A Somali-American man was found guilty on Thursday of trying to blow up a Christmas-tree lighting ceremony in Oregon using a fake bomb supplied to him by undercover agents posing as Islamist militants, the public defender’s office said. Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a naturalize U.S. citizen and former Oregon State University student, faces a possible...
April 18, 2026
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Two ‘Somali pirates’ jailed in Japan: report
Two men who attempted to hijack a Japanese tanker off the coast of Oman were jailed for 10 years by Tokyo District Court on Friday, a report said, in the first piracy prosecution in Japan. The two were among four African men arrested in March 2011 over the attack in the Indian Ocean. Men armed...
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RaadRaac: Waraysi Dr. Siciid Sh. Samatar
RaadRaac: Waraysiga waxa uu Barre sare Siciid Sh. Samatar kaga hadlayaa guud ahaan xaalada Soomaaliya, iyo sababaha dhaliya in ay Soomaaliya ilaa hadda u degi la’dahay.Waraysiga waxaa qaaday Khaill C/raxmaan.
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In Somaliland, less money has brought more democracy
By Nick Eubank As the humanitarian crisis in southern Somalia threatens millions of lives, Somalia’s little-known northern neighbour, Somaliland, is doing so well that its government recently offered to send aid across the border. That a small and relatively poor country that is also suffering from the ongoing drought would be in a position to...
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Fallout from war on terror hits Ethiopia
By Paul Salopek; Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent JIJIGA, Ethiopia – The gray-faced young man lying in bed number 15 of the run-down local hospital wasn’t much of a talker. In truth, few people are these days in Jijiga, a desert town whose tense streets are patrolled by swarms of Ethiopian police. But Nur Omar Ali,...