BY EILEEN NG KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — World sea piracy fell for a third straight year in 2013, as Somali pirates were curbed by international naval patrols and improved ship vigilance, an international maritime watchdog said Wednesday. The International Maritime Bureau said global pirate attacks fell to a six-year low of 264, down from 297...
Special help being proposed to help students of Somali background succeed will actually stigmatize them, parents says. LUCAS OLENIUK / TORONTO STAR Protestors demonstrated outside of the Toronto District School Board Tuesday morning and voiced their displeasure with the TDSB Somali task force. They feel the program stigmatizes Somali children. By: Louise Brown Special help being...
By Faridah Lule Somalia was once an important centre for commerce. In 1991, however, civil war broke out when coalitions of clan-based armed groups ousted the nation’s military government. Despite interventions by the international community and various countries over the years, the conflict remains complex with little hope for a stable government and lasting peace. Most...
By Hussein Kesvani An Al-Shabaab military base in Kismayo, a Somalian city where many Bajuni people live It’s not difficult to empathize with failed asylum seekers. The usual story is as follows: flee your home country and put yourself in the hands of human traffickers, risking your life to travel thousands of miles—only to find...
Wararka maanta ee Raadiyo Wardheer waxaa ka mid ah: Barlamaanka Soomaaliya oo gabi ahaanba diiday atrinta la xidhiidha in aysan ka mid noqon karin xukuumada wasiirradii hore iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Abubakar Mukhtar fled civil war in his country of birth only to find homelessness and indifference in Rome. He now has work and a place at university. But, he says, his journey is far from over Lizzy Davies Mukhtar, 28, says he ended up living for three years in Italy with ‘not a euro’ to...
The Ministry of Labor has issued a warning that some Ethiopian recruitment companies are still advertising the services of workers despite a ban being in place. Hattab Al-Enizi, spokesman of the ministry, said that the Ethiopian government had stopped sending workers to all Arab countries at the end of October 2013. The ban is in...
By KEVIN KELLEY The terror attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall in September 2013 shone the spotlight on the dangers facing Al Shabaab, analysts said at a recent forum in Washington. The killing of more than 60 people at the mall in Nairobi has “profoundly negative consequences” for a faction within Al Shabaab that is focused more...
By Adam Bienkov The government has made no assessment of the extent to which crime levels in Yemeni and Somali communities will rise after khat is banned, a minister has admitted. Home Office minister Norman Baker said the ban would lead to rising street prices for the drug, but insisted it was “too early” to judge...
Waarka maanta ee Raadiyo Wardheer waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan: Munaasabad lagu xusayay dhalashada Nabiga Maxamed (SCW) oo ka dhaccday madaxtooyada iyo qaybo badan oo ka mid ah goballada dalka Soomaaliya, madaxweyne Gaas oo maanta ka qayb galay munaasabad uu xilka kula wareegayay guddoomiyaha cusub iee baarlamaanka Puntland yo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka...