The emirate of Dubai is one of the richest places in the world with a large population of foreign nationals - including tens of thousands of expat Somalis, some wealthier and more successful than others.
Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is experiencing something of a building boom. After throwing off the shackles of al-Qaida-linked radicals, its citizens have begun carting
19 May 2012 – The United Nations envoy in Somalia, Augustine P. Mahiga, today expressed concern over recent violent clashes in the northern city of Hargeisa, located in Somaliland, between Somaliland security forces and
TURKANA, Kenya, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency has announced plans to create additional refugee camp in Kakuma in northern Kenya to accommodate the
LONDON, May 20, 2012 (Reuters) - To East Africa's assets of spectacular wildlife, abundant land and shimmering beaches you can now add gas - so much gas it could transform global energy flows along with some of the
May 20, 2012
(Reuters) - A group of U.S. seed, chemical and equipment companies will invest at least $150 million over the next few years into African agricultural projects
BINGA, Zimbabwe — More than a decade after Zimbabwe’s government began seizing sprawling white-owned commercial farms, a new fight is brewing here over who will profit from the nation’s vast bounty of platinum, chromium
May 19, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah xukuumadda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya oo ka mahadcelisay deeq ay dawladdu u fidisay ciidamada dawladda kmg ah. Taas oo ka koobnayd...
Range Resources (LON:RRL) and partner Red Emperor Resources (LON:RMP) this week updated investors on their closely followed exploration campaign in ...
At least seven people, mostly Somali soldiers, were killed on Saturday in bomb explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Unpredictability has been a life companion for Clothilde Ntahomvukiye and her fellow refugee farmers from Burundi, who were out clearing stubborn hillocks of weeds and dandelions with hand hoes ...
Omar Abdelkader, a student at Northeastern University in Boston, is an observant Muslim but admits that, at least as a kid, he was occasionally seduced by the ....
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India - An Indian court denied bail on Saturday to two Italian sailors charged with the murder at sea of two Indian fishermen they mistook...
The EU Naval Force made headlines this week by blasting a pirate base on Somali shores and pirate ships out of Somali waters. The well-publicized and logical rationale for the navy’s aggressive new stance: Somali piracy ...
Addis Ababa, May 18, 2012 (AP) - Ethiopia's federal court ruled on Thursday that 11 people should face terror charges after prosecutors said they formed a cell ...
Africa Oil Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AOI)(OMX:AOI) ("Africa Oil" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the drilling program in Puntland, Somalia. ...
Users of Interactive Investor took the opportunity of share price weakness to pile into Range Resources (RRL) as the company published an open briefing interview that gave more colour to Thursday's announcement. On ...
Horn Petroleum Corp has suspended drilling at its Shabeel well in Somalia's Puntland and said it will move the drilling rig away from the area before reaching the ...
TORONTO — Fourteen months ago, officials in Somalia announced that a former Toronto resident turned Islamist terrorist named Omar Shafik Hammami had been killed in Mogadishu, bringing an end to his ...
Barnaamijka Raadraac ee toddobaadkan waxa uu ku saabsan yahay mashaariicda horumarinta ee ka socda magaalada Muqdisho iyo soo celinta guud ahaan bilicda..
An energy-hungry India has yet another region now on its radar from where it can hope to import a valuable resource, oil. Not many here would be familiar with....
LONDON - Western companies announced finds of huge additional quantities of gas off the coast of Mozambique and Tanzania, cementing the future of East Africa as ...
With virtually the entire east coast of Africa is found to contain hydrocarbon deposits, the tiny Puntland, which is a nation and yet not a nation, is no exception. Its President Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud Farole on Wednesday held talks in New Delhi on the recent find in Puntland...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 17, 2012 (AP) — A military court in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 17 people to death for attacking a military...
NAIROBI, May 17, 2012 (AFP) - Top in Bible school, missing his family, and craving Chinese takeaways: an American extremist in Somalia’s al Qaeda affiliated ...
Kenyan police have arrested a suspect in a grenade attack on a restaurant in Mombasa that killed one person on Tuesday. It is the latest in a string of attacks ..
Combating terrorism, piracy, poverty, corruption and other seemingly insurmountable woes traditionally make up Somalia’s to-do list. That may change Thursday if organizers and participants of a TEDx conference are...
Today’s To the Point show reported on an ACLU class-action lawsuit by 14 U.S. Muslims against the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security ...
