By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Al-Shabaab leaders Friday took advantage of Eid-el-Fitr prayers to urge more Somalis to join jihad (holy war) against forces protecting the federal government in Mogadishu. Accompanied by their heavily armed lieutenants, the militants said their push for an Islamic state would not be stopped by African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) troops. Sheikh...
Diyaaradii hubka siday ee saaka dabka ku qabsaday garoonka diyaaradaha Muqdisho ayaa lagu guuleystay in la damiyo, inkastoo mararka qaar la maqlayay qaraxyo ay sameyneyso, maadaama hub kala duwan uu saarnaa diyaarada. Diyaarada oo ay ku gubatay wadada Run-wayga ee diyaaradaha ka haadaan, ayaa keentay in diyaarado badan oo saakay garoonka ka soo degay ay...
The closure of UK bank accounts belonging to cash-transfer firms would force many people to find new ways of sending money home. What are the alternatives? Mark Tran Barclays has decided to close the accounts of about 250 money-transfer businesses, a move that could badly affect the flow of remittances toSomalia as it lacks a banking system. What are the options...
By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post WASHINGTON — He was a San Diego cab driver who fled Somalia as a teenager, winning asylum in the United States after he was wounded during fighting among warring tribes. Today, Basaaly Moalin, 36, is awaiting sentencing following his conviction on charges that he sent $8,500 to Somalia in...
Muqdisho, August 9, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Ciidan wanaagsan dhamaan dhageystayaal,Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxaa ka mid ah, Diyaarad la sheegay in ay saanad ciidan u siday ciidamada AMISOM oo ku burburtay garoonka diyaaradha Muqdisho,madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Shiikh oo sheegay in gogol nabadeed uu u fidinayo shacabka degan Jubooyinka,wasiirka gaashaandhiga Jabuuti oo gaaray...
Mogadishu-August 9th, 2013; An Ethiopian Air Force flight today crash landed at Mogadishu International Airport killing four crew members and injuring two others. The two are currently receiving medical attention at the AMISOM hospital in Mogadishu. The air crash occurred shortly before 0800hrs when the plane burst into flames upon landing. Emergency medical and fire...
An Ethiopian military aircraft carrying ammunition crash-landed at Mogadishu’s international airport on Friday, bursting into flames and killing four of the six crew members. The Soviet-made Antonov 24 plane got into trouble in the air and then missed the runway, hurtling into the ground shortly after 0400 GMT and setting off the ammunition. Ethiopian troops...
MOGADISHU // Families of some of the more than 50 sailors and fishermen held hostage by Somali pirates begged for their release yesterday, with some imprisoned now for more than two years. “We are in desperate condition living with little hope to see our beloved soon,” said the message from families of the crew of...
A recent attack on the Turkish mission in Mogadishu has worried diplomats and foreign students Studying in Istanbul on a full government scholarship, Somali student Nur Hassan Bukhari is worried that attacks targeting Turkish interests could derail relations between the two countries. “It was brutal,” Bukhari told Al Jazeera of a bombing on the Turkish mission in...
By Shaun Waterman Al Qaeda’s branch in Somlia has had the greatest success of any of the terror network’s franchises in recruiting Americans, and a video it released Wednesday shows why. Though he was killed four years ago, Troy Kastigar of Minnesota remains an articulate recruiter for al-Shabab, al Qaeda’s franchise in Somalia that has been part of a long-running Islamic...