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Dutch Court of Appeal does not clear Dahabshiil of Terror and Criminal Allegations
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Journalist Dahir Alasow wins important case for press freedom in Somalia against Dahabshill in Dutch Court of Appeal
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SOMALIA: CRIMES COMMITTED BY FARMAJO - ICC Court

Sunatimes.com -Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has been indicted by the International Criminal Court. Mr Farmajo has been charged with the following crimes during his presidency....

Somalia's Attorney General "committed serious abuses"

Sunatimes.com - The Attorney General of the Federal Government of Somalia, Saleban Mohamed Mohamud, has secretly left Mogadishu and arrived in the tiny country of Djibouti a week ago to obtain a passport, government sources said....

Opposition Members pin IMF on big lending to Uganda

Sunatimes.com - The Leader of the opposition in Parliament (LoP) Mathias Mpuuga has held discussions with the country representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Izabela Karpowicz, and the donor agency's chief of mission, Amine Mati. The meeting, held under the auspices of the Parliamentary Forum on the IMF and the World Bank was intended to brief the opposition leadership on government programs supported by the two lending institutions....

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Uganda: 3 arrested for trafficking 2-month-old baby at $5000 in Kampala

Sunatimes.com - The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Kireka is holding three suspects on allegations of attempting to buy a two-month-old baby for a suspected South Sudanese trafficker in Kampala. The suspects are Gerald Akankwasa, a Wakiso based medical doctor, Kenneth Kayondo and Christine Nambi. Police detectives picked up the trio from Royale Motel in the city suburbs of Nalukolongo. Upon interrogation, the suspects revealed to police that they were hired by a South Sudanese woman identified as Monika Akello....

Somalia: First film Screen after 30 years in National Theatre

Sunatimes.com - Although Mogadishu was home to many cinema halls during its cultural heyday, with the national theater also hosting live concerts and plays, the seaside capital fell silent after civil war erupted in 1991 MOGADISHU: Somalia hosted its first screening of a movie in three decades under heavy security on Wednesday, as the conflict-ravaged country hopes for a cultural renewal....

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19 Sep 2021 Somalia:Officer Ikran Tahlil needs justice to be found either life or dead
19 Sep 2021 Turkey: Flow of Somali merchants
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26 Sep 2021 SOMALIA: CRIMES COMMITTED BY FARMAJO - ICC Court
25 Sep 2021 Somalia's Attorney General "committed serious abuses"
24 Sep 2021 Opposition Members pin IMF on big lending to Uganda
24 Sep 2021 Uganda: 3 arrested for trafficking 2-month-old baby at $5000 in Kampala
23 Sep 2021 Somalia: First film Screen after 30 years in National Theatre
19 Sep 2021 Somalia:Officer Ikran Tahlil needs justice to be found either life or dead
19 Sep 2021 Turkey: Flow of Somali merchants
19 Sep 2021 Somali diaspora happily chooses Turkey

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Dahabshiil sued for 'aiding Al-Shabaab terrorists' - NyPost.com This is a lawsuit against an international money transfer company, Dahabshiil, that provided financial support to al-Shabaab, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, and to the al-Shabaab operatives who assassinated Saado Ali Warsame.
Click here to read more about this lawsuit Tani waa dacwad ka dhan ah shirkadda xawaaladda caalamiga ah ee Dahabshiil oo lagu eedeeyay in ay taageero dhaqaale siiso ururka argagixisada Al-shabaab oo fuliyay dilkii Saado Cali Warsame.
Riix Halkan si aad akhriso Faahfaahinta Dacwaddan Case 1:15-cv-09623 Document 1 Filed 12/09/15 Page 24 of 24
Plaintiff demands a trial by jury on all issues so triable
Dated: December 9, 2015
Respectfully submitted,
BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.
By: /s/ Joshua D. Arisohn
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Joshua D. Arisohn 888 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 Tel: (646) 837-7150 Fax: (212) 989-9163

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Somalia:Officer Ikran Tahlil needs justice to be found either life or dead

Sunatimes.com - Women's rights groups and human rights groups have not commented on the abduction of the woman who was abducted by Somalia's intelligence chief, Mr Fahad Yasin....

