Dahabshiil Holdings Ltd., the Somali money-transfer operator, said it will comply with any new banking rules as humanitarian organizations lobbied to stop Barclays Plc (BARC) from closing the company’s bank account.
“Tell us what we should do and we will...
Chefs from Denmark's world famous Noma restaurant have launched an appeal to support a colleague in war-torn Somalia after his establishment was targeted again by Al-Qaeda inspired insurgents.
The Village, set up in 2008 by restaurateur Ahmed Jama in Somalia's...
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Brussels, 9 September 2013
Conference "A New Deal for Somalia"
The conference "A new deal for Somalia" is a high-level event organised jointly by the European Union and Somalia in Brussels.
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Somalia's eight-year transition ended in September 2012, with the peaceful...
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In the latest attempt to save Somalia's cash "lifeline", nine aid agencies call on Barclays Bank to scrap plans to sever money transfer accounts.
It is is the only bank in the UK still providing this service. However, it plans...
Sunday, September 08, 2013
LONDON - When Britain bans the herbal stimulant khat, Mohamod Ahmed Mohamed will lose his livelihood. But he fears most for his small Somali community without the leaf that fuels its social life.
"I can switch to...
Only four out of 10 Somali children attend schools
The authorities in Somalia are launching a campaign to get one million more children into schools.
The Go 2 School initiative started simultaneously in the capital Mogadishu and in the main cities...
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali militants attacked a restaurant near Mogadishu's seat of government for the second time in less than a year on Saturday, detonating two large blasts that killed at least 15 people and wounded nearly two dozen,...
Barclays Bank has been criticised by the UK's leading think tank on international development for its decision to close its 250 money-transfer businesses in Somalia.
The decision was described by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) as "unwarranted, unnecessary and a threat"...