By Stewart Bell Peter J. Thompson/National PostMohamed Hersi, right, and his lawyer Anser Farooq, left, leave the Brampton Superior Court after he was granted bail in 2011. Police started investigating Hersi in September 2010, after a dry-cleaner found a USB device containing bomb-making instructions in his security guard uniform, A Toronto security guard on trial...
November 14, 2026
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Kenya Criticized for Arrests of Somalis to Curb ‘Terrorism’
By Sarah McGregor Human rights groups criticized the Kenyan government for detaining thousands of ethnic Somalis in a week-long security crackdown aimed at averting the threat of what it calls “terrorist activities.” Kenya has deported at least 82 people and rounded up more than 3,000 since Operation Usalama Watch, which means “security” in Swahili, began on...
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Local Somalis cheer Elizabeth Strout’s ‘The Burgess Boys,’ focus on hate crimes
By Euan Kerr Pulitzer prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout had long wanted to write about the Burgess family, a dysfunctional clan of two brothers and their sister, a single mom with a teenage son who does something terrible. Strout said the characters came to her years ago, but the story unfolded slowly. “The Burgess Boys” emerged...
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Kenya: Halt Crackdown on Somalis
Nairobi, – Kenyan police and other security agencies should stop arbitrary arrests and detentions, extortion, and other abuses against Somalis during security operations, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should also halt summary deportations and ensure that any undocumented Somalis are given the opportunity to file asylum claims. On April 4 and 8, 2014,...
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Kenyan Police Accused of Seeking Bribes During Immigration Crackdown
Detained Somali women are fingerprinted and screened at the Kasarani sports stadium, which has been converted into a detention facility to hold those arrested during recent security crackdowns, near Nairobi, April 9, 2014. By Gabe Joselow NAIROBI — Somalis in Kenya say police are systematically soliciting bribes during an ongoing crackdown on suspected illegal immigrants. Police...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Raiisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya oo gaaray Buula Burte iyo Jowhar kulamana la qaatay mas’uuliyiin kala duwan, Ciiddan ka tirsan dowladda Soomaaliya oo maanta dad barakacayaal ah rasaaseeyay iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhaegeyso
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London Marathon 2014: Mo Farah doubted by rivals after collapse
Mo Farah’s decision to run Sunday’s London Marathon less than a month after collapsing at the end of a race has been questioned by three of his rivals. The Briton needed treatment after the New York Half Marathon on 16 March. Kenya’s Geoffrey Mutai, who beat Farah to win in New York, said: “To handle sickness...
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Kenya’s Main Opposition Calls for Troop-Exit Plan From Somalia
By Eric Ombok Kenya’s opposition Orange Democratic Movement party called on the government to start planning to bring the country’s troops home from Somalia amid deteriorating domestic security. The East African nation has faced increasing attacks, including a raid by al-Shabaab gunmen on a shopping mall in the capital last year that killed at least 67 people,...
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Interview: Women fund rebuilding of Garbaharey hospital
Garbahaarey, Somali diaspora women are funding the renovation of Gedo region’s largest hospital in Garbaharey to enable much needed medical services to be brought to local people. Radio Ergo’s Fatuma Maalim talked to Luul Mohamed Aden, the spokesperson of a group of diaspora women, who hail from the region, to ask further information. Luul: A...
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Kenya deports Somalis, arrests hundreds in crackdown after attacks
(Reuters) – Kenya said on Wednesday it had deported 82 Somalis and rounded up hundreds of others without proper documents, part of a security crackdown launched after repeated attacks claimed by militants from neighboring Somalia. Police had detained 472 people in the past few days, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole Lenku told reporters at a...