Campaigners say that the Meru region cannot be used to grow other crops A group of MPs in Kenya has tabled a motion in parliament calling for British farmers to be ejected from the khat-growing Meru region. They are angry about moves by the British government to ban the use of the leafy substance from...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Somali Al Qaeda Ally Sends ‘Friend Request’ to Would-Be Jihadists in US
By James Gordon Meek An Al-Shabaab soldier carries a rocket-propelled grenade as he patrols along the streets of Dayniile district in Southern Mogadishu, Somalia, March 5, 2012. Feisal Omar/Reuters WASHINGTON – Al Qaeda’s Somali franchise is sending a “friend request” and offering a one-way ticket to martyrdom to young Americans this week with a new...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxa ka mid ah: Xiisad wali ka taagan Balad Xaawo iyo ciiddankii Itoobiya ee halkaasi ku sugnaa oo isaga baxay, Dowladda oo ka hadashay dagaalka Balad Xaawo baaqna dirtay dhinacyada halkaas ku dagaalamay iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
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Hampden County prosecutors refuse to drop charges against Somali immigrant sisters
Attorney Mickey Harris, left, speaks on behalf of the family of Hibo Hussein and her sister Najma Hussein, right, as her lawyer Bruce Colton looks on following a court hearing Wednesday. (Mark M. Murray) Stephanie Barry SPRINGFIELD — A trial date for two Somali immigrant sisters who say they were persistently bullied in the West Springfield school...
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Ethiopia ignores ‘repeated’ calls for dam negotiations: Egypt FM
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy says Egypt has repeatedly called for negotiations with Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam but has not received a real response A general view shows construction activity on the Grand Renaissance dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region in this...
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On the refugee road: my story
Every year, thousands flee their country to escape war, drought or poverty. In 1996 in Somalia, Africa Reporter Jamal Osman was one of them. Here, he retraces his steps and meets those trying it now. Jamal Osman It was in 1996. I was a teenager. At that point, the Somalia war had been raging for several years....
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Nigeria girls voluntarily joined Islam – Shabaab
Cape Town – Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabaab has reportedly praised Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist group for its fight against those who “targeted” Islam. This comes amid international outcry over the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants from their school last month. According to an eNCA report, a spokesperson claimed during...
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Spending more than 15 hours on a mobile phone each month leaves you ‘three times more likely to develop a brain tumour’
By Peter Allen People who make more than 15 hours of mobile telephone calls a month are three times as likely to develop brain cancer, new research suggests. French scientists claims that sales and business professionals are particularly at risk as they travel from meeting to meeting while communicating with clients and bosses constantly. While...
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Right-Wing Media Try To Make Boko Haram The New Face Of Islam
MICHELLE LEUNG A “horrendous crime” that “violates every major objective of Islam.” That’s how Daisy Khan, founder of the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality described the recent kidnappings of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Nigerian terrorist group, Boko Haram. Despite similar denunciations of Boko Haram’s actions by Muslim religious leaders, activists, organizations, and intellectuals across the world, right-wing media are set on...
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In Somalia, Collecting People For Profit
By Gregory Warner Mrs. Adad Hassan Jimali stands next to a sign for her private camp for displaced persons. The camp, which is in Mogadishu, Somalia, is called Nasiib Camp. Last year I took a drive through the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, in a bulletproof SUV. My seatmate was Justin Brady, who at the time...