By: ANTHONY LONETREE Hussein Samatar, who made history in Minnesota when he was elected to the Minneapolis school board and attracted attention internationally for his work with small businesses, died Sunday after a battle with leukemia. He was 45 and was credited with helping dozens of African immigrants carve out new lives as entrepreneurs. “I...
By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON Boys whose fathers work very long hours are more likely to become tearaways, according to new research. A study of more than 1,400 children found those whose fathers worked more than 55 hours a week were more delinquent and aggressive than their peers, yet the same phenomenon was not identified in daughters. Further...
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Two men on Sunday agreed to share a woman in a written contract in which they vowed never to fight over her. The pair from Kisimani in Kisauni, Mombasa County, made the deal after realising they have both been having an affair with the woman for more than four years. Community policing...
Muqdisho, August 25, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah,Diyaaraad Muqdisho ka qaaday Wafdi dowlada iyo Ahlu Sunna ah oo ku sigatay inay bur-burto iyo dhawac ka dhashay,Wada-hadalladii Wafuuda Dowlada Soomaaliya Iyo garabka Sh Axmed Madoobe ee Adiss Ababa oo laga cabsi qabo inay fashilmaan iyo...
It has come to the knowledge of Puntland Government that the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) is planning to organize a one-sided, self-proclaimed ‘National Conference’ in Mogadishu and FGS has produced a brief document regarding this conference, entitled “Vision 2016: Transitioning Towards Democracy”. The final draft of the conference’s Concept Note, produced in August 2013,...
A Somali teenager was remanded in custody today after seriously injuring a co-national who objected to him wearing earrings on the basis of faith. The man, whose name cannot be mentioned by court order because he is still a minor, was involved in the scuffle at the bus terminus outside City Gate in Valletta. He...
Somalia’s government has demanded UN sanctions be lifted from a businessman accused of being a chief financier for Al-Qaeda inspired insurgents fighting the internationally-backed authorities, the information minister said Sunday. Banker and businessman Ali Ahmed Nur Jimale, who was placed on a United Nations Security Council sanction list in February 2012, is accused of being...
The AFM’s Special Duties Enhanced Boarding Team (SDEBT) made up of three Officers and 19 other ranks, deployed off the coast of Somalia late last month, were yesterday involved in anti-piracy operation. The image shows the AFM team conducting one of a series of anti-piracy missions. The EU is one of the international actors contributing...
Barnaamijka Raadraac ee maanta waxaan idiinku soo gudbinaynaa qaybtii 2aad ee wareysigii aan la yeelanay Xasan Maxamed Abukar, kuna saabsanaa dhaqdhaqaaqyada Islaamiga ah ee Soomaaliya. Waxaa barnaamijka idiin soo diyaariyay, soona jeedinaya Khaliil C/raxmaan
When bullets tore through the streets of Kismayu in June, leaving over 70 dead as rival militias fought twice for control of the Somali port city, many international aid agencies halted a cautious scale-up of activities. One of the few to stay was the World Health Organisation (WHO). “For us, conflict means casualties. We are...