By Teresa Carson PORTLAND, Oregon Thirteen Muslim Americans challenging the U.S. governments’ secretive “no-fly” list won a partial victory in federal court when a judge found they “have a constitutionally protected liberty interest” in travelling internationally by air. But U.S. District Judge Anna Brown has yet to decide whether the government violated their constitutional rights...
Muqdisho, August 30, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Madaxweyne Xasan Shiikh oo ka hadlay wax-qabadka maamulkiisa xilligii uu jiray,Wasiirada arrimaha dibadda Soomaaliya oo dalka dib ugu soo laabatay Kadib safar muddo ay ugu maqneyd shiinaha,Mareykanka oo sheegay in diidmada baralamaanka Ingiriiska aysan ka hor...
Women and children living in Somalia’s makeshift camps for displaced people face a high risk of rape and other sexual violence, Amnesty International said today after returning from a research trip to the country. The organization’s researchers spoke with dozens of women and girls who felt at risk of sexual violence. Some of them, one as...
By NICK MCDERMOTT Jet lag could soon be cured after the discovery of a gene which prevents us from adjusting to new time zones. When flying long-haul, it can take some travellers days before they overcome the fatigue and can enjoy a good night’s sleep. But they’ll be relieved to know that a pill to beat...
MINNEAPOLIS — A new defendant is appearing in federal court in Minneapolis in the case of men who left Minnesota to fight in Somalia with the terror group al-Shabab. Saynab Hussein is making her first appearance Thursday on one charge of perjury. An entry in the court docket indicates she plans to enter a plea. In a...
By Drazen Jorgic and Edmund Blair The president of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region said the central government was undermining plans to create a federal system and that he would develop potential oil resources in his area even without a revenue-sharing deal with Mogadishu. Abdirahman Mohamud Farole’s remarks in a Reuters interview show the deep national...
Muqdisho, August 29, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Mas’uuliyiin ka tirsan dowlada Soomaaliya iyo maamulka KMG ee Jubba oo ka hadlay heshiiskii Adiss ababa, Shaqaalaha dowlada oo markii ugu horeysay mushaar ka qaadanaya Bangiga Dhexe,Dagaallo xooggan oo ka soconaya dalka Congo,iyo qodobo kale oo...
About 450 Ethiopians of Jewish descent have been repatriated to Israel, concluding an Israeli government-backed scheme to relocate the community. Their migration was “historic”, Israel’s Minister of Absorption Sofa Landver is quoted as saying. Many members of the Falash Mura community lived in poor conditions in northern Ethiopia. The Falash Mura’s ancestors converted to Christianity...
Double voting in a federal election is a felony. But the Holder DOJ hasn’t acted, so far. About 50 men and women packed a Rice County courtroom Tuesday afternoon as two Somali women pleaded not guilty to charges of voter fraud stemming from the general election last November. Farhiya Abdi Dool, 38, and Amina A Hassan,...
MSF’s withdrawal from Somalia this month raises important questions about what constitute acceptable conditions to work in Hannah Vaughan-Lee On 14 August, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced that, after 22 years, it was closing all its activities in Somalia as “the situation in the country has created an untenable imbalance between the risks and compromises our staff...