Author: Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As a senior United Nations official in Afghanistan during the 2001 invasion, Antonio Donini saw firsthand the damage done as a result of humanitarians allying themselves with warring parties. There is a risk of the same mistakes being made in Somalia, he said, as the West throws itself wholeheartedly behind...
Muqdisho, Juun 13, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxa ka mid ah; Gaari Hub uwaday Shabaab oo Sh/Hoose lagu qabtay, dowlada oo sagootisay safiirkii Britain ee Soomaaliya, Maamulka Ximan iyo Xeeb oo Madaxweyne cusub doortay iyo qodobo kale.
June 13, 2013: A growing number of Somalis are returning, often from sanctuary they found in Western countries. About 4,000 a month are returning from refugee camps in Kenya, but those from Western nations bring cash (sometimes a lot) and new skills. In Mogadishu there is economic opportunity and that is expected to eventually extend...
DUBAI, UAE, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Mr. Arun Panchariya, the Principal of Global Finance & Capital Limited (GFCL), today announced that the UK FCA registered corporate finance adviser has been appointed to provide exclusive advisory services to the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Somalia’s first ‘National Infrastructure & Development Fund’ (NIDF) will be administered by a newly created...
By Ciaran Fagan Members of the Somali community fear they are suffering an anti-Islamic backlash following the death of soldier Lee Rigby. Somalis said they have been spat at, verbally abused and, in some cases, thugs have tried to pull off women’s veils or scarves. Jawaahir Daahir, founder and chief executive of Somali Development Services,...
By David Hanners A judge wants a competency evaluation to see if a former janitor understands what will happen if he drops the appeal of his conviction and 20-year sentence for aiding the terrorist group al-Shabaab. Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis’ decision to have Mahamud Said Omar examined by an expert came at the...
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU Kenya: The simmering tension between the Government of Mogadishu and that in Nairobi over the establishment of Somali’s breakaway State of Jubaland has gotten intervention from a likely source. State of Jubaland President, Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, has said Kenya is not behind the establishment of his newly breakaway state. Madobe, who was recently elected President of the semi-autonomous region,...
Muqdisho, Juun 12, 2013 (WDN)- Madaxweynaha Jamhuurriyadda Federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya Md. Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ayaa wafdi aad u ballaaran oo ka socda Midowga Yurub maanta kula kulmay magaalada Muqdisho, wafdigaas oo ah kii ugu ballaarnaa ee ururka Midowga Yurub ka socda ee Muqdisho soo gaara. Wafdigan, oo uu hoggaaminaayay guddoomiyaha Midowga Yurub u qaabilsan...
By RASHID ABDI Events in the southern Somali port city ofKismayu are on a fast-moving escalator as violence intensifies and armed factions mobilise and adopt offensive postures. Two days of deadly violence between the Ras Kamboni Brigade (RKB) and militiamen loyal to Iftin Basto, one of the many claimants to the contested Jubaland presidency, has left scores...
Nairobi-The European Union’s Political and Security Committee (PSC), the key body that contributes to define and monitor the EU’s crisis response as part of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, made its first visit to Somalia. The visit underlined the commitment of the EU to the new political dispensation and the people of Somalia,...