Barnaamijkeena Raadraac ee toddobaadkan waxaan idiinku soo gudbinaynaa Wareysi aannu la yeelanay abwaanka da’da yar ee Cali Maxamed Aadan (Cali Siko) oo ku nool magaalada London ee Waddanka Biritayn. Barnaamijka waxaa idinla socodsiinaya islamarkaana idiin soo diyaariyay Wariye Jamaal Axmed Cismaan. Barnaamijka hoos ka dhegeyso
There’s simply no case for banning khat
Khat is as potent as a strong cup of coffee and has no organised crime involvement – yet the government wants to spend £150m on a ban that would create far more severe problems Khat from a 300-year-old tree on a farm in Meru, central Kenya, where life revolves around the cultivation of the plant....
Migrant stabbed during argument
A Somali man has been hospitalised after suffering a stab wound during an argument at Hal Far detention centre this morning, the police said. The incident happened at about 5.30am. Source: Times of Malta
Somali Diaspora Not Ready to Buy One-Way Tickets Home Yet
By Amy FallonReprint Kisenyi slum, in Uganda’s capital, Kampala is believed to be home to a large portion of the country’s almost 12,000 Somali immigrants. Credit: Amy Fallon/IPS KAMPALA (IPS) – On a Friday afternoon men wearing kamis — long white traditional robes — climb the steps to Somcity Travel, a small family business and travel agency in...
Trip to US forbidden by government, Ethiopian opposition figure says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – An Ethiopian opposition figure says his government won’t allow him to travel to the United States. Yilikal Getnet, the chairman of the opposition Blue Party, said Monday that security forces tore pages from his passport and refused to allow him to leave the country. Getnet said he had been invited by...
Blast in Kenyan capital
Nairobi – An explosion in an area of Kenya’s capital Nairobi that is popular with Somalis killed six people and wounded several others on Monday, the National Disaster Operations Centre said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. In the past, such attacks in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi have been blamed on Somalia’s al-Shabaab...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah:Xaalada Magaalada Baydhabo oo meel xasaasi ah mareysa, qorshe ay xukuumada maanta ku hortagi laheed Barmalaanka oo dib u dhac uu ku yimid iyo warar kale
A Ugandan Living and working in Mogadishu
By Christine W. Wanjala “If you had told a younger me fresh out of high school that I would one day be living and working in Somalia, I would have thought you crazy. But here I am 37, and this is my second year of doing so. I have lived in Mogadishu since March 2012 and...
Q&A: Somalia PM’s zero tolerance policy
AJ: Somalis had very high expectations of the government. Now there’s a lot of criticism of the government’s complacency and inability to provide what it promised. People are feeling disconnected from your government. Ahmed: Things are changing. My ministers are engaging very closely with the people in Mogadishu. The strategy is to work very closely with...
Judge says sorry for ‘wife-beating Muslims’ remark
By Fiona Dillon A DUBLIN-based district court judge has asked Muslims for forgiveness after casting a slur on them. Judge Anthony Halpin caused outrage last week after telling Tallaght District Court that “Muslims feel they can actually beat their wives” during the trial of a Somali man. The judge apologised over the weekend and said...