The first EU land action against Somali pirates was a welcome development as the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor) used its expanded mandate for the first ...
The 87 edition of Dawn Newspaper, the fastest growing and most authoritative Muslim newspaper in Kenya. The items covered in this issue include TJRC Commissioner
advises Muslims on
how to advance their issues, Muslims in Isiolo
cautioned against
selling land, and many more...
Barnaamijka Raadraac ee toddobaadkan waxa uu ku saabsan yahay mashaariicda horumarinta ee ka socda magaalada Muqdisho iyo soo celinta guud ahaan bilicda..
The strategic interest of the British government on Somalia is based on energy intelligence and the vast energy reserves in form of oil lying both onshore...
Royal Dutch Shell is pioneering a stabilising and state-building initiative in Somalia, one of the world’s most fragile states, where it still lays claim to offshore exploration rights more than two decades after they went into...
Somalia stands at a critical moment in its history. One year ago, al-Shabaab controlled and terrorized large swaths of Somalia, millions were at risk of...
..press freedoms, especially in the disputed eastern regions formerly known as Sool, Sanag and Cayn, and in the desolate western coastal areas used by the Ogaden National Liberation Front to access the sea, are said to be ...
Informal comments to the media by President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of the Transitional Federal Government of the Somali Republic on the situation in Somalia.
LONG benighted, Ethiopia is attracting attention for a better reason. It has become Africa’s fastest-growing non-energy economy (see chart). Investors have noticed. South Africa’s largest consumer-foods firm, Tiger Brands, expanded into Ethiopia last year with a big acquisition. Diageo and ...
NAIROBI, Kenya – European Union forces on Tuesday attacked a Somali pirate base for the first time, using a combat helicopter to strafe several of the ...
NAIROBI, May 14, (AFP) - Love-struck teenagers, angry parents, rowing couples: Somali youth tired of seeing their homeland portrayed as a war-torn famine ...
THE heart of the Obama administration's strategy for fighting al-Qaeda militants in Somalia can be found next to a cow pasture in Uganda, 1600 kilometres from the front lines. Under the gaze of American..
Families in the Somilaland region of northern Somalia are enjoying a more balanced diet thanks to food vouchers which they can use to shop for goods like camel ...
Range Resources (LON:RRL) surged in early trade on a positive update from its drilling campaign in Puntland, Somalia, while broker Fox-Davies Capital ...
Range Resources (RRL) and Red Emperor Resources (RMP) updated investors on work in Puntland on Monday. The partners said the Shabeel-1 well currently being drilled in Puntland by joint venture operator Horn Petroleum was...
As the Pentagon reviews all military classes following the disclosure of one that advocated "total war" against Muslims, the news website Al-Jazeera ...
KAKOLA, Uganda — The heart of the Obama administration’s strategy for fighting al-Qaeda militants in Somalia can be found next to a cow pasture here, a thousand miles from the front lines. Under the gaze of American..
A German terror suspect whose picture was circulated by police on Saturday over links with the al Shabaab could have crossed into Somalia. Ahmed Khaled Mueller ..
NAIROBI, May 14, 2012 (Xinhua) - The UN humanitarian agency has called on the world to build on the effective delivery of aid that helped roll back last ...
IBANDA, 14 May 2012 (IRIN) - Over 600 Somali troops completed six months of military training in southwestern Uganda on 10 May and are heading home to boost the forces fighting Al Shabab. ..
Mogadishu ‐ May 13th, 2012; 17 AMISOM peacekeepers have successfully completed an advanced course on International Humanitarian Law applicable to the ...
The President of Puntland State of Somalia H.E. Abdirahman Mohamed
Mohamud (Farole) and a delegation arrived in New Delhi, India, on Sunday
morning after meetings with senior Ethiopian officials in Addis Ababa. ....
May 13, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah nin la sheegay in uu ka trisa yahay A Sahbab oo lagu eedeeyay in uu qorsheynayay dil
A former military commander with Al Shabab, the Somali terrorist group with ties to Al Qaeda, has become a cooperating witness and is expected to testify for the United
RIVER VOVODO, Central African Republic, 13, May, 2012 (Reuters) - Uganda has captured one of the Lord's Resistance Army's top five rebels, bringing it a step closer
Toronto - With impeccable public relations skills and the drive and determination to bring change, the Dublin-based, Mogadishu-born, Ifrah Ahmed, continues to work tirelessly in her quest to fight for the rights of the
ROME, 12 May 2012 (Reuters) - A deteriorating security situation in southern Libya threatens to increase illegal immigration into Europe from Africa, Libyan Foreign
Turkey has been showing unparallelled interest in Somalia, starting with a visit from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, in August last year.
