BY MICHELLE NICHOLS An African bid to postpone the International Criminal Court trials of Kenya’s president and his deputy failed at the United Nations on Friday, which Kenya called a humiliation for Africa. The African Union had requested that the U.N. Security Council defer the cases against Uhuru Kenyatta and his number two, William Ruto,...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Origins and growth of Africa’s most dangerous Islamist group
By MALKHADIR M MUHUMED In his new book, Norwegian scholar Stig Jarle Hansen attempts to connect the dots on the Al Shabaab militia. In 2005, while a US-funded secret war against Islamists in Somalia was in progress, a group of like-minded young men decided that if they were to win the war, they would have to...
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Drinking even one strong coffee in the afternoon can knock an HOUR off your sleep
By EMMA INNES An after dinner coffee can disrupt your sleep for most of the night, reducing the amount of shut-eye you get by up to an hour, according to new research. The hot drink’s stimulating effects last for up to six hours meaning even a coffee before you leave work can interrupt your sleep. The...
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FM meets Somali top diplomat
KUWAIT,(KUNA) — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received Friday Somali Foreign Minister Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adan on the occasion of her visit to Kuwait to participate in the 3rd African-Arab Summit, due on November 19-20. The two officials discussed issues of mutual interest, and Adan expressed her country’s gratitude...
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Saudi Arabia: Ethiopian illegals block traffic, terrorize people
MD AL-SULAMI & IBRAHIM NAFFEE Jeddah police arrested 20 illegal workers from Ethiopia for creating chaos and blocking traffic on a key artery on Thursday morning. Police said the workers blocked traffic on King Fahd Road in Sharafiyah district, close to Mahmoud Saeed (Oasis Mall). Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq, Jeddah police spokesman, said the police received...
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US report: Kenya, Somali terror groups may target US interests in Kenya, advises vigilance
NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.S. government is warning that a Kenyan terror group with links to the Somali group al-Shabab may seek to target the American private sector in Kenya. A recent report from the U.S. State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council says the anti-West ideology shared by al-Shabab and the Kenyan terror group al-Hijra...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Warka waxaad ku maqli doontaan: guddoomiyaha barlamaanka oo ugu digay Xildhibaannada in ay ka hor dhacaan wax aanay shaqo hadda ku lahayn shacabkana ka dalbaday in ay barlamaanka ku kalsoonaadaan iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegyso
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Last of Somali pirates sentenced in murders of Americans
NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) – The last of the Somali pirates convicted of killing four Americans aboard a yacht sailing off the Horn of Africa in 2011 have been sentenced in federal court to multiple life sentences, authorities said on Thursday. Prosecutors originally sought the death penalty, but the jury that found the men guilty in...
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Gambia detains 2 Britons over fraud
Banjul – Gambian authorities have arrested two British nationals of Somali origin over allegations of their involvement in a huge communication fraud in the country, intelligence sources said on Thursday. Abdourazak Hazi and Faizal Ahmed Jama were arrested by intelligence officers on Tuesday for the alleged fraud perpetrated on the state-run network. They were apparently...
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Father loses his five children and their mother to Somali cyclone
Reports from Puntland, a semiautonomous region in North-eastern Somalia, indicate that the disaster caused by cyclone 03A that hit the region this week is more devastating than originally thought. On Thursday, a father, Ahmed Hassan, told the BBC Somali Service that he lost five children and their mother. “I had six kids in my house,...