Communication with the Somali community can be an effective in resolving Kenya’s security issues. By Adjoa Anyimadu In 2012 Kenya was home to the fourth larges population of refugees in the world [Reuters] On March 25, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Joseph Ole Lenku, issued a directive...
A Prominent Somali Cleric Arrested in Kenya
Wardheernews ( WDN) -Last night, the Kenyan police raided the home of the radical Somali cleric Sheikh Hassan Hussein Adam “Abu Salman” and arrested him and his wife. Sheikh Hassan is on the U.N sanctions list for providing material support to Al-Shabaab and recruiting new members for the group. A U.N Security Council report issued...
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Wararka aan idiin hayno maanta waxaa ka mid ah: Raiisul Wasaare Cabdiwali Sheekh Axmed oo sheegay in uu booqanayo magaalada Baydhabo, Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya iyo wafdi uu hoggaaminayo oo gaaray Biljimka iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Civil war aftermath: World help sought in rebuilding Somalia
Dr Marjan Lucas, a Dutch expert on Somalia speaks at a discussion. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a discussion urged international community to help Somalia in rebuilding its infrastructure and economy. They termed the absence of central government, lack of education and economic problems as the root causes of civil war and lawlessness in the east...
Visa ban on pilgrims from states hit by Ebola virus
Muslim pilgrims pray at the walls of the Kaaba as others circumambulate around the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in Oct. 11, 2013 file photo. (AP) Umrah and Haj visas will not be issued to pilgrims from Liberia and Guinea due to the prevalence of...
UNHCR says voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees to proceed
GARISSA, Kenya, (Xinhua) — The UN refugee agency said Tuesday the planned voluntary repatriation of Somali refuges living in northern Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp will go ahead. Head of Operations at the UNHCR sub-office in Dadaab, Ahmed Warsame stressed that repatriation will be “voluntary” with those who chose to remain behind continuing to receive assistance...
Prominent Islamist shot dead on Kenyan coast – police
BY JOSEPH AKWIRI Muslim cleric Abubakar Shariff speaks during an interview in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa in this October 5, 2013 file photograph. CREDIT: REUTERS/THOMAS MUKOYA/FILE A prominent Kenyan Islamist, accused by the United States and U.N. Security Council of supporting the Somali militant group al Shabaab, was shot dead on Tuesday, police said. Abubakar...
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Wararka aan idiin hayno waxa maanta ka mid ah: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo Baydhabo isaga soo labtay xili lagu wado in uu aado maanta Biljimka, Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha oo sheegay in aysan xukuumaddu wadin qorshe ay dadka xeryo ugu sameanayso iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Kenyan Police Round Up 657 Suspects in Deadly Triple Explosion
By Charles Wachira Kenyan authorities detained 657 suspects after three explosions in the capital that left six people dead, as the government ordered the security clampdown to continue until all the perpetrators are brought to justice. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack yesterday in Nairobi’s Somali enclave of Eastleigh, and investigators haven’t made...

