A firing squad has executed a soldier in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, after a military court convicted him of murdering a school pupil last year. A crowd, including children, saw the execution at the police academy in the city, according to photographs posted on state-run Radio Mogadishu’s website. The death penalty is legal in Somalia, a mostly...
Qoddabada warka raadiyo Wardheer ugu doorka roon waxaa ka mid ah: Musharrax u taagnaa xilka madaxtinimo ee maamulka Puntland oo qaadacay sida ay wax u wadaan guddiga xalinta qilaafyada, Ciidama ka mid ah kuwa dowladda Soomaaliya iyo AMISOM oo gawaari u xayirnaa shabaab qayba ka mid ah Hiiraan ka soo furtay iyo warar kale. Warka oo...
By FIONA MACRAE A crash diet that has been medically approved could help millions of Britons defeat diabetes. Men and women suffering from the disease were able to throw away their tablets after going on an extreme low-calorie diet for just two months. And 18 months later, some were still free of symptoms and said they...
Police investigating the death of a man shot dead inside a nightclub on Boxing Day have released pictures of two people they want to trace. Hassan Mohammed Omer Isman, 31, from Poplar in east London, died in hospital after suffering multiple gunshot wounds in the West End club. The incident happened at 3am on December 26...
International efforts have tightened the noose on Somalia’s infamous pirates, but the scourge is alive in West Africa and could well return to the country By Noah Rayman When five armed men in a small motorboat approached an oil tanker sailing off the coast of Somalia on Dec. 9, the crew sprang into action. They increased...
JEDDAH: Human body parts fell from the sky in the city of Jeddah Sunday, with police saying they could be the remains of a person trapped in an airplane’s wheel bay. “Police received a telephone call at 2:30 a.m. from a witness reporting the fall of human remains at an intersection in Mushrefa neighborhood” in...
More than 120 specialist security consultants – ex-Royal Marine contractors – deliver Port2Port’s services across the globe. A security firm which works to tackle Somali piracy on ships is expecting a turnover of more than £12million – two years after it was founded. Port2Port Maritime Ltd is headquartered in Manchester but also has offices in...
Wararka maanta waxaad ku dhageysan dontaan: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo kulan la qaatay danjire Nicholas Kay, R/wasaaraha Soomaaliya oo ugu hanbalyeeyay Barlamanka maamulka Puntlan sidii ay u doorteen Guddoonkooda iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Muqdisho, January 5, 2014—-Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Mudane Cabdiweli Sheekh Axmed Maxamed ayaa si weyn u soo dhoweeyay doorashadii guddoonka Baarlamaanka Puntland ee shalay lagu soo gabagabeeyay magaalada Garowe ee xarunta u ah dawlad goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya. Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya ayaa ku tilmaamay doorashadaasi mid u dhacday si huffan oo ku dayasho mudan. “Waxaan si weyn ugu hambalyaynayaa dhamaan...
We asked online readers to nominate an 11th Person to Watch in 2014. This community organizer, entrepreneur and activist gets the nod. By: Sarah Barmak Samuel Getachew is a man with many plans, and 2014 is the year they could bear fruit. For the Toronto community organizer, journalist, translator, campaigner and activist, the most ambitious is...