By Simon Maina | AFP Dec 27, 2012 _______________ Suspected Islamists shot dead a Kenyan policeman in an ambush in the restive northeastern border town of Mandera, the latest in a string of attacks near the border with Somalia, police said Friday. “The officer was on patrol when the gunmen opened fire on him and...
April 16, 2025
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Towards a balanced and civil discourse
By Abdinasir Amin Dec. 28, 2012 _____________________ I have been thinking about this particular article for a while and must admit that I’ve struggled with it not because it is difficult to write but because of the difficulty and the sensitivity of the subject matter. There is a good maxim in journalism; the cub reporter...
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The World’s Worst War
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN December 15, 2012 _____________ LAST month, as I was driving down a backbreaking road between Goma, a provincial capital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kibumba, a little market town about 20 miles away, I came upon the body of a Congolese soldier. He was on his back, half...
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Somali Salafi Groups and the Fatwa Wars
By Hassan M. Abukar In July of this year, a group of 22 Somali Salafi scholars met in Nairobi, Kenya, and issued a fatwa (a religious edict) that condemned a young Somali cleric based in Kenya named Shaikh Hassaan Hussein Adam. He is widely known as a spiritual supporter of Al-Shabab. The signatories and attendees...
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RaadRaac: Waraysi Dr. Siciid Sh. Samatar
RaadRaac: Waraysiga waxa uu Barre sare Siciid Sh. Samatar kaga hadlayaa guud ahaan xaalada Soomaaliya, iyo sababaha dhaliya in ay Soomaaliya ilaa hadda u degi la’dahay.Waraysiga waxaa qaaday Khaill C/raxmaan.
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WDN Person of the Year 2011: Sharif Hassan Sh. Aden
By WardheerNews Somalis have waved goodbye to 2011 licking away the scars it left on them while dreading the new perils 2012 might have under its wings. Since the collapse of the last central government of Somalia two decades ago, Somalis have yet to see a caring year. The twenty calendar years they have so...
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Report Card: For the President and the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG)
WardheerNews Editorial In lieu of our annual review of the year’s past happenings, we share with our readers the following report card. Comprised of two interrelated evaluations, one for the President and the other for the sitting Prime Minister is a high level review of the problems and prospects associated with these two leaders. In ...
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In Somaliland, less money has brought more democracy
By Nick Eubank As the humanitarian crisis in southern Somalia threatens millions of lives, Somalia’s little-known northern neighbour, Somaliland, is doing so well that its government recently offered to send aid across the border. That a small and relatively poor country that is also suffering from the ongoing drought would be in a position to...
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The Demise of the BBC Somali Service
I have worked for the BBC Somali Service as a contributor and staff from 1962 to 1977. I still have so much attachment and nostalgia for the Service for what it has done for me personally and what it has provided its Somali listeners. It therefore pains me to see a Service that I was...
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An interview with Ali Bunow Korane who is Vying for the Governorship of Garissa County, North Eastern Province, Kenya
Editor’s Note: With the promulgation of a new constitution for the Republic of Kenya, the political landscape of North Eastern Province, a region dominated by Kenya-Somalis, is about to change. What was once Garissa District has now become Garissa County. Among the political aspirants for the position of Governorship is Mr. Ali Bunow Korane, a figure...