Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Safiirkii Soomaaliya u fadhiyay Kenya oo Muqdisho kusoo laabtay xilli ay u yeertay dowladda si wax looga weydiyo dhacdadii dhawaan ciiddanka Kenya ay xabsiga ku dhigeen Mas’uul safaaradda Soomaaliya ka tirsanaa iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
It would be unacceptable if three Somali men convicted of piracy were to be given refugee status in the Netherlands, according to VVD parliamentarians. ‘These troublemakers should be thrown out of the country as quickly as possible,’ MP Malik Azmani said. The pirates have been released from jail but will not be deported because their...
Dr. Myron Glick, at top, examines Urahimu Osman, 4 months, son of Bahati Mberwa of Somalia. Watching in the background is interpreter Zahra Mohamed. Below left, medical assistant and translator Aung Sa Lay measures 11-year-old Lay Mya Aye during a physical. And right, Larsay Wah, a refugee from Burma who moved to Buffalo in 2009,...
Security forces arrest six bloggers and a journalist in latest crackdown on opposition voices. The Ethiopian government has arrested six independent bloggers and a journalist in what human rights group Amnesty International has called a “suffocating grip on freedom of expression”. Six members of independent blogger and activist group ‘Zone 9’ and a prominent Ethiopian...
By MARK NICOL Hundreds of Royal Marines who tackled gangs of gun-toting Somali pirates on the high seas have been barred from wearing their medals after defence chiefs ruled that their missions were not risky enough. The Marines confronted pirates armed with AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades in a series of daring engagements, blowing up...
By KIPCHUMBA SOME Kenya: When Operation Usalama Watch began nearly a month ago in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate, a tinge of sadness came over Hussein Guleid, a prominent businessman there. He is a Kenyan in every sense of the word, just like his father, who served the Kenyan people with loyalty as a police officer until...
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Masaajid ku yaalla deegaanka Muuri oo lagu laayay dad iyo taliska ciiddanka XDS oo iska fogeeyay in ay ciidan ka mid ah falkaasi fuliyeen, Barlamanka oo maanta ka hadlay xaaladda mushaar la’aanta la soo deristay Shaqaalaha dowladda iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso...
By Muhammad Fathi Amidst our fast-paced life we tend to forget a very important question: How well is our relationship with the Qur’an? How much time and effort do we spend in reciting, studying and understanding this Guide, granted to us by Allah to lead a successful and happy life? I think it will be embarrassing...
Thousands of Ethiopian nationals returning from Saudi Arabia had the opportunity to re-establish contact with their families thanks to a free phone service set up by the ICRC and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society. An Ethiopian returnee from Saudi Arabia makes a free phone call to contact her family after arriving in Addis Ababa Bole...
By Athar Ahmad Masud Ahmad is now living with his family in Glasgow A British man jailed for “posing as a Muslim”, has spoken for the first time since returning to the UK. Masud Ahmad, 73, was arrested in Pakistan in November under blasphemy laws but fled while on bail. The 73-year-old is part of...