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(The Local) Three young men in southern Sweden suspected of attacking Somali refugees with stones and screaming “sieg heil” have been indicted on charges of racial agitation. The incident occurred on August 21st in the small municipality of Tomelilla in Skåne. Three brothers from Somali were awoken in the early hours when a window of their apartment was smashed. reports …

Hashi Kaar’s story is both uplifting and sad. A refugee from war-torn Somalia, he arrived in Australia as a 17-year-old boy without English, much schooling or an understanding of what the internet was. Just five years later, he was in his third year of university and employed as a junior application developer at pharmaceutical valuation company Medici Capital. Now, 13 …

Two siblings are on a quest to revive the entrepreneurial streak once associated with Somali communities abroad. Asli and Yassin Ciyow want to dispel the image that young diaspora Somalis are often unemployed, involved in gangs, or linked to Islamist militants. The duo, born to a Somali father and a French mother, are bringing together 32 aspiring young British-Somali entrepreneurs …

EL PASO — In a seafood restaurant where most of the wait staff and clientele preferred Spanish to English, Dekha Hassan-Mohamed mustered some dry wit that reflected how she was slowly adapting to her surroundings on the Texas-Mexico border. “I am becoming Mexican, no more Somalia,” she said, prompting a chuckle from her lawyer, Linda Corchado. Ms. Hassan-Mohamed’s grasp of …

(Leicester mercury) –  Leicester’s Somali community has fitted into city life thanks to things such as in schooling, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a strong community.  A report comparing seven cities has shown that Somali people have integrated better in Leicester than many other places. The Somalis in Leicester report, drawn up by the Open Society Foundations, was launched this …

Studying for a PhD in engineering at Cambridge, she might not seem like a prime candidate to enter into a polygamous marriage. But that is what Nabilah Phillips did, dropping out of university to become the second woman married to businessman Hasan Phillips who has since acquired a third wife. Yesterday it emerged that Mrs Phillips, from North London, is …

By Steve Visser The Atlanta Journal-Constitution DeKalb prosecutors on Tuesday are expected to lay out for jurors their case against an African man accused of raping two refugees from Somalia — a mother and her 15-year-old daughter — two years ago. Mwamaratunga Pipole is accused of using a knife to first rape a mother and then rape her 15-year-old daughter. …

Cape Town – Somalis fear a xenophobic syndicate is operating in the Western Cape, killing their nationals – 26 in a year to last month. The combined death toll in the other provinces was 14, said Somali journalist Mohamed Noor, who has been working in South Africa tracking attacks on Somalis for two years. Last year there were 56 killings …

In one of the most tasteless scenes in the terrible Sex and the City 2, Carrie and co. finally recognize the humanity of the women of Abu Dhabi when they remove their hijabs and reveal the Western designer outfits they’re wearing underneath. Crass though SATC’s gimmick may be, it’s representative of an attitude that’s widespread in the West: The veil …

According to starrfmonline.com, Somalia, Djibouti and Ghana are among the top 10 African countries with the most desirable women. The website reported: Ghanaian women are the third most beautiful ladies in Africa, according to ranking site Ranker. They were beaten to the top spot by Somalia and Djibouti in that order, suggesting Somalian ladies are the most beautiful on the …

Costa Rican police continued rounding up undocumented migrants this week with the detention on Wednesday of four Eritreans and four Somalis who were traveling toward the Peñas Blancas border crossing with Nicaragua. The arrests, which included a Costa Rican man traveling with the group, occurred at a police checkpoint outside Abangares, in the northwestern province of Guanacaste. Police stopped the …

By John M. Glionna – Los Angeles Times : Kadra Mohamed walks into an old haunt, the Grocery and Meat Market on St. Paul’s north side, where as a girl she shopped with her mother. She breathes in the heady smell of Somali spices, halal meat and the bread she has loved since growing up in a nearby public housing project. …

At age 8, Mina married to 12 -year-old Sardar in a rural village, making her only one of more than 10 million underage girls who are being forced to wed worldwide. The secret wedding ceremony of Mina and Sardar took place in Sholgara district of northern Balkh province in the border with Tajikistan. Child marriages, which are currently, practiced in …

HRW – (Nairobi) – Soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Troop-contributing countries, the African Union (AU), and donors to AMISOM should urgently address these abuses and strengthen procedures inside Somalia to seek justice. …

If excessive hair fall is worrying you, try these quick and easy ways to rejuvenate your locks. Losing strands of hair on a daily basis can sure leave us frustrated and worried, whether you’re a woman or a man. Trichologists say that losing 50 to 100 strands per day is completely normal, so if your hair fall is above that …