Jim Paulin, Dutch Harbor Fisherman Is khat catching on among seafood industry workers trying to stay awake while working long hours of overtime, joining a long list of more familiar stimulants from coffee to pharmaceutical amphetamines? Maybe. Khat, a drug well known in east Africa, has likely made another appearance in Unalaska. On June 30,...
By: Nick Martin Just how old is Manitoba soccer phenom Ali Musse? Musse plays on Canada’s national under-17 team and has already competed internationally with a passport showing him born in Somalia in 1996. But both the Canadian and Manitoba soccer associations at one time believed Musse was born in 1994. There’s been online chatter...
Muqdisho, july 20, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxaa ka mid ah, Dowlada oo faa-faahin ka bixisay ujeedada heshiiska New deal iyo sharciga saxaafadda,qarax AMISOM lagula eegtay Kismaayo,Qaramada Midoobay oo walaac ka muujisay sharciga cusub ee warbaahinta Soomaaliya,Israa’iil iyo Falastiin oo wada hadal uu Mareykanka ugu furmayo, iyo qodobo...
Reuters – The governor of the Central Bank of Somalia said on Thursday he had asked the United Nations for help in conducting an independent audit of the nascent institution after U.N. monitors described it as a “slush fund” for private purposes. U.N. experts, who monitor Security Council sanctions on Somalia and Eritrea, reported that...
By Jason Beaubien Somalia hadn’t had a case of polio for nearly six years. But in the past few months, the virus has come back. Now the East African country has the worst polio outbreak anywhere in the world. Twenty new cases of polio were reported this week in Somalia by the Global Polio Eradication...
Project aims at rebuilding war-torn nation’s rich literary history one story at a time. By: Michelle Shephard It is hard to imagine the faded yellow building, where a few families eke out an existence, was once Somalia’s National Library. Mogadishu’s ruins blend one building to the next, so there is little to distinguish it from...
NEW YORK (AFP) – UN sanctions experts have complained to the UN Security Council that Facebook refuses to answer questions about ship hijackings suspected to be organized on social media sites. In a new report released Friday, the experts — who monitor a UN arms embargo against Somalia as well as sanctions against accused pirates...
Muqdisho, july 19, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxaa ka mid ah, Madaxweyne Xasan Shiikh oo beeniyay in lacag Qadar ka timid lagu doortay, dilal ka dhacay magaalada Muqdisho iyo Cali Maxamed Geedi oo cambaareeyay ,wafdi kasocda Qaramada Midoobay oo ku sugan Kimsaayo iyo qodobo kale oo caalami ah.
By Heidi Vogt Wall Street Journal NAIROBI, Kenya—A United Nations report published Wednesday paints a dark picture of rampant corruption within Somalia’s fledgling government, a portrait that could turn off donor countries that bankroll the country’s budget. The almost one-year-old Somali government still controls only sections of the country around the capital of Mogadishu and...
Nairobi ( Daily Nation) A medical relief agency operating at the Dadaab Camp has joined calls urging the Kenyan government to delay relocation of Somali refugees. Doctors without Borders (MSF), that operates a 300-bed hospital in Dagahaley sub-camp, said most of the regions in Somalia are not yet favourable for them to operate. According to...