WardheerNews Logo WardheerNews Logo
Suugaanta  

Radio & TV & Directories
Radio Wiil Waal (Comedy)


Xulka Toddobaadka
Heeso Talantaalli ah
(Radio Wardheer)

Oud Music IconKufkaa ma ihi..
Music IconRaxmad ...
Music IconBaybaygii... (Qaaci)
Music IconKeennee Gardaran...
Music IconHal Xidhaale..
Music IconSidaa u garo..
Music IconHa I Dayrin Caawa...
Music IconCalaf...
Music IconSamir aan Lahaanno..
Music IconGuryasamo..
Music IconIndhaha u roonow..

Talk of the Town

Somali Pirates
Waxa soo jeedinaya
Dr. Georgi Kapchits

Sh. Sharif Sh. Ahmed
By Adan Makina

Maxamed Daahir Afrax
Wq. Maxamed D. Afrax

Radio Wardheer

Dr. Said Samatar
By Dr. Said S. Samatar


Maxamed Dalmar Cabdiraxmaan
WardheerNews

Faduma O. Mohamed and Daughters
By Fadumo O. Mohamed

Memories:
Said Jama Hussein
Djibouti, Somalia and Yemen

ABDISALAM M ISSA-SALWE

Media: Ethics, Truth & Integrity
By Abdelkarim A. Hassan

Dr. Kapchits REPORTS ON SOMALIA
Shattered Mogadishu

Politics of Cain
By Dr. Ali I. Bahar

By Abdikarim H. Abdi
Buh
Nomad Diaries

Abdillahi Diiriye Guuleed " Carraale" Mohamed Hashi Dhamac "Gaarriye"
By Dr. Said Fahia

Destruction of Somalia
By Faisal Roble

Ethiopia
By Abdikarim Buh

Maxamed Daahir Afrax
By Maxamed D. Afrax

By Dr. Jamaal Guudle

Ahmed Ismael Diriiye "Qaasim"
By A. Duale Sii'arag


WDN Interview with Sheila Andrzejewski


Archives


Education, Health & Social Affairs

WQ Siciid C. Axmed

By A. I. Abdillahi

Amoud University
Abdirahman Ibrahim,

World Bank & UNDP Project

By Abdul Diiriye

By Abdul Diiriye

Siciid Cali Axmed

By: Mahdi Ali Ayan Abdi

Websites
Newspapers, Online News & Libraries
Al Sharq Al Awsat
Avuncular American
Sudan Tribune
The Guardian
organization & Book sites
Local Universities
Qur'anic Sites
iconWhy the number of Somalis in Kenya exploded By Sadik B. Abdullahi
iconA Country in Transition: The Lure of Clan-Based Regional States... By M. S. Omar
iconSomaliland: When did Civil Servants become political posts? By Mohamed Yabarag
iconFacts Surrounding SRSE & Its Recent Delegation to America By Mohamed Bakayr
iconLet us go to Turkey : Calais Beach of Fathiye Coast By Abdikarim H. Abdi Buh
iconAbdifatah Sheikh Abdillahi – the Character Behind the Mask By Mohamed A. Kahin
iconShould Somaliland allow the formation of a unionist party? By Bashir Goth
iconIf every region becomes a state what will be left of Somalia? By Abdullahi Dool
iconGalgala: Farole’s Waterloo By Mohamud H. Ahmed
iconMerchants of Fatwa By Luqmaan Sh. Abdirahman
iconA Community’s Conscious Commitment to Keep the Somali Alive,.. By OSFA
iconStop Slaughtering Civilians in Mogadishu During Ramadan By Mohamed Bakayr
iconThe pursuit of a Utopian State is not a priority for Somalia right now By S. B. Abdullahi
iconBismillaahi Noo Diran (Maanso) W/T Bashir Goth
iconSomali I am W/Q Bodhari M. Warsame
iconAbdifatah Sh. Abdullahi’s Message of Hate in Minnesotta By Mohamed A. Qalinle
iconImmigrants: Challenges and Opportunities By Halima Ahmed
iconEthiopia: Gambling, Meles Zenawi’s New Foreign Policy Doctrine By Jawar S. Mohammed
iconAniga iyo Gacaladey ha Naloo Garnaqo Wq. Axmad Ismaaciil Maxamuud "Axmad Deeq"
iconWhat Advantage is there for Rwanda to Switch from French to English? By A. Makina
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update September 02, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, Sept. 02, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah sarkaal ka tirsan ciidamada dalka Yugaandha oo sheegay in dalkooda iyo Burundi ay soo dhammaystiri doonaan inta ka dhiman ......
Soomaaliya: Jannadii La Waayay
You tube
Barnaamij xiiso badan oo ka hadlaya budhcad badeedda sababaha dhaliyay iyo dhibaatooynka ay u keentay guud ahaan ganacisga adduunka iyo xaalada Soomaaliya. Barnaamkjan waxa soo jeedinaya Dr. Kapchits
In Somali Civil War, Both Sides Embrace Pirates
HOBYO, Somalia — Ismail Haji Noor, a local government official, recently arrived in this notorious pirate den with a simple message: we need your help. ...
Journalist Stabbed To Death in Somalia’s Autonomous
Puntland Region
Radio technician Abdullahi Omar Gedi was killed yesterday in the Garsoor area of Galkayo in Puntland – a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, according...
UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe and Dr. Augustine Mahiga Arrive in Mogadishu
Mahiga
Mogadishu, Somalia, September 1, 2010 - A high powered UN delegation led by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe arrived in Mogadishu today and met with President Sharif Sh. Ahmed.
Somalia showing signs of progress: UN official
NAIROBI, Kenya - The twin-pronged political and peacekeeping approach to ending almost two decades of civil war in Somalia is beginning to pay dividends, ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update September 01, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, Sept. 01, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah miino lagu aasay waddadada hareeraheeda lgu aasay oo ku dilay 15 qof magaalada Muqdisho......
Uganda asks US help to send 10k troops to Somalia
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda said Wednesday it is ready to send 10,000 more troops to Somalia if the U.S. provides the funding, a move that would see the ...
Census: Somali Factor
Parliamentarians from North Eastern Kenya and other pastoralist communities have threatened to move to court, to push for the nullification of the census results after the cancellation of census results in 8 districts in ...
Bombs, shelling kill dozens in Somalia
(CNN) Aug 31, 2010 - At least nine civilians were killed and 25 were injured when roadside bombs hit minibuses in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, according to
UAE rushes 500 tons of food aid to Somalia
Abu Dhabi, 31 August 2010 - The UAE Embassy in Sana’a dispatched a shipment of urgent food assistance donated by the Khalifa bin Zayed Charity Foundation
Video: Image of the Muslims in the US
Panelists talked about the image of Muslims in the U.S. Topics included the controversy surrounding the Islamic Center near Ground Zero in New York City. ...
Teenagers Charged in Harassment at Mosque
A group of teenagers in western New York has been accused of harassing members of a mosque by yelling obscenities and insults uring evening prayers for Ramadan,
TFG Press Release: Young women die on
deadly college run
Somalia National Emblem
It is believed that 3 of the victims of today's roadside bomb were young female students returning home from college to break fast during the holy month of Ramadan. ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 31, 2010
Waraysi: Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya
Waraysi ay laanta Af Soomaliga ee idaacada VOA la yeelatay C/karim X. Cabdi Buux, oo ka tirsan golaha tifaftirka WardheerNews kuna saabsan Deegaanka, .....
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 31, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah kulan ka dhacay magaalada Hargeysa oo ay isugu yimaaddeen madaxda xukuumadda golaha wakiilada, komishanka ...
Immigrants making a mark on Lower Lisbon

