo Qod. 34aad “Iska-­‐hor imaadka Danaha Is-­‐diidan” (Conflict of Interest) ee cadeynaya in ruux xil ka haya ama si toos ah uga tirsan Shirkad Isgaarsiin ah uusan ka mid noqon karin Guddiga iyo Maamulka Hay`adda.
4. Shirkadaha Isgaarsiinta waxay baaq u dirayaan Xukuumadda Somaaliyeed, iyo Hay’adaha caalamiga ah ee muddada badan ka soo shaqeynayey in laga hortago in la marin habaabiyo hadafkii sharciga ee ahaa in la helo nidaam Isgaarsiin iyo sharci hufan.
5. Shirkaduhu waxay cadeynayaan in Wasiirku uu mas`uul ka yahay qallooca galay sharciga iyo wixii caqabado ah ee ka dhashay xulashada Xubnaha Isgaarsiinta ee lamarin habaabiyay, waxayna dalbanayaan si loo xaqiijiyo xalaal-­‐noqoshada Hay`adda iyo ilaalinta danta guud in dib loogu noqdo magacaabista Xubnaha Hay`adda, loona maro habraacii sharcigu farayey .

DHAMAAD
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Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Donald Trump ayaa sheegay in uu si deg deg ah u saxiixi doono dikreeta Madaxweyne taas oo ku saabsan in qoysaska qaxootiga ah iyo carruurtooda aanan la kala geyn oo ay isla joogaan goobaha xudduuda Mexico.

Ra'iisalwasaaraha Itoobiya Dr Abiy Axmad ayaa soo dhaweeyay uguna hambalyeeyay madaxweynaha Eritrea Isaias Afewerki aqbalaadda uu aqabalay baaqii Itoobiya ee ahaa in la dhammeeyo murankii dhanka xadka labada waddan ku saabsanaa ee mudada dher soo jiitamayay.

Baarlamaanka dalka Hungary ayaa meel mariyay sharciyo la doonayo in lagu xakameeyo dadka soo galootiga ahi ee dalkaasi magangelyada u raadsanaya.

Thursday June 21, 2018
Ali speaks with a group of Somali migrants in a detention centre in Libya.

Somalia - As the sun begins to rise, 150 migrants welcome their first morning on Somalia’s soil in, what is for some, years and, others, months. Disembarking an IOM, UN Migration Agency, charter flight from Libya, at the end of May 2018 is the final haul of a long and hard journey. It is not the end that they had expected when they had first set out from Somalia. It isn’t Europe but it is home and it is safe.
Among the passengers is Ali Said Faqi, Ambassador for the Somali Government to the European Union (EU), and a major part of the mission to help Somali migrants stranded in Libya return home to their families. While few might have missed the stark media headlines on the abuse African migrants have faced at the hands of smugglers, traffickers and criminal gangs in Libya, Ali is one of the few, who have travelled to the source of these stories.
Ads By Google Like most Somali diaspora, who were forced to flee the civil war, he is well acquainted with, what can be for many, the agonizing feeling of leaving home. After Ali left Somalia in the 1990’s, he passed through Kenya, Italy and Germany, before finally arriving in the United States in December 1998. He went on to become a prominent scholar in toxicology. His academic resume includes a PhD in toxicology from the University of Leipzig, more than 100 published scientific papers, two text book in toxicology and various impressive academic tenures.
In June 2013, Ali received an unexpected call from the Speaker of the Somali Parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari and the former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. They were looking for a nominee for the post of Somali Ambassador to the EU. ‘I never harboured any political ambitions, but nonetheless contributing to my country’s welfare was always close to my heart,’ Ali says. The decision was therefore easy, and by the following day Ali Faqi was an Ambassador.
Ali with a returnee from Libya as he travels home to Somalia.

His journey to Libya several years later came about through another request from the highest echelons of the Somali Government. In the wake of the harrowing news stories of Africans being sold as slaves in Libya, President Mohamed Abullahi Farmajo called upon his Ambassador for help. ‘First, I was only to do a three-day mission to Libya but I ended up staying altogether 25 days,’ says Ali. When seeing the conditions in which the Somalis were held in Libya and hearing their harrowing stories, Ali could not return back before having done everything in his power to help them. ‘The stories I was told were like horror movies – all marked by experiences of hunger, thirst, torture, rape, forced labour and a long list of unimaginable abuses,’ Ali says.

This was his big chance to pay tribute to the country he loved so dearly – and he certainly rose to the challenge. When he eventually boarded a plane to Libya, he was not alone. Through IOM’s humanitarian voluntary return assistance, 75 Somalis reunited with their families. This attested to the importance of Ali’s hard work in getting Somali migrants out of Libya’s detention centres and of IOM’s operations to get them home. It was not long before Ali received a new wave of pledges for support.
Ali’s strong commitment and hard work has gained him wide international recognition, such that, on 18 May 2018, he was granted the African Leadership Award for Outstanding International Humanitarian Service by the Independent Pan African Youth Parliament. With such a commitment to stranded Somali migrants, the sky is the limit for what Ali can achieve.
Somali migrants, once stranded in Libya, arrive home in Somalia via an IOM charter flight. Photo: UNSOM Somalia/2018

Through this project, altogether 235 Somali migrants have been assisted with voluntary return from Libya since March 2018, and an additional group of 200 people are expected to be assisted in the month of June 2018. This return and reintegration assistance of Somali migrants is part of the larger EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration, which facilitates orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration management through the development of rights-based and development-focused policies and processes on protection and sustainable reintegration. The EU-IOM Joint Initiative, backed by the EU Trust Fund, covers and has been set up in close cooperation with a total of 26 African countries.

The reintegration support under  the  Joint Initiative aims to address returnees’ economic, social and psychosocial needs and foster inclusion of communities of return in reintegration planning and support whenever possible. To address these needs, the programme promotes an integrated  reintegration  approachthat  supports  both  migrants  and  their  communities, has  the potential to complement local development and aims to mitigate some of the drivers of irregular migration. The reintegration  assistance  is  tailored  to needs  and  opportunities. The value and duration of the assistance is not fixed and can vary. The programme does not foresee specific  one  size  fits  all  reintegration  packages.
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• Refugees in Kenya create $56m per annum business industry - TRT
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• ISS: Somalia must look inward to defuse its tensions - ISS
• Kenya to highlight skills training to enhance refugees integration - Xinhua
• More than 250,000 refugees returned to Somalia, UN says - The Star
• Al-Shabab Militant Group Getting Lucky, Not Stronger in Somalia - VOA
• Storm-hit Somaliland Students Worried About Exam Prospects - Radio Ergo

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