By Faisal A. Roble ___________ More than 100 religious leaders and business executives, a doctor and other prominent residents of this Port city were hunted door to door and killed in three nights of terror that began on the eve of the Americans landing in Mogadishu…” Jane Perlez, New York Times, Dec. 1992 “Someone’s looter/killer...
W/Q. Siciid Jaamac Xuseen Safarrada i soo maray way badan yihiin. Inta aan is leeyahay waa lagu la dayan karaa aad ayay u tira yar yihiin. Kaan soo wadaa ka mid ah, waana kii iigu cajaa’ibka badnaa. Cajabtiisu xaggee bay ku jirtaa? – Waa kii ugu gaabnaa, oo habeen keliya ayaa safarkaa lagu maqnaa. Waa...
By WardheerNews Editorial Imagine you are a twenty year old who lives in a stateless country. Imagine that life around you is chaotic; there are guns and warlords everywhere. Piracy Lords and Al-Shabab mullah Lords are always around to persuade you to join in. Everyone is competing for you to kill for them, loot for...
By Warsan Cismaan Saalax Jan. 03, 2013 It took Somalia almost four months from today to get a full government. Mr. Mahmoud, the president who took office on September 10, 2012 has become “preoccupied”, so much so that the new cabinet has education and health as sub departments of Social Services and not as independent...
Dr. Oz’s Miraculous Medical Advice Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. By Julia Belluz and Steven J. Hoffman _________________ As people were getting ready for the holiday season and its accompanying waist expansion late last year, Dr. Mehmet Oz let viewers of his TV show in on a timely little secret. “Everybody...
Is the 2013 going to be the year “Somaliland” will finally bite the dust? By Mohamed F. Yabarag Dec 31, 2012 ____________________ Following the much-disputed November municipality elections that took place in the central and western parts of “Somaliland” enclave (voting did not take place in Buhodle and other areas of Khaatumo state of Somalia),...
By BONIFACE ONGERI Standard Digital Dec 30, 2012 __________ Clan affiliations continue to hold sway in Garissa and are seen to play a key role in shaping governor politics in the March 4 General Election. Aspirants have stepped up campaigns for the position. Rivals have been on campaign mode since 2010 when the new Constitution...
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 29, 2012 (AP) —The health of thousands of Somali refugees will be threatened if they are moved from the country’s urban areas into a camp near the Kenyan-Somali border, an international aid group has said. Dadaab refugee camp is overstretched well beyond its original capacity of 90,000 people and to add more...
CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER Star Tribune December 29, 2012 __________________ After the 400 Bar went dark a month ago, some light has finally been shed on the future of the Minneapolis West Bank live-music mainstay. The club’s historic two-story building has been sold and will likely be converted into a community center for Somali-American children, according to...
Nayroobi, Dec 26, 2012 (WDN) – Baarlmaanka Soomaaliya, ayaa maanta diidey miisaaniyadda ay wasaaradda maaliyadda Soomaaliya soo diyaarisay. Taas oo uu qorshuhu ahaa in ay dowladda ku shaqeyso sannadka soo socda ee 2013. Miisaaniyadda oo ku kaceysa in kabadan 86 Miliyan oo doollarka Mareykanka ah, ayaa waxay xildhibaannadu ka doodayeen maalmihii la soo dhaafay. Xildhibaannada...