Shabab Militants Draw Money From East Africa’s Underworld: The group has profited from Illicit ivory, kidnappings, piracy ransoms, smuggled charcoal, extorted payments from aid organizations and even fake charity drives. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and NICHOLAS KULISH NAIROBI, Kenya — Illicit ivory, kidnappings, piracy ransoms, smuggled charcoal, extorted payments from aid organizations and even fake charity drives pretending to collect...
A Kenyan parliamentary committee is to call for camps for Somali refugees in the country to close in the wake of the Westgate mall attack, a senior MP says. Ndung’u Gethenji, head of the defence committee, told the BBC he had reports that “some of these facilities are being used as a training ground”. More...
Qoddobada warka aannu maanta idiinku haynno waxaa ka mid ah xukuumadda oo ka qatbqaadatay kulamo lagu dhexdhexaadinayo beelo wada dega gobollada Mudug iyo Galgaduud, Waddaad lagu xidhay magaalada Hargeysa iyo warar kale. Warka oo faahfaahsan hoos ka dhegeyso
British bank extends deadline for Dahabshiil account closure, but condemns injunction application as baseless The Somali money-transfer operator Dahabshiil has won a further reprieve after it sought an injunction against Barclays‘ decision to close its account. Monday was the deadline for Dahabshiil to leave Barclays, the last big UK bank to hold accounts for cash-transfer businesses....
The global community must not allow the Westgate terrorist attack to overshadow the progress achieved in the region The recent terrorist attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi,Kenya, is a stark and tragic warning of what can happen if the world neglects Somalia. The international community has turned a blind eye to the Horn of Africafor too long,...
In the aftermath of the violent shopping centre siege that left dozens of people dead, many in Kenya and neighbouring Somalia are searching for answers about why and how the attack could happen. Andrew Harding A few months ago, I was sitting in Dr Yaseen Nur’s kitchen, above his private hospital in Mogadishu. Some wounded...
Samantha Lewthwaite’s story may never be fully known, but I know from experience that some converts to Islam, desperate to prove themselves, end up radicalised Khadija Magardie In Islamic circles it isn’t polite to call a new adherent a convert. The preferred term is a “revert”. The idea is that Islam is the natural state...
Media blackout imposed after Khartoum gripped by anti-austerity demonstrations during week in which dozens were killed Thousands of Sudanese protesters have taken to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, chanting “freedom” and renewing calls for their longtime autocratic president to resign after dozens of people were killed in a week of demonstrations sparked by austerity...
An Ethiopian housemaid committed suicide at the women’s ward of the Abyar Ali Penitentiary in Madinah on Friday. The domestic worker had been in prison since the end of August, a local daily reported Saturday. “The 23-year-old inmate was found hanging by her head scarf at about 8 a.m. She was immediately taken down and...
Disaffected Somali youths are a target for terrorist organization. No one with a grip on reality would describe Somalia as “the real Disneyland.” But thanks to YouTube, the terror organization Al-Shabab is selling that glossy image to prospective recruits. It might seem implausible that there would be takers. The Twin Cities area is home to...