By Michael Shank Aid groups are leaving because of violent attacks. But the biggest problem is that the West is undermining any progress. By Michael Shank Despite the news that Doctors Without Borders is quitting Somalia after 20-plus years in the country, due to an increase in violent attacks, the biggest war waged in Somalia...
MOGADISHU – Aid workers in war-torn Somalia are struggling to contain a dangerous outbreak of the crippling polio virus, with rampant insecurity hampering efforts, the United Nations said Friday. Six years after the Horn of Africa nation was declared free of the virus, at least 105 cases have been confirmed in Somalia, the “worst outbreak...
Muqdisho, August 17, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah,Al Shabaab oo ciidamo booliis ah ku dishay gudaha Kenya,maxkamada ciidamada qalabka sida ee dowlada Soomaaliya oo dil toogasho ah ku xukuntay edeysane loo heystay inuu dilay Wariye Absuge,in kabadan 90 qof oo ku dhintay dibadbaxayada rabshadaha...
An Ethiopian housemaid committed a suicide by hanging herself inside the bathroom at her employer’s house in the Gulf Kingdom, police said on Saturday. The Saudi employer found the maid, in her 30s, hanging in the bathroom at his house in the eastern Saudi province of Ihsa, they said. “Forensic examination showed the maid had...
NAIROBI — Somalia is suffering an “explosive” outbreak of polio and now has more cases than the rest of the world combined, an official said Friday. Vaccination teams face a daunting challenge: accessing areas of Somalia controlled by al-Qaeda-linked militants, where seven of 10 children aren’t fully immunized. Polio is considered mostly eliminated globally, except...
GENEVA — The United Nations says that rape and sexual abuse is widespread throughout Somalia, though cases remain seriously underreported. A new report notes during the first half of the year, from January to June, some 800 cases of sexual and gender-based violence were reported in the capital, Mogadishu, alone. Sexual and gender-based violence has been...
Somalis fare much worse than other immigrants; what holds them back? BARBER shops are excellent places for gossip. Hassan Ali’s place in Kentish Town is no different. The north Londoner arrived in Britain from Somalia with dreams of becoming a mechanic. But he was good at cutting hair: you do whatever work you can, he...
Xiriirka kubadda cagta aduunka ee FIFA ayaa magaalada Muqdisho Siminaar ugu furay tababarayaasha kooxaha kubadda cagta dalka. Aqoon kororsigan ayaa waxaa uu socon doonaa afar maalmood,iyadoona mudadaas lagu baran doono duruus ku aadan qaabka tababarnimo ee kubadda cagta. Macalimiinta bixinaya Siminaarkan oo ah Ajnabi ayaa qaarkood waxay u dhasheen Jaziirada Siishalis. UllricMathios oo ah Macalinka...
Muqdisho, August 16, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Xildhibaano ka tirsan barlamaanka dowlada Soomaaliya oo gaaray Kismaayo,ururka xiriirka kubadda cagta FIFA oo siminaar ugu furay Muqdihso macalimiin Soomaaliyeed,Siminaar magalada Nairobi Loogu soo gabogabeeyay xildhibaanada haweenka barlamaanka Federaalka,iyo qodobo kale oo caalami ah,
By Jessica Elgot The medical aid charity, Médecins Sans Frontières, reputed for working in some of the world’s most dangerous areas, is to pull out from Somalia, saying it can no longer stand the killing, kidnapping and intimidation of its staff. ‘Doctors Without Borders’ has spent 22 years in the country, blamed the country’s authorities in south...