By Ismail A. Hassan ( Khaliil) Somalia’s officials, who are responsible for securing and protecting the country, have once again failed in doing their jobs. The recent Al-Shabaab bombing of Central Hotel, a place where some of the highest-ranking government leaders such as the Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Omar Arte resides, is proof of utter failures...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Warka aan idii heyno waxaa ka mid ah.Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya iyo Madaxweynaha Jabuuti oo ku wajahan Baladweyne. wasiirka Amaanka oo sheegay in dad loo qabtay weerarkii ka dhacay Hotel Central iyo warar kale.
Kenya: Shilling stabilizing against the US dollar
By Melline Myendo The Central Bank of Kenya has defended the shilling that has been depreciating against the dollar since last year. The Central Bank says the shilling’s performance against the dollars has also been reflected by other regional currencies, which were, however, comparably more volatile. CBK says the recent performance of the Shilling may...
U.S. envoy to Africa lakes region stepping down: State Department
(Reuters) – The U.S. special envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region, Russ Feingold, will step down next month, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Friday. The former U.S. senator, a Democrat from Wisconsin, has led U.S. efforts to end the conflict in Central Africa’s Great Lakes region since June 2013 when he said he...
SOMALI SEAPORT CONCESSIONS TO ETHIOPIA! IS IT A COMMERCE OR CONQUEST?
By Ahmed Khalif There are reports – that went around in Somali News Websites – on multiple seaport concessions that had recently been given to the Ethiopian Government in the Somali towns of Berbera, Kismayo, and Barawe. These concessions, when taken at face value – especially in today’s globally open market world – should have...
Somali American Youth Who Joined Jihadists: FBI Deserves Blame
By Faisal Roble Editor’s Note: Peaking into the rich WDN archives full of ten years of rare collection of historical pieces, news, commentary, opinion as well as cultural and poetry analysis and writing from across the globe, we come upon a jewel, a rarity, a genius piece of writings, honest and true and free of bias....
Qarax lala beegtay Hutel ay deggenaayaan mas’uuliyiin ka tirsan dawlada Soomaaliya
Muqdishu ( WDN) Qaraxyo is xig xigay ayaa maanta lala beegtay Huteel ka “Central Hotel”, oo uu deggenaa Raysal Wasaare xigeenka dawlada Soomaaliya Md. Maxamed Cumar Carte , halkaasi oo laba baabuur lagu qarxiyay. Waxa ay wararku sheegayaan in Md. Carte uu soo gaadhay dhaawac fudud, waxaase ku dhintay weerarkaasi is nidaaminta ah sida la...
Suicide Bombings at Somalia Hotel Kill at Least 10 People
By ABDI GULED, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia – Government officials were meeting at the Central Hotel in Somalia’s capital when an Islamic extremist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the hotel gate, and another went in and blew himself up, killing at least 10 people on Friday, officials said. Mogadishu’s deputy mayor and a legislator were...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Warka aan idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah:Taliyaha ciidanka wadanka Jabuuti oo maanta Gaaray magaalada Baladweyne ee Xarunta Gobalka Hiiraan, Maamulka Baraawe oo sheegay in la dhisaayo Garoon ay yeelato magaaladaasi iyo warar kale.
Remittance Cutoffs Threaten Somalis
By Teresa Welsh USNews Over 40 percent of people in Somalia rely on financial remittances to meet their basic daily needs, but recent action from the U.S. and other countries has hampered the flow of money from relatives and friends abroad. And stopping that flow of millions of dollars in financial support, some say, poses...