A Somali politician says a major conference has been held in a town near Somalia's border with Kenya and Ethiopia to develop a plan to establish a regional government in southern Somalia. Al-Shabab Islamic militants, who largely control the regions u

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

Somalis, Yemenis Face US Prosecution for Khat Khat is chewed in social settings around the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa. It is legal in Somalia and Yemen, and in Britain and the Netherlands, but not in the United States. Khat's green leaves a

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(四月)

AS IT IS 2013-10-25 Somali Diaspora Returning to Mogadishu 索马里侨居者回到摩加迪沙 From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. I'm Christopher Cruise. Welcome back. On the show today we look at progress in Mogadishu, Somalia and it stru

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The United States has expelled about 326 Somali nationals since January. That number is greater than the total for all Somalis expelled from the country in 2016. This is the third consecutive year in which the number of Somalis deported by the U.S. g

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Minnesota Somalis Demonstrate Against Al-Shabab MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA A small group of ethnic Somalis demonstrated in Minneapolis, Minnesota to express condolences for the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Kenya and to condemn the Somali Isl

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Al-Shabab Recruitment an Enduring Concern for Minnesota Somalis MINNEAPOLIS Somali-Americans in Minnesota expressed anger and frustration Wednesday after unconfirmed reports that people from their local community may have been involved in the attack

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By Cathy Majtenyi Six heads of state, dozens of dignitaries from almost all continents, and Somalis from every walk of life were on hand to witness the swearing-in of Somalia's new president. On a rai

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AS IT IS 2015-02-17 Somalis Unable to Send Money Home from US Somalis in the United States are now unable to send money back to Somalia. The final American bank that allowed for sending money there has stopped doing so. The small Merchants Bank of Ca

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AS IT IS 2015-07-17 African Refugees, Migrants Face Dangers in Yemen 非洲难民、移民在也门面临危险 The United Nations is telling refugees and immigrants from the Horn of Africa that they should not sail across the Red Sea to Yemen. The U

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AS IT IS 2014-05-13 Somali Immigrants Struggle in the US Hello and welcome. It is time to learn and improve your American English. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we hear the story of a young man who risked his life when he flew outside of a jet a

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 September 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says the death toll continues to mount among Somalis and Ethiopians who put their lives in the hands of smugglers ferrying them to Yemen across the Gulf of Aden. The UNHCR reports at le

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 September 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says it has begun distributing much-needed relief supplies for some 24,000 people in the Somali town of Afgooye, 30 kilometers west of the capital Mogadishu. The UNHCR reports families

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By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 01 June 2006 For the past several months in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, militias loyal to secular factional leaders have been engaged in deadly battles with militias of th

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 September 2009 The United Nations refugee agency says security continues to deteriorate in Somalia. At the same time, it says poverty is increasing as prolonged drought is destroying ways to make a living in the country. In

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During the past 20 years, hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled from Somalia to Yemen, where they are granted automatic asylum. The Yemeni government now says it may change that, saying the Somalis are a burden and a security risk. But new laws

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Somalis in US Optimistic About Changes Back Home After taking office this week, Mohamud said he is ready to lead. The former professor and longtime civil society activist defeated incumbent Sharif Sheikh Ahmed by a legislative vote of 190 to 79 votes

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Report: Somalis Want Justice, Dignity In Somalia, as in other conflict areas, civilians have suffered the most. Besides being caught in the crossfire, theyve been forced from their homes and faced drought and starvation with little aid available. A n

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Somalis Helping Somalis International organizations are not the only ones giving aid to the many thousands of Somalis displaced by drought and conflict. Somalis groups are also involved. One is the NGO Hijra. Currently, we are responding to the crisi

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The World Food Program is pulling its operations out of much of rebel-controlled Somalia, affecting some 1 million in-need Somalis. The food aid organization is citing unacceptable demands from the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab that reached a br

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January 29 was supposed to have been a day of celebration. In the sprawling presidential compound known as Villa Somalia, preparations had been made to mark the one-year anniversary of the new transitional government with poetry readings and a milita

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)