We are, we like to say, a nation of immigrants, a melting pot of cultures, nationalities and races.It's what we, as Americans, do best — absorb and assimilate people

performance of "Somali Pirates" at the Haidian Theater in Beijing, capital city of China. "Somali Pirates," one of the "Happy Dough Twist" comedy series, drew ...
Pizza deliverer fled violence of Somalia, dies in
Calgary stabbing
Abdulgani Bihi
Like many of his friends and family, Mohammad Ahmed Mahmud fled Somalia to escape a future threatened by violence and fighting. So it's heartbreaking and ironic, says his uncle, that the 36-year-old, who delivered pizzas....
Feds: Muslims faced discrimination at Neb. plant
OMAHA, Neb. — Federal officials say a JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Nebraska should provide Muslim employees with prayer time and not retaliate...
U.N. Says 270, 000 At Risk as Floods Loom In Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, August 31, 2010 (Reuters) - More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the....
Chicago Islamic group sues Illinois State Police
Incidents at Mosque in Tennessee Spread Fear
ATLANTA — After a suspected arson and reports of gunshots at an Islamic center in Tennessee over the weekend, nearby mosques have hired security guards,
Back From the Dead
Refugees. Click image to expand.
Over the last year, several newspapers have reported that Nhidza, a political activist in Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change opposition party, is dead. But he is alive, and like 3 million other Zimbabweans, he is ...
Somali News Update
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 30, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah magaalada Muqdisho oo maanta mar kale dagaallo dib uga qarxeen. Kuwaas oo socday 8 dii beri ee la soo dhaafay...
Finnish immigration officials overwhelmed by Somali family
unification requests
Recent years have seen a sharp rise in applications from Somalis living in Finland for family unification. The increase has been sixfold in the past four years,....
SOMALIA: Mogadishu fighting cuts food supplies
NAIROBI, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) - As the latest round of fighting in the Somali capital enters its eighth day, traders and civil society activists warn of food shortages
OTTAWA — The day after his unexpected resignation was announced last spring, Canada's former spy master warned the government not to underestimate...
International operation intercepts pirates off Somalia
Japanese, EU and NATO forces cooperated on Sunday to intercept pirates who were preparing to attack ships in the Gulf of Aden, the NATO counter-piracy task force said
Refugees face homelessness all over again in U.S.
Somali refugees who were first resettled in upstate New York before relocating here last fall, they shuffled between the homes of friends willing to put them up, sometimes sharing two- or three-bedroom units....
Somalia's Hour of Need
Uganda welcomed the African Union's decision in late July to commit more peacekeepers to AMISOM, the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia. ....
ERITREA-ETHIOPIA: Refugees embrace life "out of camps"
ADDIS ABABA, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) - Kibrom Sebhatu, 45, is among hundreds of Eritreans expected to benefit from a recent Ethiopian government ruling
Media Release: Somali President Appeals for Urgent
International Support
Mogadishu – Somalia – August 28 2010 - In light of the recent suicide attack at Muna Hotel on 24 August 2010, which claimed the innocent lives of more than 30...
Friday Bulletin: The Weekly Muslim News Update
Uganda Terror Susupects
(You Muslims do not have any right). This was the words of an officer from the terror police unit responding to queries as to why the security agents had arrested Muhammad Hamid Suleiman, a Nairobi based travel agent....
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 29, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 29, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah magaalada Muqdisho oo degan kadib markii in dhawaan dagaalo ka socdeen, iyada oo hub uruursi ay ku jiraan
Somali militants grow more brazen in attack
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - Somali militants linked to al-Qaeda briefly asserted control over Mogadishu's most strategic road Saturday, escalating their efforts to
Somali stores bring people back to Lisbon Street
LEWISTON — Paul Poliquin of Paul's Clothing and Shoe Store remembers when the downtown was a shopping destination. The sidewalks were so busy “you literally bumped into someone you knew.” Then came the empty...
Al-Shabaab commandeers Somali radio station
(CNN) Aug 29, 2010 - An al Qaeda-linked militant movement has taken control of a radio station in Somalia's capital, the government announced Saturday
Muslims' Eid festival falls close to 9/11
anniversary
The Islamic holy day of Eid ul-Fitr is marked by a joyous festival, and this year it will fall close to the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, ...
Lower Lisbon Street filling with Somali businesses
LEWISTON — Inside his Somali grocery store, Hussein Ahmed smiles with pride as he talks about becoming a property owner. He bought the lower Lisbon Street building with the familiar teal awning from Paul Dube of...
Somalia: 11 civilians dead in fresh fighting
Aug 29, 2010 - A night of clashes in south Mogadishu killed at least 11 civilians as Islamist insurgents continued whittling away the few areas controlled by
Danish navy helicopter foils pirate attack off Somali coast
Aug 28, 2010 (AFP)- A helicopter from a Danish warship under NATO operational control foiled a pirate attack Saturday on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of
Somali clothing store offers different cultures, styles
LEWISTON — At the clothing store at 229 Lisbon St., the hip-hop music coming from inside and the shimmering garments in the window make some curious.
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 28, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 28, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah magaalada Muqdisho oo weli ay dagaallo iyo barakac ka socdaan; nin dablay ah oo nin ganacsade ah ku dilay Boosaaso....
