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News Somalia Culture: Boxer Ramla Ali on Olympic pursuits and being named a 'force of change' by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex

Published on: Thursday 08 August 2019
Boxer Ramla Ali on Olympic pursuits and being named a 'force of change' by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex
News source: http://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/article/27337415/boxer-ramla-ali-olympic-pursuits-being-named-force-change-meghan-duchess-sussex

Ramla Ali and her family fled Somalia during civil war in pursuit of a better life. Twenty years later, in 2016, Ali became the first Muslim woman to win an English national boxing title. Now the boxer has her sights set on the 2020 Tokyo Games.

News Somalia Culture: In Somalia, 'good news does not sell'

Published on: Wednesday 07 August 2019
In Somalia, 'good news does not sell'
News source: https://the-star.co.ke/news/big-read/2019-08-07-in-somalia-good-news-does-not-sell/

Nyanduga said Somalia also faces “many other challenges”, including continuing conflict, discrimination and youth unemployment, as well as “delivering economic, social and cultural rights”. ...

News Somalia Culture: Boxer Ramla Ali on her Olympic pursuits and being named a 'force of change' by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex

Published on: Wednesday 07 August 2019
Boxer Ramla Ali on her Olympic pursuits and being named a 'force of change' by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex
News source: http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/article/27337415/boxer-ramla-ali-olympic-pursuits-being-named-force-change-meghan-duchess-sussex

Ramla Ali and her family fled Somalia during civil war in pursuit of a better life. Twenty years later, in 2016, Ali became the first Muslim woman to win an English national boxing title. Now the boxer has her sights set on the 2020 Tokyo Games.

News Somalia Culture: Stakeholders meet to jointly review education sector progress in Somalia

Published on: Monday 08 July 2019
Stakeholders meet to jointly review education sector progress in Somalia
News source: https://www.africanews.com/2019/07/08/stakeholders-meet-to-jointly-review-education-sector-progress-in-somalia/

We extend our gratitude to the Somali people whose resilience enabled schools to run in a challenging context” says Abdullahi Godah Bare, the Federal Minister of Education, Culture and Higher ...

News Somalia Culture: 'We need to win Britain's culture war,' says Greens' Magid

Published on: Friday 24 May 2019
'We need to win Britain's culture war,' says Greens' Magid
News source: https://menafn.com/1098568024/We-need-to-win-Britains-culture-war-says-Greens-Magid

The 29-year-old from Sheffield doesn't lack energy, enthusiasm or bravery for that matter: a Somali-born bloke campaigning ... the UK is in the midst of a culture war he agreed '100%'. ...

News Somalia Culture: Somalia Livestock Price Bulletin, May 2019

Published on: Sunday 02 June 2019
Somalia Livestock Price Bulletin, May 2019
News source: https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/somalia-livestock-price-bulletin-may-2019

The livestock sector is central to the economic and cultural life of the Somali people. The sector provides food and income to over 60 percent of the country’s population. Burao and Galkayo are ...

News Somalia Culture: Somalia: 55 New Cholera Cases in Somalia

Published on: Friday 31 May 2019
Somalia: 55 New Cholera Cases in Somalia
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201905310585.html

The Ministry of Health of Somalia has announced 55 new suspected cases of cholera, with no deaths, for epidemiological in 2019. No suspected cholera cases were reported between epidemiological weeks 1 and 7 due to closure of main cholera treatment center, from which the data is collected.

News Somalia Culture: Somalia is starving, let's help during Ramadhan and beyond

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
Somalia is starving, let's help during Ramadhan and beyond
News source: https://the-star.co.ke/siasa/2019-06-01-somalia-is-starving-lets-help-during-ramadhan-and-beyond/

It’s important for Somali nationals inside and outside the country to pull together at this critical time to support our brothers and sisters in line with our religious, cultural and ...

News Somalia Culture: As Noor takes stand, clearer biography emerges of former Minneapolis cop

Published on: Thursday 25 April 2019
News source: http://www.startribune.com/as-noor-takes-stand-clearer-biography-emerges-of-former-minneapolis-cop/509087682/

Fearing the outbreak of civil war in his native Somalia, Mohamed Noor’s father decided the time ... his wife and 8-year-old son from his first marriage. His father works as a cultural liaison for the ...

News Somalia Culture: Somalia’s Officials Explore New Diplomacy

Published on: Saturday 20 April 2019
News source: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/somalias-officials-explore-new-diplomacy/

At the disposal of Cairo and Petrodollar countries since independence from Italy, Somalia’s cultural Islam and sovereignty wasn’t fully mature, they were told. Mogadishu cut ties against its ...

News Somalia Culture: Commentary: How Arab culture is woven into fabric of U.S. society

Published on: Thursday 25 April 2019
News source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/story/2019-04-25/arab-culture-american-society

New refugee arrivals from Syria, Sudan and Somalia invigorate our culture and challenge us to shape solutions for economic equity for all. Arab Americans come from countries where Arabic is spoken ...

News Somalia Culture: Our hotel culture exploits and regards locals as second class

Published on: Thursday 25 April 2019
News source: https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Our-hotels-exploit-and-regard-locals-as-second-class-guests/440808-5088462-vmsmov/index.html

If Somalia were to find peace and the war in Yemen were to end ... My own view is that rather than lecturing people about the need to change their culture and way of life, we should support them to ...