By Abdullahi A. Nor Somalia is standing on the edge of a political abyss Not because the country lacks talent, hope, or the will to survive—but because its leader, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has once again pushed the state toward a point where institutions buckle, trust evaporates, and the public watches the republic drift into...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — In a theater where a suicide bomber detonated years ago, Hassan Barre stepped forward to offer a different hallmark of Somalia: poetry. In one of the world’s most volatile nations, Somalis must be aware of their responsibility to their country and each other, he said in a recital emphasizing good citizenship. The...
(ERGO) – Getting a job at a dairy processing firm in Mogadishu has given a fresh start to farmer Mohamud Hussein Nur and his family, who have been financially ruined and displaced to the capital by conflict and drought in Lower Shabelle region. Mohamud, 38, his wife, and their eight children arrived in Mogadishu from conflict-hit...
ST. CLOUD, MN ‒ The day after President Donald Trump called Somali immigrants in Minnesota “garbage,” more than 100 residents and elected officials gathered at a library to reassure their Somali neighbors they were still welcomed in St. Cloud, a regional hub roughly an hour drive north of Minneapolis. Farhiya Iman was among them. Iman, 36, was born...
By Faisal A Roble For about forty years, I lived in America and comfortably adjusted to the culture of the two political parties. The Democratic Party has always coexisted with its adversarial Republican Party. Until recently, they competed and complemented each other. And that positively propelled what has come to be the “American democracy.” Although...
(Reuters) – Fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign new deals aimed at ending years of conflict in a region rich in minerals. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame on Thursday reaffirmed commitments to a U.S.-brokered...
By Rebecca Santana, Dake Kang and Gisela Salomon; AP When President Donald Trump suspended the refugee program on day one of his current administration, thousands of people around the world who had been so close to a new life in America found themselves abandoned. Many had already sold possessions or ended leases in preparation for travel. They had submitted reams...
By Abdisaid M. Ali In recent months Somalis have again heard themselves spoken of with open contempt, in the crude language of Donald Trump and in tones that echo Churchill and other colonial officials who once described Africans as subjects to be ruled. The words change, but the posture does not. It treats Somalis as...
(ERGO) – The closure of two health centres in southern Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region have left thousands of people in the rural villages of Qalimow and Gololey, near the town of Balad, without access to critical free health care including maternal and nutritional support. In September, the two health centres run by Somali NGO, Zamzam Foundation,...
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States “garbage” and wants them to leave, claiming without evidence that “they contribute nothing.” The crude language came Tuesday after a person familiar with the planning said federal authorities were preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota primarily focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the...