Madaxii xafiiska warfaafinta ee xukuumadda Degaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya
oo xilkii laga qaaday
Jigjiga, August 28, 2010 (WDN) - Warar xogogaal ah oo naga soo gaadhay xukuumadda Deegaanka Soomaalida ee Itoobiya, gaar ahaan xafiiska ...
Kamiliya Shaxaata: Waa Gabar Masriyad ah oo Muslimtay oo aan
la Ogeyn Meel ay ku Dambeysay
Kamiliya Shaxaata Zaakhir, waa haweeneey uu qabay Tadros Samaan oo ah Baadariga Kaniisada wadaadka Marku,s ee ku taal Mowas magaalada AlMinya ee dalka Masar. Kamiliya oo 25 jir ah ayaa Islaamnimada aqbashay muddo hal sanno laga joogo laakinse si dhuumaaleysi Muslimad ku aheyd
Somali man pleads guilty in piracy case
A Somali man pleaded guilty Friday to piracy-related charges for attacking a U.S. Navy ship in what the defendant said was a case of mistaken identity. Jama....
Somalia: chickens come home to roost
THE US decision in 2006 to send Ethiopian troops into Somalia in 2006 was one of the stupidest moves in a very stupid decade. This week, some of the chickens
A capital on edge after hotel attack during Ramadan
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - The ceiling of the Hotel Muna was splattered with burned flesh and pieces of clothing, the remains of two Islamist suicide bombers who killed 31
Somali official: Reports of Ethiopian troops in area 'mere rumors'
(CNN), August 28, 2010 - A Somali official denied reports that Ethiopian troops had crossed into the country to help battle Islamist rebels trying to take control
Carnage in Somalia
The killing of at least 31 people, including six parliamentarians, in the Somali capital Mogadishu has sent shock waves in the region. Though violence is nothing new
Sudan Leader Travels Despite Warrant
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan arrived in Kenya on Friday to participate in a ceremony inaugurating the country’s newly minted constitution, flouting
Mistrial declared after defendant sues attorney, judge
The trial of a man charged with killing a cook at a North Side restaurant ended in a mistrial today after it was revealed that someone had filed lawsuits...
Jama’s Travels
Black Mamba Boy
Nadifa Mohamed’s ambitious first novel tells the story of a Somali orphan’s odyssey from Yemen to Djibouti, onward to Eritrea, Sudan, Egypt, Palestine, Marseille, Hamburg and Wales — and ultimately to an epiphany in London. Toward the end of this trek, the hero meets up with an old friend, ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 27, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 27, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah madaxweynaha maamulka Puntland oo ugu baaqay dawladda kmg ah in ay qaaddo tallaabooyin ay kaga hortagayso....
Ethiopian Troops Enter Somalia
“Around 1,000 soldiers are heading in the direction of Beledehawa and Elwak,” a source in Dolo told Addis Neger online. Beledhawa and Elwak are towns along...
Somalia's Government Expects `Major' Surge in Violence
in Mogadishu Today
Somalia’s government expects a “major” surge in violence today as the rebel al-Shabaab militia steps up an offensive over the Ramadan period, ...
Somalis pay price of US stupidity
The US decision in 2006 to send Ethiopian troops into Somalia in 2006 was one of the stupidest moves in a very stupid decade. This week, some of the chickens ...
What it costs to run Somalia
According to the Annual Financial Report released by the office of the Prime Minister today, Somalia's budget in the fiscal year 2009 was just over $11 million.
Bin Laden's Bodyguard Warns of Yemen Escalation
SAN'A, Yemen — A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaeda and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government...
Woman jailed for hijack attempt
Asha Abdille
The knife-weilding Somali refugeee who attempted to hijack a flight from Blenheim to Christchurch will serve at least six years in prison. Justice Christine French sentenced Asha Ali Abdille, 36, to nine years imprisonment with a non-parole period of six years for trying to hijack an aircraft more....
"Al-Shabaab's repeated killing of innocent civilians shows a disturbing disregard for human life," Ward said. "Just last week I was in Djibouti where I participated
Hostility across U.S. jars Muslim college students
For weeks, their faith had been under attack by some opponents of a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero. Every time they turned on the TV, there
Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for
the Secretary-General
And a couple of items from Geneva which I would like to draw your attention to.  One is from the World Health Organization (WHO) that says that, between 20 March...
Guardian first book award longlist ranges
around the world
Guardian first book award longlist
The past vies with the future and poetry with prose on the longlist of the 2010 Guardian first book award, which was announced today. The 10 debut titles in the running for the £10,000 award range from dystopian fiction to popular psychology, and span the globe from Somalia to Finland, Kashmir ...
Film Review: Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps
of Ibn Battuta
Battutah, a 14th-century law student who traveled alone from Tangier to Mecca, is the subject of this large-format docudrama by Bruce Neibaur. ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 26, 2010
Madaxweyne Siilaanyo iyo Safiirka Itoobiya oo
Maryo Dhiigleh Kala Furtay
.
Hargeysa (Ramaas) Aug.26, 2010 - Madaxweynaha Somaliland Axmed Maxamed Maxamud Siilaanyo ayaa shalay gurigiisa ugu yeedhay safiirka Itoobiya...
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 26, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah dagaaladii u dhexeeyay dawladda kmg ah iyo Al kooxda Shabaab ee ka socday Muqdisho oo galay maalintii 4aad..
Somalia fears key Ramadan dates will bring more Islamist attacks
Carnage in Somalia
The killing of at least 31 people, including six parliamentarians, in the Somali capital Mogadishu has sent shock waves in the region. Though violence is nothing
Countdown: New York Cabbie Stabbed for
Being Muslim?
You tube
