English Articles

(Bloomberg) — Somalian remittances from the U.S. could be reduced as much as 80 percent after the main bank wiring the funds severs ties with money transfer businesses, Oxfam America representatives will tell lawmakers. Merchants Bank of California NA is terminating the accounts of money service providers that send funds to Somalia. The Carson, California-based lender couldn’t meet government financial-crime …

Somalis love camels and regard it as a precious commodity. The wealth of a Somali nomad family is measured by the number of camels they possess. Blood money is paid by camels or its equivalent of money. Camel milk and meat are believed to contain medicinal values. Ali Abdillahi Hassan who is featured in this video seems to have good …

Walking through the Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis, a long, winding hallway greets me. The lighting is dim and the walls are bare. Women of color stand in front of different doorways and little kids run around without mothers. Behind a door with no signage lies the office of Isuroon. The Twin Cities organization, founded by Fartun Weli, stands for …

The benefits of tea are no small sip. Tea can be warming, invigorating, soothing, and most importantly, health promoting. With thousands of varieties, tea is a versatile drink and great alternative to coffee or calorie-laden lattes. Many types of tea have outstanding health benefits so while it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the vast amount of tea to choose from, …

The current images of Somalia are those of a country ravaged by a 22-year dictatorship and perpetual civil war. Yet through 12 books and countless essays centered on Somalia, author Nuruddin Farah has refuted those images of his homeland and solidified his place as one of Africa’s leading literary voices. EBONY spoke with the global activist and educator on how …

calgary herald—- When he arrived in Montreal three decades ago, the only job Hussein Warsame could get was as a bookkeeper, despite his newly minted MBA from an esteemed U.S. university. “They fired me after four days,” he says with a laugh. “They told me I was too slow.” That early setback only fuelled the ambitions of the Somali-born man …

By Mila Koumpilova StarTribune When Sahra Noor first visited People’s Center Health Services, she was a harried college freshman and the single mom of a toddler. She had arrived in the United States two years earlier after spending most of her teenage years in Kenyan refugee camps. She returned to the center last summer as the chief executive of what …

You might be surprised to figure out you are doing these five destructive things that will ultimately ruin your relationship with your spouse. When I got married, I was amazed at the instant, overwhelming sense of responsibility I felt to love and care for my husband. Suddenly, a huge part of someone else’s well-being and happiness was largely affected by …

Isn’t it amazing how we can tell when a true leader walks into a room? They command attention. They possess a certain aura that makes them stand out. They have influence and are wonderful communicators. Everyone loves them because of their charisma and their strong display of power. But it’s not only power that makes a leader great, because power …

In the years following the attacks of 11 September 2001, it is not surprising that Western security forces and authorities clamped down hard on the money transfer industry. Fearful that some remittances being sent to countries in eastern Africa, the Middle East and South Asia could be being used to fund terrorist activities, a number of smaller money transfer companies …

ARGEISA,  (Reuters)… Somalia’s breakaway enclave of Somaliland formally opened its first commercial bank on Sunday, as part of its effort to attract foreign lenders. President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo officially inaugurated Dahabshil International Commercial Bank in Hargeisa, calling it a “vanguard for national development and progress”. Somaliland, in the northeast of Somalia, has not been recognised internationally. In 2012, it established …

In 2011, drought hit Somalia hard, triggering a famine that ultimately killed some 260,000 people. Now, after a poor rainy season, the Food and Agriculture Organization is warning that the country could be on the brink of another famine. To find out more about the current situation in East Africa, we spoke with Degan Ali, the Somali-American executive director of …

We tend to think of stress as an immediate problem: The boss hovering over our desks; the mad dash to the subway at the end of a long day. And in the short-term, stress makes us feel irritable, anxious, tense, distracted and forgetful. But that’s only part of the story. Over time, elevated levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, can …

After years of conflict, a group of Somali expats have returned home to set up the country’s first soft drinks company. Using a South African brand and locally grown fruit, the company has created its own soda flavours. Melanie Ralph reports   This soda company in Somalia is putting the fizz back into the countries’ troubled economy. Soda King is …

Saudi husband tells his bride he wants a divorce during their wedding after seeing her face for the first time when the photographer asked them to pose for pictures The wedding was taking place in the Western Saudi town of Medinah Neither bride nor groom had met face to face before the ceremony So when she lifted her veil to …