By Tara McKelvey BBC News, Washington Three Somalis are on trial for piracy in Norfolk, Virginia, the home of the US Navy’s Atlantic fleet. Abukar Osman Beyle sat in a federal courtroom in Norfolk on a recent summer morning. The place was quiet, except for a jingle of keys and jewellery as men and women,...
By SAPA Johannesburg – South Africa wants the world to recognise that Somalis have a safe home in the country, International Relations and Co-operation Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said on Tuesday. Somalis had equal opportunities in South Africa, he said after talks with his Somalian counterpart Jamal Barrow in Pretoria. “We were therefore extremely disheartened...
Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) – The governor of the Central Bank of Somalia denied on Tuesday allegations in a U.N. report linking him to irregularities regarding millions of dollars withdrawn from the bank, saying the charges were malicious and baseless. Somalia, under a Western-backed government that took office last year, is trying to rebuild after...
Muqdisho, july 2, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Madaxweyne Xasan Shiikh oo waraaqda aqoonsiga ka gudoomay safiirka cusub ee Ingiriiska, barlamaanka Soomaaliya oo kulan xasaasi ah yeeshay, Qaar ka mid ah dhaawacyada dagaaladii ka dhacay Kismaayo oo Muqdisho iyo Gaalkacyo la geeyay iyo qodobo kale...
ERIN ANDERSSEN Standing in the bare-bones operating room in Hargeysa, Somaliland, Fahima Osman knew her patient, a 26-year-old man with a bowel obstruction, wouldn’t make it without surgery. Back home in Canada, she’d have no doubt she could save him – as she did a few months later for an elderly Toronto woman who went home...
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An Iranian ship laden with arms seized by Yemeni authorities in January may also have been bound for Somalia, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. Yemeni forces intercepted the ship, the Jihan 1, off Yemen’s coast on January 23. U.S. and...
Sean Williams A Chinese-owned tanning factory based in Somaliland has been accused of dumping dangerous chemicals in waterways for years. But the government has failed to intervene for fear of spooking foreign investment, according to local people. Jeronimo Group of Industries and Trading PLC, a subsidiary of Chinese glove-making firm Phiss, is the first and only foreign-owned...
By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Money at the Central Bank of Somalia is not used to run government institutions in the war-torn Horn of Africa country, with an average 80 percent of withdrawals made for private purposes, according to a U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. The confidential report...
By Mahad Gelle Various representatives from the country’s security forces, cultural groups and government arms gathered at the stadium to mark the significant milestone with marches, entertaining performances and speeches. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended the event with a retinue of government officials. “I’d like to congratulate all Somali people, everywhere, on the 53rd anniversary...
Muqdisho, july 1, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Xuska kowda Luulyo oo lagu qabtay gudaha dalka iyadoona madaxda dowladdu ay goob-joog ka ahaayeen munaasabadda, bannaanbax lagu taageerayo Xasan Daahir oo Muqdisho ka dhacay ,Putland oo difaacday ciiddamada Kenya ee ku sugan Kismaayo, mudaaharaadyo kasoconaya Masar...