Authorities say a New York City cab driver is recovering after being brutally stabbed by a passenger who first demanded, "Are you Muslim?" The attacks occurred as New York is in the midst of a contentious debate....
Neglect of Somalia will have high price
The west is easily distracted. Just as the war in Iraq diverted attention from Afghanistan, allowing the Taliban to regroup and consolidate its hold ...
AFRICOM prepared to train Somali troops if called
upon, general says
STUTTGART, Germany — As Islamic militants stepped up their assault on the U.S.-backed government in Somalia this week, U.S. Africa Command’s top ...
Refugees find the American dream down
on the farm
Refugee
They come from such places as Bhutan, Myanmar and Somalia, all fleeing some form of strife and all looking for a way to fit in. A rural Oregon dairy in need of workers offers an opportunity.
Is It Too Late for the Pro-Mosque
Movement?
Groups supporting the Park51 Islamic Cultural Center, which most Americans say shouldn't be built as planned some 300 yards from ground zero, announced...
Looking at Islamic Center Debate, World
Sees U.S
For more than two decades, Abdelhamid Shaari has been lobbying a succession of governments in Milan for permission to build a mosque for his congregant....
Wrong of way
Somali community grapples with dangerous stretch of road in City HeightsFor years, the short stretch of University Avenue between Winona Avenue and 52nd Street has been the site of dozens of car accidents and injuries....
Somalia has a role model for success
on its doorstep
The escalating war for control of what is left of Somalia, between the al-Shabab extremists and the African Union puppet "transitional federal government"...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 25, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 25, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah dagaalada u dhexeeya dawladda kmg ah iyo Al kooxda Shabaab ee ka socda Muqdisho oo galay maalintii 3aad..
Sh. Shariif Sh. Axmed oo la kulmay illaa 100 xubnood oo ka mid
ah barlamaanka kmg ah ee Soomaaliya
Sh. Shariif
Madaxweynaha xukuumadda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya Sh. Shariif Sh. Axmed oo maanta xarunta shirarka ee madaxtooyada kula kulmay illaa 100 ka mid ah xubnaha Baarlamaanka kmg ah....
Fresh fighting in Mogadishu after suicide
attack - Summary
Nairobi/Mogadishu - Fresh fighting between insurgents and government forces broke out in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, a day after....
When an Arab Enclave Thrived Downtown
Arab American New Yorkers in the 40s
Conjure, for a moment, a place just steps from City Hall but a world apart. Salaam. Yes, that is the fragrance of strong coffee in the air, of sweet figs and tart lemons, of pastries that remind buyers of childhoods in ...
Deadly battles continue in Somalia
Heavy fighting in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has flared for the third consecutive day, with six people being killed. ...
NY mayor: Stopping mosque compromises
terror fight
NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered an impassioned speech at an event marking the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, saying that not allowing ...
U.S. Weighs Expanded Strikes in Yemen
aqap0824
WASHINGTON—U.S. officials believe al Qaeda in Yemen is now collaborating more closely with allies in Pakistan and Somalia to plot attacks against the U.S., spurring the prospect that the administration....
Third straight day of fighting in Somalia kills 8; 80 killed since al-Shabab war declaration
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Fighting in Somalia's capital flared for a third straight day Wednesday, killing eight people and pushing the week's death toll past...
Veteran Somali journalist killed in Mogadishu fighting
An experienced radio journalist was killed during crossfire between Islamist rebels and government forces in Somalia's capital, a journalist rights group said. ...
Where does Somalia's Al Shabab suicide attack
leave the government?
Ali Dhere of Al Shabab
They came to power as Somalia’s best hope for peace, a government composed of traditional Somali elders, clan leaders, and businessmen under the leadership of a religious scholar, President Sheikh Sharif ..
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 24, 2010
Sheekh Shariif oo tacsi u diray dadkii ku geeriyooday qaraxii ismiidaaminta ahaa ee loo geystay Hotel Muna, camabaarayayna kooxda Al Shabaab
Sh. Shariif Sh. Axmed
Madaxweynaha xukuumadda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya Sh. Shariif Sh. Axmed oo tacsi u diray dadkii ay waxyeeladu ka soo gaartay weerarkii ismiidaminta ahaa ee loo geystay Hoteel Muna.Waxa kale oo uu cambaareeyay
Warmurtiyeed: Jaaliyadda Qurbjoogga ee Beesha Geri Koombe
Shir guud oo ay ka soo qayb galeen jaaliyadaha beesha Geri Koombe ee ka soo jeeda gobolka Soomaalida ee Itoobiya ayaa lagu qabtay magaalada Seattle,...
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 24, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah weerar loo geystay Hoteel Muna oo ku yaalla Muqdisho. Halkaas oo ay deganaayeen xildhibaanno ka tirsan
In pictures: Somalia hotel suicide attack
Islamist gunmen have stormed a hotel close to Somalia's presidential palace and killed at least 32 people, including six MPs.The hotel attack comes on the second day of heavy fighting between al-Shabab and troops of the
At Least 30 Killed in Somalia Hotel Attack
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali insurgents disguised in government military uniforms stormed a Mogadishu hotel on Tuesday and killed at least 30 people, including
Somali lawmakers killed in Mogadishu hotel raid
You tube
two men dressed in government military uniforms stormed a Mogadishu hotel on Tuesday and killed at least 16 people, including 8 lawmakers. The situation is still developing, where the casualties could be more
MOGADISHU, August 24, 2010 (AFP) – At least 29 Somali civilians were killed in fighting between insurgents and government troops backed by African Union
Does America Have a Muslim Problem?
You don't have to be prejudiced against Islam to believe, as many Americans do, that the area around Ground Zero is a sacred place. But sadly, in an election...

