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Get ready to see more of  Oprah this Oscar season! She produced and costars in Selma, a film  about Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic 1965 march for voting rights – and the movie (out 25 December) is winning big buzz after its first screening this week. But it wasn’t the easiest film to pull off – starting with casting one of …

Ismail Ahmed setup WorldRemit after becoming frustrated with the inadequacies of traditional players in the remittance industry. The Somali-born London School of Business MBA graduate routinely sent money home to his family, often at a high cost and with little flexibility. He went on to work at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to help tackle fraud and compliance issues …

“This training has given me confidence in myself and my skills to go out and make a living on my own,” says 22-year-old Hawa Osman. “The programme has given me access to skills and training that was previously unavailable to me,” she adds. Hawa and 27-year-old Farhiya Mohamed, participated in hospitality training courses offered by the Vocational Training Centre (VTC) …

The 3rd Annual Islamic Banking Summit Africa (IBSA Djibouti 2014), which opened today at the Djibouti Palace Kempinski, saw more than 200 leaders in the international Islamic banking and finance industry engage in detailed discussions that focused on ‘capturing the Africa opportunity in Islamic finance’. The two day event, held under the official support of the Central Bank of Djibouti, …

It was 2005 and then 21-year-old Hani Jacobson was visiting family in St. Cloud. The Somali-American’s stay was supposed to be temporary. But after filling in for her sister at her job at the Whitney Center, fate had other ideas. “My first impression was she was beautiful, hard-working and smart,” said her husband Nathan Jacobson. Nathan was volunteering at Whitney …

Mumbai – Continuing its expansion in Africa, Qatar Airways has launched three-times-weekly flights from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport in the Horn of Africa. The airline has deployed Airbus A320 on the Doha–Djibouti route featuring up to 12 seats in Business Class and up to 132 seats in Economy Class. This is the airline’s 145th destination on …

The management of Adan Hospital decided to put a Somali patient in isolation to ensure he is free from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). This step was taken when the patient exhibited some symptoms of the disease like high temperature; hence, the need to put him away from other patients. The Ministry of Health had previously confirmed that Kuwait has been …

A nurse’s release Tuesday from an Atlanta hospital leaves a single person in the United States now battling Ebola, though she and others — including President Barack Obama — stressed the fight against the deadly virus isn’t over. “While this is a day for celebration and gratitude, I ask that we not lose focus on the thousands of families who …

In a heart-breaking letter to her mother, Reyhaneh Jabbari wrote a moving message before she was hanged last Saturday for killing a former intelligence officer she claimed had tried to sexually assault her. (Letter reproduced from National Council of Resistance of Iran) Jabbari, 26, who had been on death row for five years, was put to death at dawn, the …

The EU will launch a patrol mission in the Mediterranean on Saturday amid warnings the number of boat migrant deaths could rise with Italy mulling pulling the plug on its own rescue mission. To complicate matters further, Britain said Tuesday it won’t support the planned EU search and rescue operation, arguing it will create an unintended “pull factor” for more …

One of the richest man in the world Billionaire Mr. Bill Gates, the former chief executive chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company speaking this week at the Sibos closing plenary in Boston on October 3, 2014, lauded TELESOM one of the leading telecommunication Company for its innovative methods for introducing its mobile money banking and transfer service, …

The UK will provide £37 million over the next three years to support economic development in Somalia. The support, delivered through UKaid, will be focused on enabling the Federal Government of Somalia to build the capacity of its public institutions; and improving the business environment, particularly for young people and women. An initial contribution of £6 million was made in …

Nuruddin Farah’s novel Hiding in Plain Sight centers around Bella, a Somali living in Rome, who has become a famed fashion photographer. Her beloved half-brother Aar, a UN official, is murdered by extremists in Mogadishu and leaves behind two teenagers who are Bella’s niece and nephew. Bella’s a globetrotter, with tightly scheduled lovers and global obligations, but she feels drawn …

A new mosque on the West Side features ornate chandeliers, plush carpeting, moldings etched with verses from the Quran and spacious washrooms. The new space for the Abubakar Asiddiq Islamic Center is a far cry from the storefront that the congregation has been leasing, with open ductwork, exposed PVC pipes and a leaking ceiling covered by a tarp. But when …

Physical inactivity presents a major public health challenge and is estimated to cause six to ten percent of the major non-communicable diseases. Studies show that immigrants, especially women, have an increased risk of non-communicable diseases compared to ethnic Swedes. Somali immigrant women have increased rates of overweight and obesity, low fitness levels and low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness compared to …