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Somalia:wire transfers go underground
by Scott Tong
Four years ago, famine in Somalia took an estimated 260,000 lives. It would have been worse without a key source of financial...
Kenya:Remittance Cuts a Threat to Somalia’s Food Security
By Hilary Heuler
NAIROBI—Aid groups say remittances from abroad are key to food security in Somalia, and that an American bank’s recent decision to bar...
UK:Economic Secretary meets London’s Somali community to consider government on issue of remittances.
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Andrea Leadsom held a meeting with various representatives from the London Somali diaspora community at Acton town hall...
Blocked wire transfers may spark crisis in Somalia
Smali-Americans in Minnesota and across the United States are again facing problems sending money to relatives still living in east Africa.
Last month, the bank...
Somali remittance crisis hits home for students
Members of Seattle’s Somali community are in a state of subdued panic, after the last remaining financial lifeline to their home country was cut...