Turkey has now committed more than $365m in cash and aid to the
There couldn’t have been a grander day for the opening celebration of the all new Phillips Community Center (PCC) on Saturday, May 12. The sun was shining, children
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 11, 2012 (AP) — Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a new video in which he encourages Somali militants to fight on despite the
Puntland Government warns this Draft Federal Constitution should not be
presented to National Constituent Assembly (NCA) for adoption, unless major
changes to the Draft are applied and agreed upon by Somali stakeholders
May 11, 2012 - (Press TV) Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker with 17 crew members onboard off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, Press TV report
A month after his 2009 graduation from Yale Law School, Seun Adebiyi learned he had not one but two lethal blood cancers and began an odyssey to find a bone-marrow
Nairobi - A dispute between two semi-autonomous regions in Somalia is delaying exploration for oil and gas over fears that local authorities are issuing licences ...
The European Union has announced that it will scale up its Somali funding by Sh10.9 billion (€100 million) to support the African Union Mission (AMISOM). ...
An alleged terror plot targeting Kenyan tourist hotels with chemical explosives was financed by Samantha Lewthwaite, the British widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, a senior official has said. ...
Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces killed 17 Shabab rebels on Thursday after the rebels blocked a road in southern Somalia and stole supplies from...
FORT LAUDERDALE, May 10, 2012 - Toddlers may be jokingly called terrors when they hit the "terrible twos," but one little girl's parents said their daughter was accused of being an actual terrorist.
May 10, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah wefdi ka socda Koonfur Afrika oo maanta la kulmay ra'iisal wasaare Abdiweli M. Cali; Nin u dhashay dalka Britayn oo lagu eedeeyay in uu xidhiidh...
Nairobi, Kenya: If Somalia experiences its own Arab-style 'spring', it might not be a revolutionary wave against its own government, but an uprising against British intervention in the form of 'aid'. ...
Johannesburg May 10, 2012 (Sapa) - The families of a South African couple taken hostage by pirates in Somalia 19 months ago have received confirmation they ...
BENGHAZI, 3 May 2012 (IRIN) - In one of the many rooms where detainees are held at Ganfouda detention centre in Libya’s second largest city, Benghazi, Suleiman Mansour*, a young Somali from Mogadishu, spends ..
DADAAB, Kenya, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Three explosives were found near the UN refugee camp offices early on Thursday, about 5 km from the Hagadera refugee camp ...
May 09, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah taliyaha ciidamada asluubta ee dawladda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya oo sheegay in aanay waxba ka jirin wararka sheegaya in musuqmaasuq ka jiro xabsiga...
Valetta, Malta — Somali asylum-seekers who landed their boat on one of Malta's most popular beaches at the weekend have told UNHCR that seven fellow passengers ...
The high-powered Joint Security Committee for Somalia Wednesday backed a plan to unify pro-government forces fighting the militant Al- Shabaab and Al-Qaeda ....
Somali reporter Jamal Osman is named journalist of the year at the One World media awards for a collection of his films for Channel 4 News.
The awards, presented by Channel 4 News Presenter Jon Snow on Tuesday night, recognise outstanding journalism on the developing world. Jamal beat fellow ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 9 (UPI) -- Somalia's defense minister said Somalia's Transitional Federal Government hopes to eradicate al-Shabaab from rebel-held...
Farah, developed a hole between her vagina and rectum, causing faeces to leak from her body, after giving birth to her first child at age 18 while fleeing gunfire...
Jermaine Grant, 29, was arrested last December and denies allegations that he was planning a bomb attack and possessed explosive materials. The Londoner, who Kenyan authorities say is linked to Somali militants...
May 08, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah ciidamada ammaanka ee dawladda kmg ah oo sheegay in ay gacanta ku dhigeen qof xidhnaa jaakad ay ku jireen walxaha qarxa...
Several Somali refugees have drowned while fleeing by boat from Libya to Malta, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Details are are still sketchy and an...
Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that killed at ...
A brawl broke out at the Somali embassy in the Zambian capital Lusaka after the East African country apparently sent a new ambassador to take over without recalling...
