The African Union force in Somalia has said it is investigating an alleged gang rape involving its troops in the capital, Mogadishu. A Somali woman has alleged she was abducted, drugged and repeatedly raped earlier this month by officers from the national army and the AU force. The allegation has caused outrage in Mogadishu, and...
Mogadishu-August 15th, 2013; The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is investigating allegations of rape made against its soldiers in the Somali town of Maslah. AMISOM and the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) have formed a joint team to investigate the matter and appropriate action will be taken once the facts of the case have...
Attacks by pirates off the coast of Somalia have been contained to an extent but long-term regional solutions are what the third conference to be held in Dubai this September will actively discuss and seek to address. Foreign ministers, senior government officials, executives of maritime companies, and leading security experts will attend the conference...
By MAYA RAO Four who entered council race this week have first or last names similar to DFL-backed candidate’s. Four new East African candidates filed papers this week to run for aMinneapolis City Council seat in the Sixth Ward, where longtime Council Member Robert Lilligren is locked in a fierce fight against another Somali contender who...
Two Somali nationals were arraigned in court over separate cases of theft and damage to private property. Inspector Luke Bonello told Magistrate Giovanni Grixti, 16-year-old Abdinasir Noor Kinaan stole an iPhone 4s from Albert Nils Johan Karlstrom. The youth was also charged with handling stolen property. The court heard Kinaan plead not guilty and remanded...
Announcement comes amid security crackdown on pro-Morsi protesters which left at least 95 people dead nationwide. A state of emergency has been declared across Egypt, according to a presidential statement announced on state television. The state of emergency will begin at 4pm local time (14:00 GMT) and will last for a month, the statement said...
French Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) closed down all operations in Somalia Wednesday over attacks on its staff, accusing the Somalian leadership and armed groups of condoning “the killing, assaulting and abducting” of aid workers. Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) closed all its operations in war-torn Somalia on Wednesday, warning of...
BY JAY WEAVER A Miami-based FBI employee posed as a brother and sister who supported al-Qaida as a way to communicate in an Internet chat room with two men overseas. Now, the men are accused of plotting to finance the terrorist group’s battles in Syria and Somalia. The “online covert employee” assumed the role of...
Network to launch on Aug. 20, hoping to shed image borne post-9/11 After Mike Viqueira was hired as White House correspondent for Al Jazeera’s new American television venture, the former NBC News veteran braced for a barrage of negative reaction on Twitter. “I expected some comments from people unfamiliar with Al Jazeera,” Viqueira says. “Out...
Muqdisho, August 13, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, kulanti wacan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Dowlada Soomaaliya oo beenisay eedeyn ay ujeediyeen siyaasiyiin Nairobi ku sugan oo aheyd in amaanka Muqdisho uu faraha ka baxay,wasaaradda arrimaha gudaha oo ka hadashay howlgal ay ka fuliyeen gobolka Banaadir,xiisado dagaaleed oo ka jira gobollada...