By Awad Mustafa and Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI // Somaliland’s new minister of foreign affairs has met UAE ministers and expatriates to discuss progress in his troubled homeland. Mohammed Behi Younis was Somalia’s top international diplomat and the architect of the world’s largest humanitarian relief operation in Darfur until he took up his new position six...
Africa Confidential The Jubaland agreement may have saved Somalia from a descent into disastrous factionalism. It is a glimmer of hope amid plenty of bad news. When the government of Somalia and the Jubaland administration of Ahmed Mohamed Islaan ‘Madobe’ signed an interim agreement on 27 August, the sighs of relief were audible. Both sides...
Muqdisho, September 9, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah,Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo safarro ku tagay magaalooyinka Jowhar iyo Beledweyne,Ra’iisul Wasaare saacid oo kulan kula qaatay Sanca dhigiisa Yemen,Kusimaha Ra’iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya ahna Wariiska arrimaha dibadda oo heshiis Muqdisho kula saxiixatay Wafdi ka socday dalka Shiinaha,iyo qodobo...
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has said the Ethiopian Somali Region has become beneficiary of the peace and development opportunities created in the Region over the past years. The Premier made the remark Sunday evening on an event held at Sheraton Addis that focused on Ethiopian Somalis’ culture and history organized by Heber Ethiopia: Art and...
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER WASHINGTON — An alleged Somali pirate is back in jail, less than 24 hours after he was released pending trial. Last Thursday, U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle ordered Ali Mohamed Ali released from custody. Huvelle said that Ali’s continued pretrial detention — 28 months and counting — violates his rights under...
By Michael Platt, QMI Agency CALGARY – His rights, as a convicted drug trafficker ordered deported to Somalia, were deemed more important than the guaranteed safety of Canadian citizens. And so, despite warnings that Bashir Gaashaan was a flight risk who posed a danger to the public, Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board let him go...
Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Md. Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ayaa sheegay in dawladdiisu ay qaadday tallaabooyin lagu xoojinayo dhinacayada ammaanka, maaraynta iyo dhawrista hantida dalka. Waraysi dheer oo ay shabakadda WardheerNews la yeelatay madaxweyne Xasan Sh. Maxamuud munaasabadda sannad guurada markii loo doortay xilka madaxweynenimada Soomaaliya oo ku beegan bishan Seb 10 keeda, ayuu kaga warramay...
The EU has announced that it will provide additional support of more than €124 million to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). This new financial support by the EU will cover costs including troop allowances for all AMISOM soldiers, police and civilian components of the mission, as well as operational costs of the mission headquarters...
Mogadishu (WDN)- September 10 marks the first anniversary of the Presidency of Hassan Sh. Mohamoud, who was sworn in on Sept 10, 2012 as the president of the Federal Government of Somalia. WardheerNews had the opportunity to interview President Hassan on this occasion. The interview covered many aspects of Somalia’s protracted civil unrest and his...