By Abdi Sheikh Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab rebel group threatened to keep attacking “disbelievers” without respite, a day after launching a deadly assault against the United Nations in the capital Mogadishu. Security was tight on Thursday as Somali army pick-up trucks mounted with heavy machine guns blocked the main road linking the city center with the fortified...
By Andrew Altenbern POSTVILLE (KWWL) -One man is in jail and another in the hospital after an alleged stabbing Tuesday evening in Postville. It happened at approximately 7:00 p.m. in Postville’s Agri Star meat processing plant. Postville Police say 23-year-old John Herrera, of Postville, is the suspect in the stabbing of 29-year-old Abdikani Hassan, 29, of West Liberty. Following...
By NICOLA ROWE A child’s diet at the age of three could determine its risk of heart disease as an adult, researchers say. A study found that the effects of unhealthy eating begin at an early age, with the tell-tale signs of cholesterol noticeable in children aged between three and five. This suggests interventions to protect...
Muslim and Arab Americans have been targets of intrusive monitoring programs even when they ‘have nothing to hide’ Anna Lekas Miller One of the most common responses from the 66% of American citizensin favor of the NSA‘s data-collection programs is, “I have nothing to hide, so why should I have anything to fear?” But what if you...
STATE-owned arms maker Denel was on Wednesday evening trying to establish the circumstances of the deaths of three of its staff employed in the United Nations compound in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Two South African staff members and one Somali worker died during a deadly assault carried out on the compound by Islamist militants on...
Dowladda Soomaaliya, ayaa cambaareysay weerar abaabulan oo saaka barkhadii lagu qaaday xarrunta QM ee Muqdisho ay ku leedahay, halkaas oo ay ku dhinteen dad kor u dhaafaya 20 ruux, oo isugu jira ajaaniib iyo dad kale oo Soomaali ah. Sidoo kale xog-hayaha guud ee QM Ban Ki moon, ayaa weerarkaasi ku tilmaamay mid laga naxo,...
Muqdisho, Juun 19, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Qarax ismiidaamin ah oo lagu qaaday xarunta UNDP Muqdisho iyo dad ku dhintay,Qaramada midoobay iyo dowlada Federaalka oo cambaareyay qaraxa UNDP Muqdisho,Daalibaan iyo Mareykanka oo wada hadal bilaabaya, Obaama oo safar ku joogaa Jarmalka iy,iyo Qodobo kale...
Postville, Iowa ( WDN)- Abdiqani Shukri Hassan a poultry worker in Agri Star Meat and Poultry of Postville Iowa, was lifted into an area hospital after a co-worker from Mexico stabbed him with a knife. He bled profusely for couple of hours after company officials refused to call police or take him to area hospitals . WardheerNews...
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release AMISOM condemns attack on UNCC compound in Mogadishu Mogadishu, Somalia; 19th June 2013; The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has strongly condemned today’s terrorist attack on the United Nations Common Compound in Mogadishu by Al-Shabaab terrorists. “We strongly...
Al-Shabab militants have claimed responsibility for what officials are calling a suicide bomb attack on a United Nations compound in the Somali capital. Police say a suicide bomber set off a powerful explosion outside the offices of the U.N. Development Program near the airport in Mogadishu early Wednesday. Witnesses reported heavy gunfire between militants and...