Stewart Takes on Ground Zero Mosque Critics
Stewart wondered: what distance from Ground Zero is it acceptable to build a mosque? He then showed clips of pundits saying everything from 5 blocks, to 20 blocks, to Woody Allen's bulding on the "Upper West Side. ...
Muslim Men Attack Somali Church Leader in Ethiopia
WASHINGTON, DC August 24, 2010 - International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 21, two Somali Muslim men attacked a well-known Somali church ...
Africa's North Korea: Inside Eritrea's
open-air prison.
Isaias Afawerki
As dusk fell on Asmara, the wide, tree-lined sidewalks of Harnet Avenue began to fill with pedestrians. It was a lovely spring Saturday, cool with a light breeze, and Eritreans of all ages strolled beneath a canopy of....
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 23, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 23, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah ciidamada la dagaalanka argagixisada dalka Kenya oo xiray 7 qof oo u kala dhashay Kenya & Tanzania. Kuwaas oo lagu ...
At least 31 Somali nationals arrested in Kenya
Police in the Kenyan coastal town of Kwale have unearthed a major human trafficking syndicate involving Somali nationals who had been hidden at a holding ground....
Tougher rules for livestock import from Somalia
The UAE has set tougher rules for the import of livestock from conflict-battered Somalia following malpractices by traders supplying the country’s ...
Far from Ground Zero, other plans for mosques run into
vehement opposition
MURFREESBORO, TENN. -- For more than 30 years, the Muslim community in this Nashville suburb has worshipped quietly in a variety of makeshift spaces....
Photos: A Brief History of Intolerance in America
In 1654, Peter Stuyvesant, director-general of New Netherland, tried to have Jewish refugees expelled, claiming they would "infect" the colony. ...
New Djibouti port is "all about Ethiopia"
Ethiopia, Djibouti’s biggest port client, expects a boom in its import and export activities as Djibouti gets ready to construct a new port at Tadjoura to ...
Somalis want new mosque in western Ky.
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- A group of Somali natives is petitioning to open a new mosque in a western Kentucky town where the opposition isn't religious - it's parking based. ...
China to finance Ethiopian rail construction
ERC
The Export and Import (EXIM) Bank of China has reached an agreement with the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) to finance its Light Railway Network project in Addis Ababa. ....
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 22, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 22, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah Zenawi oo mar kale sheegay in la taageero xukuumadda kmg ah; Ahlu Sunnah oo awaamiir cusub ku soo rogay ...
Somali rebels emulate Taliban
Mogadishu - Men are forced to grow beards. Women can't leave home without a male relative. Music, movies and watching sports on TV are banned. Limbs are chopped
Foreign Militants Killed Preparing Bombs In Somalia
MOGADISHU August 21, 2010 (Reuters) - Eleven insurgent militiamen were killed by their own bombs when they went off prematurely in Somalia's capital, the
Dubai camel dairy milks health food market
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The camels know the drill by heart. Just after dawn, they file on their own, always in groups of 12, into metal stalls for milking. Workers attach automated pumps. The milk flows into a system of chilled pipes that empty into a sealed metal vat.
A Global Graveyard for Dead Computers in Ghana
In Agbogbloshie, a slum in Accra, the capital of Ghana, adults and children tear away at computers from abroad to get at the precious metals inside.
From FBI snitch to snitching on FBI

