Gabe Joselow NAIROBI — Somali officials say they have captured a leading al-Shabab commander designated a terrorist by the United States. The new development underscores a growing rift within the group. Local officials in central Somalia say Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was captured in a coastal area around three in the morning. A spokesman for the...
Muqdisho, Juun 25, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxaa ka mid ah, Madaxweynaha Putland oo ka tacsiyeeyey allaha unaxariistee geeradii Boqor Cabdilaah Boqor Muuse oo Filand ku geeriyooday,Wasiirka Gaashaandhiga Dowlada Federaalka oo Baladweyne Gaaray, Warar kala duwan oo kasoobaxaya halka uu ku suganyahay Xassan Daahir Aweys kadib safarkiisii qarsoonaa ee...
Johannesburg,– United States president Barack Obama should use his visit to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, beginning June 26, 2013, to support besieged media outlets and independent groups across the African continent, Human Rights Watch said today. Independent media and nongovernmental organizations in much of Africa are increasingly under threat from government crackdowns, Human Rights...
The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday rescued 16 persons, three from Pakistan and 13 from Iran, who were left stranded by Somali pirates, off the Lakshadweep islands. They were rescued from a fishing boat called Al Husaini, which was stranded more than 250 nautical miles west of Lakshadweep islands, by Coast Guard vessel ICGS Varuna....
BY PROSPER MAKENE The government has refuted the claims that there are some Al-Shabaab terrorists among the 1,300 Somali refugees who have been granted full Tanzanian citizenship. The Somalis entered the country as refugees and were accommodated at Chogo settlement in Tanga Region. They are still in the process of being naturalised. Speaking in an...
Senior military figures have warned David Cameron not to cut the foreign aid budget – even as it emerged British taxpayers will fund a £14million new jail in Somalia. Nine prominent figures including former chiefs of the defence staff Sir Mike Richards and Lord Stirrup say international aid is ‘crucial to the UK’s national interests.’...
By Abdi Sheikh and Drazen Jorgic MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, June 24 (Reuters) – Somali money transfer businesses asked the British government to stop Barclays bank from closing their accounts in Britain, a move Somali officials and bankers said threatens remittances. Diaspora remittances are Somalia’s biggest foreign currency earner and many of its 10 million people rely on...
By Richard Lough and Edmund Blair NAIROBI, June 24 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund will offer Somalia technical support and advice, a first step in efforts to secure debt relief for the country emerging from two decades of civil conflict, the central bank governor said on Monday. The IMF officially recognised the Somali government...
Muqdisho, Juun 24, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxaa ka mid ah, Xildhibaanada Putland oo ka dooday joojinta Tahriibta,dagaalo qabiileed Kenya dhexmaray qabiilo Soomaaliyeed oo qasaare sababay,Xaladda Nelson Mandela oo laga deyrinayo kadib xanuun saameeyay Noloshiisa, iyo qodobo kale oo caalami ah
By PPS Daily Nation President Kenyatta vows to order use of force unless peace is restored in Mandera and Wajir; asks residents to immediately surrender arms. Meeting leaders from the two counties at State House, Nairobi on Monday, the President said the Government will take stern action against those who continue to fuel hostilities. More than...