DHAKA – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied Sunday, May 6, that her country was targeting Muslims and their faith, describing the American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as “self-defense”. "That hurts me so much," Clinton said in an answer to a student at a Bangladeshi public forum about perceptions...
It's a first for California, not just in an election year, but for any year. The first annual "Muslim Day at the Capitol", held Monday, looked on the surface like any ...
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called on authorities in Somalia to bring to justice those responsible for the murder of ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 8, 2012 (UPI) -- Al-Shabaab may be trying to gain political influence in the Somali government three months before the interim administration ends, an analyst said. The U.N. Political Office for ...
Many locals believe the recent influx of Somali families get a better deal in terms of housing allocation and social provision. Tensions have grown. ...
The Somali flag is plain, a sea of light blue with a white, five-point star in the centre. The blue honours the United Nations which was instrumental in Somalia’s ...
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has welcomed the inaugural convening of the body tasked with selecting members of the Constituent Assembly and new Parliament as an important step on the road to ending the country’s transition.
Somali pirates captured on the high seas and prosecuted in other countries are now being transferred to a new prison in Somalia. It's a significant change for countries...
If Sharmarke Mohamed was from a European country, he would have been booted out of Canada long ago, but because he came here from wartorn Somalia, he has been allowed to linger, causing mayhem through his escalating violence, a Federal Court judge declared before deciding that enough ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. 05 May, 2012 (AP) — A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005 said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse boiled
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France's presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against German-led austerity. Hollande was set
May 05, 2012 - After Spanish, the top languages requested for interpretation in the U.S. in the last year were Arabic, Mandarin and Vietnamese, according to a study
COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama sought to rekindle the passion of his 2008 victory on Saturday with a pair of huge rallies in battleground states that signaled a new, more politically aggressive phase of the campaign and
Raadraac, May 04, 2012 ( RW)- Barnaamijka RaadRaac ee maanta waxaanu ku eegaynaa tacadiyo la sheegay in ciidamada Kenaya ay u geystaan dadka Soomaaliyeed ee ku dhaqan gobolka W/Bari Kenya. Xadgudubyadaasi oo
A Tennessee federal jury split its verdict Friday in Nashville against nine men accused of operating a sex trafficking ring run mostly by Somali refugee ...
Inside a hot, cramped room in the Somali capital, 10 sweating children sat on wooden desks, not unlike those found in schools. These boys, though, were not in class. They were staring at a small TV and tightly gripping video ...
Nairobi May 05, 2012 (AP)- Hundreds of Kenyan youth who have trained with al-Qaeda-linked militants in neighboring Somalia have returned home and now pose...
Osama bin Laden showed disdain for al Qaeda affiliates, fretted about his organization's image and was deeply worried about its security, according to documents seized from his hideout in Pakistan and released publicly on ...
CAIRO,Fri May 4, 2012 (Reuters) - Egypt's army imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters clashed with troops there
Despite recent celebrations of its merger with al-Qaeda, Somalia’s Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen movement has been suffering from a power struggle in its leadership for the past two years. Though attempts
May 04, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah warbixin ay soo saartay hay'ada u doodda xuquuqul Insaanka ayaa ku eedaysay in ciidamada Kenya in ay kula kaceen Soomaalida fagalo iskugu
Nairobi, May 4, 2012) – The Kenyan security forces have committed widespread human rights abuses against ethnic Somalis with total impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Between November
NAIROBI, Kenya May 04, 2012 (AP) — An international human rights group says Kenyan security forces abused ethnic Somalis in Kenya’s border region in ...
The Foreign Office has amended its advice for Kenya, and is now warning against all but essential travel to coastal areas within 60 kilometres (37 miles) of the country’s border with Somalia. This is a significant ...
Less than four months remain for Somali leaders to complete the steps they agreed to in the Roadmap to End the Transition, which lays out the steps for replacing
NAIROBI, Kenya — Osama bin Laden didn't want to publicly recognize the Somali militant group al-Shabab as a part of al-Qaida because it would bring extra attention from "enemies," but months after his death, al-Qaida ...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar released the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to extend Temporary ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia -
Dozens of Somali journalists met Thursday in somber silence to celebrate World Press Freedom Day, a meeting that came only hours...
Mogadishu ‐ May 3rd, 2012; On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day today, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission...
The 86 edition of Dawn Newspaper, the fastest growing and most authoritative Muslim newspaper in Kenya. The items covered in this issue include security along the Mandera Wajer Road; Devolution of power in Kenya and the next election; An interview with the Somali Ambassador to Kenya and many more...
