Nayroobi, 07 Juun 2013 – Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamud ,ayaa aad iyo aad uga xumaaday dagaallo saakay ka dhacay magaalada Kismaayo, kuna baaqay in si deg deg ah loo joojiyo collaadaha iyo dagaallada Soomaalida dhexdeeda ah. Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ayaa ugu horreyntii yir “ Waxaan tacsi kal iyo lab ah u direyaa...
Muqdihso,Juun 07,2013 (WDN) Wararka Radio Wardheer waxaa ka mid ah:-dibad-baxyo ballaaran oo looga soo horjeedo dowlada Konfur Afrika oo ka dhacay gudaha iyo dibada Soomaaliya,golaha wasiirada Soomaaliya oo ka hadlay heshiisyada badda Soomaaliya,muran u dhaxeeya dowladaha masar iyo Itoobiya iyo qodobo kale
Members of the Somali community in South Africa have marched to parliament in Cape Town to protest against recent attacks on foreigners. Two Somalis have been killed this month and the Somali government has requested the South African authorities to do more to protect their nationals. About 200 people took part in the protest, holding...
Paul Peachey The Met has appealed to anyone who saw EDL graffiti daubed on the walls of a Somali community centre before it was destroyed in a suspected arson attack. The letters EDL were spotted on the wall of the Bravanese Welfare Centre in Muswell Hill, north London, by the first firefighters and police at...
BY ABDI GULED ASSOCIATED PRESS MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A resident of a Somali town says that al-Qaida-linked militants have killed two men by firing squad for allegedly spying for the Somali government and the African Union military force. The resident, who gave his name only as Mohammed, said dozens of residents watched as masked militants...
AMES BRIDGER, JAY BAHADUR What do a handful of South African mercenaries do for an encore in Somalia once all the pirates are gone? It’s not easy to be a mercenary these days. The once-booming markets in Iraq and Afghanistan have shrunk, and lingering controversy surrounding the mercenary poster-boy company Blackwater has served to paint private...
GEOFFREY YORK HARGEISA, SOMALIA — The Globe and Mail Just moments after hearing that his brother had been arrested, Bashe Abdi Godane saw the convoy of police cars descending on his mother’s home. Seven vehicles roared down the dusty street in the noonday sun. Dozens of masked gun-wielding police commandos leaped out of the cars, blocked off...
By Ruth Halkon, Reporter More than 200 people from all parts of London held a vigil last night to show solidarity with Barnet’s Somali community. During the vigil, organised by Unite Against Fascism, politicians including Greater London Authority Member Andrew Dismore, Barnet Borough Councillors, union representatives, members of the Somali community and neighbours of the...
By WHITNEY GRESPIN, UPI Outside View Commentator ARLINGTON, Va., June 7 (UPI) — The establishment of the new semi-autonomous Somali Jubaland state is a step in the right direction for a stable Somalia but the region isn’t in the clear yet. Three weeks ago saw the turning of a significant corner in modern Somali history: a...
By David Hanners When a federal judge sentenced two women who raised money for al-Shabaab to prison terms of 20 and 10 years last month, some spectators in the courtroom gasped. Some Somalis were taken aback by the length of the sentences — especially since the same jurist, Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis, earlier...