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Community rebuilds after ‘Islamophobic’ arson attack
The arson attack on the al-Rahma community centre in north London – blamed on the EDL – has left local Somalis and their children deeply affected. Will the area and its people ever recover?
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Somali families’ banking lifeline under threat
A money transfer system allowing UK families to send cash back home is under threat after Barclays said it wouldn’t do business with transfer firms. Jamal Osman reports on the problem facing Somalia.
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Channel 4 News film Somali Justice wins award
Jamal Osman’s film about prisoners on death row in the troubled east African country wins the News category at the One World Media Awards.
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London Somalia conference: ‘Britain is playing catch up’
As the Somalia Conference opens in London, Somali reporter Jamal Osman gives a personal account of the relationship between the countries, including how Britain may be playing catch up to Turkey.
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Immigration Nation: one man’s journey from Somalia
Politicians often blame immigrants for not doing enough to integrate into society. But do they know what integration means? Jamal Osman shares his experience of moving to London from Somalia.
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Immigration Nation: how tolerant is modern Britain?
The political sabre-rattling, rarely subdued, has been particularly shrill of late. Andy Davies introduces our series on how Britain is responding to the challenge of immigration.
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The ‘Somali pirates’ who are not what they seem
Somali pirates have kidnapped hundreds of people and cost millions in ransom payments. Jamal Osman finds journalists keen to interview them do not always get what they bargained for.
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Somali president: more British help against al-Qaeda
The Somali President tells Channel 4 News he wants more British military and intelligence help against Al Qaeda.
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Press Freedom 2013: Mali plummets following turmoil
Mali is the country that falls the furthest in the Reporters Without Borders press freedom index as a result of the conflict which still divides the nation.
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Drone warfare: UN to examine civilian deaths
The United Nations launches an inquiry into the extent to which drones, the unmanned military weapon favoured by the United States in its “war on terror”, cause civilian deaths.
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Government advisors rule out drug ban on khat
The herbal stimulant khat should not be banned in Britain, say official drugs advisers, who also dismiss suggestions that its trade funds terrorism.
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Khat: a legal high, but should it be banned?
Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office is considering banning the substance. Jamal Osman finds out why.
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Al-Qaeda in North Africa: panel discussion
Tariq Ramadan, professor of contemporary Islamic studies at the University of Oxford and Professor Kiron Skinner of Carnegie Mellon University, discuss North African jihadism.
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Somali militants ‘execute’ French hostage
Somali militants linked to al-Qaeda say they have executed French agent, Denis Allex, days after a botched rescue attempt which resulted in the deaths of two French commandos.
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French hostage and soldiers die in Somalia raid
Denis Allex, a French soldier held hostage in Somalia since 2009, has been killed during a raid by French troops trying to rescue him.