A month before I went to the battered Somali capital Mogadishu, I met over coffee with a senior diplomat who had just been there and visited the African Union...
I just returned from the Somalia capital, Mogadishu. I got the first taste of Somalia in the departure lounge of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. ...
May 02, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka maanta waxa ka mid ah dadkii ku dhaawacmay qaraxii ismiidaaminta ahaa ee ka dhacay shalay Dhuusamareeb oo loo qaaday Itoobiya
Waxa maanta barnaamijka Raadraac aannu ku soo qaadanaynaa wareysi aannu la yeellanay guddomiyaha Guriceel Cismaan Ciise Nuur oo ka warbixinaya xaaladda dhaawacyadii ku waxyeelloobay ...
NORFOLK, Va. May 02, 2012 (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against three Somalis charged with murder in the fatal shooting of four ...
Freelance journalist Hamza Mohamed recounts the day he was able to put a human face to the Somali Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab, in this article published...
Iyadoo labada mudane ay aad iskugu dhaw yihiin, ayaa haddana Soomaalida oo Codkeeda siisa KEN Livingston waxay ay la macno tahay guul u soo hoyatay bulshadeenna. Haddaba Fadlan soo bax oo codkaaga sii Md. Livingston si aad u xaqiijiso inay guushu raacdo bulshadeenna.
Metropolitan Orlando's Muslim population grew dramatically in the past decade, gaining more than 25,000 worshippers since 2000, according to a new census of...
Mogadishu ‐ May 2nd, 2012; Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti, has today taken command of the military component of the African Union Mission in Somalia ...
NEW YORK, May 02, 2012 (AP) — An imprisoned Ethiopian journalist and blogger who could face the death penalty for advocating peaceful protests in his Horn ...
MOGADISHU, May 01, 2012 (AFP) — A suicide bomber killed at least six people including two lawmakers in an attack in the central Somali town of Dhusamareb, ...
Imagine a particularly challenging country in which to do business. Let's say it’s a country that is not recognized by any other country, so all business has to be...
On Sept. 17, 2001, six days after the terrorist attacks in Washington, D.C., president George W. Bush sent a 12 page Memorandum of Notification to his National Security Council. That memorandum, we know now, ...
Nairobi, May 01, 2012 (AFP) - Peace “spoilers” threaten to wreck fragile progress in war-torn Somalia, the United Nations, African Union and East Africa's main ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia—At least two Somali lawmakers and three civilians were killed in bombings Tuesday in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation, officials said. ...
Iyadoo labada mudane ay aad iskugu dhaw yihiin, ayaa haddana Soomaalida oo Codkeeda siisa KEN Livingston waxay ay la macno tahay guul u soo hoyatay bulshadeenna. Haddaba Fadlan soo bax oo codkaaga sii Md. Livingston si aad u xaqiijiso inay guushu raacdo bulshadeenna.
April 30, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah agaasimaha guud ee Nabadsugidda Qaranka oo sheegay in ciidamadoodu qabteen dad looga shakisan yahay in ay ka mid yihiin Al Shabaab oo dilay...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. April 30, 2012 (AP) — A military gear contractor and a Washington, D.C., nonprofit are suing each other over 18,000 pairs of boots ...
Ever since the fall of the Somalia’s pro-US president, Mohammad Siad Barre, in 1991, the country has been in a state of chaos and disorder. In the absence of a central authority, tribal conflicts, warlordism, and a resurgent ...
NAIROBI -- The deadly grenade attack at a church in Nairobi on Sunday confirms fears that places of worship in Kenya are easy and tempting targets of terrorists. ...
The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, released a message April 23 informing U.S. citizens in the country that it had received credible information regarding a ...
For the first time since the age of three, successful London fashion model, Samira Hashi, has returned to the country where she was born, Somalia - one of the most troubled regions in the world. She writes about what she found:
Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There), a Turkish charity, brought together a number of donors and special guests on Saturday to thank them for their support to ...
The African Union military force in Somalia has declared victory over al-Qaida-linked rebels in Mogadishu.
Predicting that the insurgents will soon be crushed ...
RIVER CHINKO, Central African Republic (Reuters) - A Ugandan "hunting squad" pushes through the thick jungle of central Africa in search of the fugitive warlord.
It is tough terrain that favours the hunted.
At times the
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
