Kenyan police have rounded up thousands of illegal Somali immigrants and refugees as part of their battle against Al Shabab. But they’ve detained hundreds of Somali-Kenyans, too. By Jason Patinkin NAIROBI, KENYA — One side effect of Kenya’s new war against the Somalia-based terror of Al Shabab is the new level of aggressive behavior against ethnic Somalis who...
By NTANDO MAKHUBU Pretoria – Looting of shops and the assault on foreign owners have continued unabated in Mamelodi, in what Somali nationals and some residents say is xenophobia, while others insist a few “uncouth” young people are behind the attacks. More than 100 shops across Mamelodi East and West have been looted and owners...
New overnight attack kills at least 10 people near Kenya’s coast, just 24 hours after Shebab rebels massacred close to 50 people in same area. By Aymeric Vincenot – MPEKETONI At least 10 people were killed in a new overnight attack near Kenya’s coast, police said Tuesday, just 24 hours after Somalia’s Shebab rebels massacred...
In this combo image, a local fruit and vegetable vendor with his replica ‘fruitball’ stadium (left) and a local football lover turns his living room into a replica of a World Cup stadium. (AN photos) JEDDAH: MD AL-SULAMI World Cup fever is sweeping through Saudi Arabia despite the painful fact that the Kingdom failed to...
NEW YORK, N.Y. – A New York City man was charged Monday with sending emails threatening to kill a leader of a Muslim civil rights group. The man, Bernhard Laufer, had been expected to appear later Monday in federal court but instead was taken to the hospital for undisclosed reasons. There was no immediate response...
The Somali militant group also claimed responsibility for the Sunday night attack in nearby Mpeketoni (NAIROBI, Kenya) — A police official says extremists killed nine people overnight in the Kenyan coastal area where a swarm of attackers had also carried out a slaughter on Sunday night. Police spokesman Masoud Mwinyi said Tuesday that al-Shabab militants...
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: weerraro habeenkii xalay ahaa ay ku qaadeen kooxo Islaamiyiin ah gudaha wadankaasi Kenya oo dhaliyaya qasaarooyin dhimasho iyo dhaawac ah, Madaxweynahay Soomaaliya oo ka dalbaday baarlamaanka in ay joojiyaan mooshinada ka dhan ah asaga iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
People gather next to charred vehicles outside a police station in Mpeketoni, in Lamu county, after some 50 armed gunmen attacked the town, killing 49 people. (AFP PHOTO) Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab rebels on Monday said they carried out an attack on a town on Kenya’s coast that left 48 dead. A statement from the group...
A blind and aging tortoise, named The Communist for being prickly and stubborn, limps determinedly forward. MICHELLE SHEPHARD / TORONTO STAR Three baby tortoises have joined “The Communist” inside the Radio Mogadishu compound. The decades-old animal has crawled through — and survived — much of Somalia’s wartorn history. By Michelle Shepherd MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—No one knows...
airobi/Geneva (ICRC) – Some 23,000 people affected by severe flooding in Kismayo, in southern Somalia, have received emergency assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) this week. This included providing cash grants, essential household items and health care and restoring clean water supplies. The port...