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Turkey: Flow of Somali merchants

Sunatimes.com - Fourth, for the last two decades, Turkey realized tremendous economic successes and became an industry powerhouse. With the resurrection of relations between the two countries, Somali traders embarked to Turkey to import Turkish products....

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Somali diaspora happily chooses Turkey

Sunatimes.com - Dissatisfied with the living conditions in Western countries due to religious and cultural challenges as well as the legal and life obstacles faced in Gulf states, a lot of Somalis are in search of a location that respects their traditions and preferences....

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Somali diaspora flourishes in streets of Turkey.

Sunatimes.com - The Somali diaspora prefer to live in Turkey, particularly in Ankara and Istanbul, thanks to the 10 years of cooperation between Somalia and Turkey, a Muslim country that offers high living standards. Since the historical visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Somalia on Aug. 19, 2011, when he was the prime minister of Turkey, the diplomatic and societal interactions between the two countries have witnessed remarkable growth. Besides the diplomatic, developmental and trade relations, Somalis from every corner have started to relocate to Turkey. Due to different impulses and objectives, they came from North America, European countries, Gulf states and Somalia; thus, while some came to Turkey to live, others came to do business and some to stay temporarily....

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Elections with Farmajo in the Corridors of Power will Plunge Somalia into Unmanageable Disaster

Sunatimes.com - After two decades of repressive dictatorial regime ousted with bloody popular uprising in 1991, the Somali people has been longing for a visionary and competent leader – a "founding father"- passionately committed to establish a democratic state governed by the rule of law and not by the whims of powerholders. The impartial administration of the rule of law for equal justice is the only way to attain a sustainable peace, stability, and development in Somalia. The misfortune of experiencing self-serving, corrupt, incompetent, and divisive leaders has continually frustrated the Somali people's aspirations for better future. Nevertheless, the struggle and hope for getting the right leader persist despite the current bleak prospect....

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Somalia:SPEAKER MURSAL IN THE DARK

Sunatimes.com - What is happening in #Somalia now is a tragic comedy and a symptom of the chronic ignorance and the lack of basic political understanding among those who are supposed to run the country. Instead, they are ruining it....

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Loss of Gen Paul Lokech is highly shared and felt in Somalia"LION OF MOGADISHU"

Sunatimes.com - General Paul Lokech was announced dead at 10:15am on Saturday 21 August, after succumbing to a blood clot within a short while as per the post mortem report at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala. Lokech at the time of his demise, he was serving as Deputy Inspector General of Police an office assumed eight months later as from 16th December 2020 succeeding Maj. Gen. Muzeeyi Sabiiti. He served in many high portfolios appointed by the Head of state and in all these appointments he vehemently achieved as a smart military officer....

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GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA RIVALS WITH BUGANDA KINGDOM OVER LAND OWNERSHIP

Sunatimes.com - As President Museveni swore in for his sixth term in office, he made it clear that one of his priorities would be to end the rampant evictions, which he blamed on Mailo land, a tenure predominantly practised in Buganda. Speaking during Heroes Day celebrations last month, Mr Museveni expressed strong disapproval of the Mailo land system as "very bad" and " evil." "It's not anywhere else in Uganda," Mr Museveni said during the 32nd Heroes' Day anniversary celebrations at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. Mr Museveni's strong utterances and decision to appoint a Mailo land critic, Mr Sam Mayanja, a veteran lawyer, as junior Lands minister has provoked Buganda Kingdom, which has a lot to lose in the Mailo land tenure, to issue a seven-point statement defending the tenure and instead blaming government, its agencies, and politicians for the land conflicts in the country....

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85% of the capital of IBS Bank of Somalia belongs to Al Shabab.

Sunatimes.com - Amniyat members of Al-Shabab who defected from the militants reported that the capital used to open International Bank of Somalia IBS belongs to former finance officer of Al-Qaeda Somalia, Fazul Abdallah. Zakariya Ismail Hersi, former head of Amniyat, currently member of Somali intelligence told Sunatimes that Fazul had business relationship with Mohamed Ali Warsame, Bashir Guushaa, and Abukar Omar Addan. ...

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