By SARA MALM and SIMON TOMLINSON Four teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with a fire at an Islamic boarding school in south east London, Scotland Yard said. About 130 children and staff were evacuated from Darul Uloom, a Muslim madrassa or religious school, in Chislehurst, Kent, just before midnight on Saturday. Two 17-year-olds...
‘Murdering old terrorist’: BNP leader Nick Griffin’s Twitter insult about ailing Nelson Mandela sparks fury
By KEITH GLADDIS BNP leader Nick Griffin sparked anger on Twitter yesterday by posting a series of offensive messages about Nelson Mandela. The former South African president is in a Pretoria hospital in a ‘serious but stable condition’ with his family at his bedside. But that didn’t stop Mr Griffin, the MEP for the North West,...
Accord key to end Jubaland stalemate, says Somali leader
By RASHID ABDI Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud has denied relations between Kenya and Somalia had soured following the setting up of a new administration in Jubaland headed by Sheikh Ahmed Madobe. In an interview with Nation’s Rashid Abdi, in Nairobi, President Hassan said his “special retreat” with President Kenyatta had put ties on a sure footing....
Somalia Cabinet rejects appeal for talks on border dispute with Kenya
By Malkhadir Muhumed Somalia: Somalia has turned down request from Kenya to re-open talks to demarcate maritime boundaries. This is the second time the issue is raising diplomatic rift between the two neighbours. The decision by Somalia’s Cabinet has the potential of discouraging oil companies from conducting offshore oil and gas explorations in contested waters. Some of...
Dhagayso Warka Radio Wardheer
Muqdisho,Juun 09,2013 (WDN)-Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobada Warka Radio Wardheer waxaa kamid ah: Xasan Sh oo ka digay sii socoshada Dagaalka Kismaayo, Dibadbax ay ka qeyb galeen masuuliyiinta dowlada oo Muqdisho ka dhacay Midowga Afrika oo baaq udiray dhinacyada ku dagaalamaya Kismaayo iyo Qodobo kale.
Somali refugee turns new life in Australia into OAM
Marissa Calligeros Wearing a pinstriped suit, Abdirahman ‘‘Abdi’’ Mohamud sits in a worn office chair talking frenetically on his mobile phone. About 12 minutes south of Brisbane’s CBD, Mr Mohamud’s convenience store is nestled on a slither of Beaudesert Road, Moorooka, unofficially christened ‘‘Africa town’’. The kilometre of road here is a testament to the...
Political Opposition Has New Energy in Ethiopia
Marthe van der Wolf ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian opposition supporters carried out their first peaceful protest against the government in eight years last week. The demonstration has raised hopes the ruling coalition will give political opponents more room to operate. Three opposition leaders from the past said that no matter what happens, the opposition faces major...
Suspicious’ Fire At Islamic Boarding School
Police investigate after scores of pupils and staff were evacuated from a boarding school during a “suspicious” fire. Some 128 pupils and staff have been evacuated after a “suspicious” fire broke out at an Islamic boarding school in London. Police were called to the Darul Uloom School, in Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, at 11.50pm on Saturday....
Syria in danger of becoming Somalia or Afghanistan: Siddiqui
U.S. inaction allows bloodletting to continue. By: Haroon Siddiqui Syria proves that the president of the United States remains the most powerful person on Earth. Despite relentless domestic and international pressure to do something, Barack Obama has refused to budge in his resolve not to get overtly involved. Absent America, there can be no humanitarian military...
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Madaxweynaha maamul goboleedka Jubbaland Md. Axmed Maxamed Islaam (Madoobe) ayaa ka halday dagaalada dhawaan ka dhacay magaalada Kismaayo iyo kulan uu la yeeshay madaxweyne Xasan Sh. Maxamuud Culusow. Halkan ka daawo warsaxafadeedk Md. Aadan Madoobe