Craig Monteilh has gone from villain to ally in the Muslim community. Ever since Monteilh revealed that the FBI directed him to spy on local Muslims, ...

My Life as an Artist: A Country Disguised as a Person
K'naan
It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be. And as a boy in Mogadishu, Somalia, although art plainly encapsulated the world as I knew it, what I really wanted to...
In Kenya's capital, Somali immigrant neighborhood is
incubator for jihad
NAIROBI -- Behind the blue gates of his Islamic school in Nairobi's Eastleigh neighborhood, Ahmed Awil cannot escape his country's civil war. ...
Ground zero and beyond: four mosque battles
brew across US
Protesters against a propsed mosque in Temacula
The bid to build a $100 million mosque and Islamic center two blocks from ground zero has ensnared a president and engrossed a nation. But New York isn't the only city debating a new mosque. Here are four of the most ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 21, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 21, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah dawlada Ruusha oo sheegtay in ay tageeri doonto ciidamada nabad ilaalinta ee AMISOM oo hadda la rabo in la...
Blasts 'level Qaeda building' in Somalia capital
Mogadishu, August 21, 2010 ( AFP) - Blasts, possibly linked to the premature explosion of a car bomb, destroyed a house in the Somali capital used by Al-Qaeda
In Murfreesboro, Tenn.: Church 'Yes,' Mosque 'No'
When the congregation of Grace Baptist Church held services in its new building last month, no protesters marched outside to mark the occasion. ...
Ethiopia claims it will sign peace deal with separatist
Ogaden rebels
Aug. 21, 2010 --(ADDIS ABABA) -- The Ethiopian government said today that negotiations are in progress to reach an agreement with the Ogaden...
Video - Ground Zero: Inside the Park51 Mosque
During Ramadan prayer services at Park51, site of a proposed Islamic Center, attendees discuss the mosque and the media frenzy surrounding it
U.S. Anti-Islam Protest Seen as Lift for Extremists
WASHINGTON — Some counterterrorism experts say the anti-Muslim sentiment that has saturated the airwaves and blogs in the debate over plans for an Islamic
Dagaalkii xoreyntii Soomali Galbeed
Dagaalkii 1977 ee Soomali Galbeed oo si kooban uga hadlaya wakhtiyadii Soomaalidu qabsatay degaano ka mid dhulka Soomaalida Itoobiya sida magaalada Jigiga
The poison behind the Ground Zero
mosque furore
Site of mosque near Ground Zero
Who would have thought that the most successful joke in the history of Comment is free could become a template for far right hate groups in the US? Yet Ariane Sherine's atheist bus ads now have a grim...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 20, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 20, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid dawladda kenya oo dib u furtay xero qaxooti ah oo ku taallay goob u dhow xadka uu dalkaasi la wadaago Soomaaliya....
A Muslim's faith in America
When my parents decided to leave their war-ravaged homeland of Afghanistan in the 1980s, they had the option of migrating to a number of different countries...
Somalia's al-Shabab: A Global or Local Movement?
When Somalia's al-Shabab militia claimed responsibility for the July 11 suicide bombings that killed 76 people watching soccer on TV in Uganda, ...
Inside Story - Barack Obama and US Muslims
You tube
Last week, Barack Obama, the US president, communicated his support for the building of a mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero in New York, saying: "Muslims have the same right to practice their religion...
2 Somali men arrested during dawn
drugs raid on flats
TWO Somali men were arrested in a dawn raid as police attempted to smash a drugs gang in Southend. ...
Mo Farah over the moon after breaking Dave Moorcroft's
British record
Mo farah
Mo Farah finally broke David Moorcroft's 28-year-old 5,000m British record last night, crossing the line in 12min 57.94sec to finish in fifth place at the Diamond League event in Zurich.
The concerns and agenda of Somalia's al-Shabab militia are very much rooted in local politics. However, its rise to prominence is tied to decisions taken ...
Business caters to Muslim immigrants seeking to fulfill
ritual animal sacrifices
In a barn in Mount Airy, Ali Manguera pinned a 69-pound goat to the concrete floor, pointed the animal's head toward Mecca -- some 7,000 miles east of..
Kenya too strong for Somalia
Kenya overpowered Somalia 6-0 as Sudan held hosts Eritrea to a 1-all draw in Group A fixtures at the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association...
The Parching Winds of Somalia " A Must see for
every Somali"
You tube
