Pilgrims are seen at the courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Makkah in this file photo. An imam at the holy mosque said that Muslim solidarity is essential for survival. (AN file photo) Sheikh Saleh Al-Talib, an imam at Makkah’s Grand Mosque, said that Muslim solidarity is essential for survival. “We live in a world...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Oscar Nominee Barkhad Abdi Still Faces Money Issues: ‘His Clothes Are Loaners’
Barkhad is up for the Best Supporting Actor award tonight… Barkhad Abdi will face off against some of the biggest names in Hollywood tonight at the Academy Awards, but according to a new report by the New Yorker, the Somalia-born actor has faced financial problems since filming Captain Phillips two years ago. Barkhad, who is competing...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heyno waxaa maanta ka mid ah:Qarax wadada warshadaha lagula beegtay kolonya ciidanka Amisom, iyo waan waan lakala dhax dhigay dad ku dagaalamay shalay Shabeelaha Dhaxe iyo warar kale Halkan ka dhageyso :Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
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Trust: The driving force behind many Somali traders’ success
By WINSLEY MASESE The phenomenal growth of Somali businesses in Kenya’s commercial towns and urban centres is an envy to any would-be entrepreneur or business person. From the often frequented restaurants in Nairobi’s Central Business District to well-stocked boutiques their business models have created a massive economic touch, which cannot be overlooked. Behind this upward...
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Minnesota group meets with Somali youth in Kenya to intercept al-Shabab’s radical message
BY AMY FORLITI MINNEAPOLIS ( AP) — While visiting a Somali refugee camp in Kenya, Mohamed Farah was struck by a young man who spends each day just waiting for it to end. The roughly 20-year-old man told Farah he has nothing to fill his time. No sense of identity. No future. No hope. So,...
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First woman of Somali descent joins St. Paul Police Department
By Raya Zimmerman rzimmerman@pioneerpress.com In Somali culture, women don’t strive to become police officers, Kadra Mohamed said. On Saturday morning, Mohamed was recognized as the first Somali-American woman to join the St. Paul Police Department, a move made possible by the department’s announcement that it has approved an option for employees to wear a police-issued...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan didiin heyno manta waxaa ka mid ah:Xogayihii ururkii Xisbul Islaam oo maanta warbaahinta kula hadlay muqdisho oo si adag u weeraru hogaanka shabaab Dowladana ugu baaqay in lasii daayo Hogaamiyahooda iyo warar kale Halkan ka dhageyso:Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
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Don’t take your eye off Al Shabaab, they fight back
By Charles Onyango-Obbo The Somali militant group Al Shabaab has been having very good days at the terror office in recent weeks. On Thursday, it claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack that killed at least 12 people near the security service headquarters in the capital Mogadishu. The previous week, it had staged a...
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107 Somali migrants in tugboat that nearly capsized rescued off Libyan coast; 7 killed
By Esam Mohamed, The Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya – An official in Libya says the country’s coast guard has rescued 107 Somalis on a tugboat that nearly capsized while trying to reach Europe. Col. Ayoub Qassim said Friday that the migrants included men, women and children. Qassim said the coast guard found them Thursday a...
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Accused human trafficker from deadly shipwreck on trial
(ANSA) – Agrigento, February 28 – The trial of one Somali member of a gang blamed for overcrowding a migrant vessel that sank last October, killing 366 people, was adjourned Friday almost as quickly as it began. Mouhamud Muhidin, 34, stands accused of being part of the criminal gang that organized the vessel that crashed...