By Mohamed Sheikh Nor and Sarah McGregor Former Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali was elected president of the semi-autonomous Puntland region in a vote by lawmakers, narrowly defeating the incumbent who conceded defeat. Ali beat Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud by a single ballot in the third round, according to the vote-counting ceremony broadcast on state...
By Charles Onyango-Obbo So Uganda has rushed troops to South Sudan, presumably to shore up the embattled regime of President Salva Kiir. The current crisis in Africa’s newest independent nation broke out about three weeks ago, with an alleged attempted coup. Kiir blamed his former deputy, the rather swashbuckling Dr Riek Machar. Kiir sacked Machar and...
Saeed Saeed The Arabs Got Talent contestant Jennifer Grout has reportedly converted to Islam. The 23-year-old American singer, famed for her pitch-perfect rendition of Arab classics despite not knowing the language, seems to have accepted the faith in a YouTube video released on Sunday. The video has her declaring the shahada – otherwise known as...
Wararka maanta aad maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah: Dowladda Soomaaliya oo mar kale diyaarad lagu soo daadgureeyo u dirtay shacabka Soomaaliyeed ee ku sugan dalka Koonfurta Suudan, Dibad bax lagu tageeraayo wax qabadka Turkiga oo ka dhacay Muqdisho iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
PRESS RELEASE After one of the worst years on record for the killing of journalists, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) renewed its call for the Federal Government of Somalia and other regional governments to take seriously their responsibility to investigate media killings and end attacks on the media. NUSOJ recorded 7 media workers,...
Mohamed Abdihakim failed to show up for his sentencing hearing in December and police think he may have escaped to Mogadishu A man convicted of raping an escort may have escaped to Somalia while another was jailed for seven years for the same crime. Police are hunting Mohamed Abdihakim, of Mackay House in the White...
Ilaah naxariistii janno ha ka waraabiyee waxaa caawa fiidnimadii xilliga bariga Afrika ku geeriyooday magaalada Jabuuti qoraagii Soomaaliyeed ee caanka ahaa Aw Jaamac Cumar Ciise. Marxuum Aw jaamac Cumar Ciise oo muddo dheer ku hawlannaa ururinta iyo qorista taariikhda iyo suugaanta Soomaalida ayaa la sheegay in uu beryahan dambe ku xanuunsanaya magaalada Jabuuti oo uu...
Guddida u qaabilsan baarlamaanka Puntland doorashada madaxtimada ee la filayo in ay maalinta Arbacada ee 8da bishan Janaayo ka qabsoonto Puntland, ayaa si rasmi ah u shaaciyay magacyada shakhsiyaadka u sharraxan jagada Madaxweynaha iyo ku xigeenkiisa. Musharrixiinta u tartamaysa jagada madaxweynaha Puntland ee buuxiyay shuruurdihii ay hore guddidaasi ugu xidheen, ayaa ay tiradoodu tahay 11...
EU will also take into consideration the humanitarian cost of piracy by Elena Ralli On January 1, the European Union assumed the one year chairmanship of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) with Maciej Popowski, Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) as EU chairperson. The EU is...
Jamal Osman A UK ban on khat – widely used in the Somali community – comes into force in the next few months. But there is anger in Kenya, where thousands of farmers depend on exports of the herbal stimulant. Somali campaigners against the herbal stimulant khat are celebrating on Tuesday, writes Jamal Osman. They have...