With a glimpse into such an important historical anecdote, when can easily be carried away by nostalgic fervor and a yearning for a never diminished past. The video reconstructs and reminisces a golden, heroic epoch in...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 19, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 19, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid maleeshiyaad ka tirsan kuwa Maxamed Siciid Atam ayaa dagaallo la galay ciidamada Puntland; Kooxda Al Shabaab ee ka ....
Somalia's once stable Puntland hit by insurgency
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 19, 2010 (AP) — The northeastern tip of Somalia has been a peaceful haven in an often violent nation, but a powerful warlord and a series...
Immigrants work to learn the language
As many as 100 more refugees, including people from Iraq, Somalia, Burundi and Bhutanese from Nepal, will arrive in Grand Forks in the coming year. ...
SOMALIA: Halima Mo'alim Abikar, "I could not remain silent about
what was happening in my own backyard"
NAIROBI, 19 August 2010 (IRIN) - Bombs, mortar shells and bullets have displaced more than a million people in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Halima Mo’alim Abikar is not one of them. The 50-year-old human...
Kenya accused of illegally transferring 4 suspects
NAIROBI, Kenya, August 19, 2010 (AP) — Kenya secretly sent four terrorism suspects to Uganda after the World Cup bomb blasts in violation of Kenyan law,...
More Troops Needed for Somalia Mission
THE African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) needs as many as 40,000 troops to get the job done. The stark assessment was made Tuesday by the Force...
Ottawa man calls deportation order to native
Somalia a death sentence
Abadir Ali
OTTAWA — An Ottawa man who's to be deported to his native Somalia — a country he left two decades ago — because of his criminality says the punishment amounts to a death sentence. ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update August 18, 2010
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer
Radio Wardheer
Raadiyo Wardheer, August 12, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ra'iisal wasaaraha Itoobiya Meles Zenawi oo sheegay in dalkiisu ciidamo u diri doono Soomaaliya haddii ururka Midowga Afrika ka...
Ethiopia Could Send Troops Back To Mogadishu
Ethiopian government said on Wednesday that its would send back troops into Somalia in the doubtful event it were called to evacuate African Union ...
Amoud Foundation: Ramadan Pledge
What actions are the most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungary, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful and to...
Yemen seeks to end automatic asylum for Somalis
Yemeni Government is seeking to end the prima facie refugee status (automatic asylum) it has been giving to Somalis for the past 20 years.
Kampala bomb suspect's 'rage against US'
Kampala Bombers
KAMPALA — The suspected mastermind of the July 11 bomb attacks in Kampala said on Thursday he was motivated by "rage against the Americans", as he was presented to journalists by the Ugandan authorities.Issa Ahmed Ruyima said he was a member of Somalia's Islamist insurgent group Shebab
K'naan fires up Cumberland
Taking time out of their busy tour schedules, Somali-Canadian hip-hop star K'naan and Canadian indie rockers Broken Social Scene are headlining the Big ...
Indonesian Muslims turn prayers back to Mecca
after 1,000-mile mistake
Prayers at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia where people have been facing Africa while praying.
Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction for months, facing Somalia when they should have been facing Saudi Arabia, the country's highest religious authority said today.
The asylum seekers who survive on £10 a week
A failed asylum seeker in Birmingham, 2010
He is pragmatic and uncomplaining as he explains how he manages to subsist beyond the fringes of society, hand to mouth, on meals of bread and tuna bought with Red Cross food vouchers. He has noticed, however, that...
Lessons from Somalia’s Young Soldiers
Can somebody remind me how my tax dollars wound up going to pay 12-year-old Somali boys to walk around with rifles and, when circumstances seem to...
Behind the Veil
HEBAH AHMED assessed the weather before she stepped out of her minivan. “It’s windy,” she said with a sigh, tucking a loose bit of hair into her scarf. Her younger sister, Sarah, watched out the window as dust devils danced...
How watching the World Cup could get you arrested
In the Somali capital Mogadishu people love their football, especially the World Cup. So imagine the frustration of some soccer fans who aren’t allowed to watch..
Contact us: webmaster@wardheerNews.com

Copyright © 2010 WardheerNews.com

Webmaster: Yusuf A. Hassan


Current Affairs
Hamar Weyne
Hassan Abukar

Soomaali baan ahay
By Ahmed I. Yusuf


By Fathia Absie


Reer Guuraaga Soomaalida
Wq. Maxamed Hirad

Mohamed Siad Barre

Absentee Father Poltician
A. Duale Sii'arag

Mogadishu Memoir
By Hassan Abukar
Mogadishu

Insight into the Somali diaspora
To 15-year-old Abrar Salad of St. Louis Park, the novel reflected familiar faces and placessumming up and tying together the many stories of Somalis in Minneapolis," she said

Ina Jicimbir

An evening with Nuruddin Farah
Ottawa, Canada

WardheerNews Logo

Aregawi with his former hostage Mr. Swain
Jon Swain


Chimamanda Adiche
Novelist Chimamanda Adichie

Abdirahman Abees
WardheerNews



By Sir Richard Burton


kapchits
kapchits


WardheerNews Profile

News from afar
Disseminating Somali news through Web site is brothers' mission
By San Diego Tribune


Chronology of Events
The following is a chronology of recent events in Somalia leading up to the establishment

Spending lazy Friday afternoons in Djibouti

Buugaagta & Gorfayntooda /Book Reviews

Waxa Gorfeeyay
Faarax X. Maxamed
Af Qallooc
Taana waxaad ka arki kartaa sida farshaxinimada ah ee uu maansooyinka sidii tusbax isugu xiriiriyey, raatub iyo dhextaalna uu uga dhigay dhacdooyinka iyo wakhtiga ay maanso waliba ka waramayso. Waxa intaa dheer eray bixin iyo sharaxaad macnaha erayada tirada badan ee ku jira gabayada Xaajiga,

Waxa Gorfeeyay
Ibraahin "Hawd"
Roge
Halkee ayeynu ka bilawnaa? Waxaynu ka bilaabaynaa meeshii ay wax waliba ka soo bilawdeen. Waa Soomaaliya oo mid ah xilli ku beegan badhtamihii 80-nadii. Waa dawladnimo ismoodsiis ah iyo ismoodsiis dawladnimo ah. Waa car iyo wir iyo keeb-la-yuurur. Waa askari iyo jabhad; faqash iyo qurmis.


Suugaan/Literature

Cabdullaahi Dhoodaan
Cawaale Xuseen

A Thorn in the Sole
(Short Story)
Ahmed Ismail Yusuf

By Abdullahi Dahir Moge

By Safi Abdi

Waxa curiyay Maxamuud Axmed Cabdalle

Waxa curiyay Ibraahin Hawd

Geed Sare Waab
(Maanso)
Maxamed Hirad

Falcelin: Qabyanimada qoraalka af Soomaaliga
WQ. Cabdiraxmaan "Barwaaqo"

Waxa curiyay Maxamed Hirad

Waxa curiyay Maxamed Hirad

Waxa curiyay
Maxamuud Axmed Cabdalle

Waa maanso uu curiyay Abwaan Maxamed Hirad

waxaa curiyay Deeq Aadam Diirye

Waxa curiyay Maxamed Hirad

Waxa curiyay
Anwar Maxamed Diiriye

Waxa curiyay
Maxamed Hirad

Mucjisadii Dahsoonayd(Sheeko Cusub)

Cabdifitaax Cabbaas Cali

By Cabdiraxmaan Faarax "Barwaaqo"

By Ibraahin Hawd

The Poetics of Displacement

Ciyaar.Somali

Inj. Maxamed C. Cibaar

Faaliyihii la bilkeyday
Dr. Georgi Kapchits
This book offers to Somali and English speaking readers 115 Somali folktales, representing perhaps the best of Somali narrative folklore.

Ibraahin Y.Axmed

M.C.Cibaar

By: Ibraahin Y.Axmed

A chronology of key events: 600s - Arab tribes establish the sultanate of Adel on the Gulf of Aden coast. ..

Hidden object gamesHidden objects gamesescape from paradisehidden object gameBenefits of Natural Green Teaacne green tea evidenceacne blogspotHidden object gamesHidden objects gamesescape from paradisehidden object gameBenefits of Natural Green Teaacne green tea evidenceacne blogspotHidden object games