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Alshahid Centre hosts Somali journalists symposium on opportunities, challenges and way forward
Nairobi (Alshahid)-On the evening of 1st September 2010, Alshahid Centre for Research and Media Studies held a symposium on the opportunities, challenges and the way forward for the Somali journalists… Read more
Somalia: EU gives additional 47m euros for peacekeeping operation
Nairobi (Alshahid) – The European Commission confirmed its support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by providing an additional 47 million euros to the African Union peace operations…. Read more
EU-funded education support programme for Somalia launched
Press Release Nairobi (Alshahid) – A European Union-funded programme to support Somali administrations in developing a well-structured education and training system has been launched in Northwest Somalia semi-autonomous state of… Read more
Africa joins Kenya to usher new American-styled constitution
Nairobi (Kenya) -A new dawn was ushered in the country in style after President Mwai Kibaki officially promulgated the new constitution making it the supreme law of the land. Where… Read more
Arabic to become compulsory in Israeli schools; promote tolerance
Tel Aviv (Alshahid) -The Israeli authorities are introducing a new scheme to make Arabic-language classes compulsory in state schools so as to promote tolerance between Jews and Arabs. Education officials… Read more
Somalia Humanitarian Crisis Eases as Rain Boosts output, UN Says
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Somalia’s humanitarian crisis, one of the world’s worst, eased after above average seasonal rains between April and June in the Horn of African nation boosted grain and… Read more
Swaziland’s King says HIV is an exaggeration
Swaziland (Alshahid) – King Mswati III of Swaziland Africa has come into criticism from Aids campaigners in the past for promoting polygamy and now the activists in Swaziland have criticised… Read more
Somalia advances in drafting country’s new Constitution
Nairobi (Alshahid) – The Chairman of the Independent Federal Constitution Commission [IFCC], Mr. Abdillahi Hassan Jama, handed over on Saturday August 14 the first 1,000 copies of the Consultation Draft… Read more
Kenyan boy, 13, has more kidneys than is normal; poor mother’s dilemma
Kakamega (Alshahid) – A 13 year old Standard Five pupil in Mbale Western Kenya Maclaud Chakara has been medically confirmed to possessing three kidneys. The boy suffered severe stomach pains,… Read more
First ever Muslim College opens in America
California (Alshahid) – The first ever Muslim college in the United States which hopes to cultivate native-born Islamic scholars opened its doors to students this summer in Berkeley, California. The… Read more
