AP – An official in the semiautonomous Puntland region of Somalia says a surveillance drone has crashed. Ports and Anti-piracy Minister Saeed Mohamed Rage said Saturday the drone crashed in Quaw village 20 kilometers (12miles) west of the port city of Bossasso. The United States military flies aerial surveillance drones from Indian Ocean island nation...
By Laala Kashef Alghata AIN has helped restore the sight of 4,000 people affected by the spread of disease and drought in Somalia. An outpouring of donations contributed to the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) initiative to build a specialist hospital and teacher’s college in Mogadishu. It has also constructed 10 wells and delivered 240 tonnes...
In the first U.S. trial of its kind in modern times, three Somalis face murder charges in the deaths of four Americans after hijacking their sailboat in 2011. Somali piracy since then has all but vanished. By Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Long before a retired Southern California couple and two friends were...
Yokohama, 01 June 2013 (WDN)– Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamud oo ka qeybgalaya shirka TICAD V ee ka socda magaalada Yokohama ee dalka Japan ayaa waxuu kulamo gooni gooni ah la yeeshey mas’uuliyiin ay ka mid yihiin Madaxweyne Ku xigeenka Kenya, Madaxa Bankiga Adduunka, Madaxa UNICEF, iyo mas’uuliyiin kale. Waxaa maanta magaalada...
Rob Ford grew up on a cul-de-sac with no sidewalks. His parents’ house, a brick two-storey with a three-door garage fronted by stone lions and a bronze eagle, hugs a near-wilderness area where the chirping of birds and the burbling of a creek drown out the traffic from Royal York Road. One can learn little...
Muqdisho, Juun 01, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxa ka mid ah; Shirka horrumarinta Afrika ee Jabbaan oo Furmay, Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh oo ka qeyb galaya, Dhurwaa wiil yar ku cuney deegaanka Adhi-caddeeye ee gobolka Sool, Danjire Ameeriko oo agab waxbarasho u qeybiyay qaxooti Soomaaliyeed iyo qodobbo kale.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic extremist rebels are fighting a campaign in Somalia to administer a polio vaccine, charging that it contains the virus that causes AIDS or could make children sterile, a battle of words that is frustrating health workers. Al-Shabab, the rebels linked to al-Qaida, have discouraged many parents from getting their children...
Ballidogle, African Union troops this morning thwarted an attack by insurgents on the main road between Ballidogle and Berweyn along the Mogadishu – Baidoa road. The ambush was targeted at disrupting the reconstruction and repairs of this main road by AMISOM. The reconstruction of this road is improving a key trade route benefitting the local...
BY ERIC JOHNSTON YOKOHAMA – Meeting on the eve of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, African leaders discussed a number of concerns with the Somalian leader, including immediate basic security issues, as well as more mid- and long-term economic and social needs. Mohamud, in turn, identified his government’s goals: security, meeting basic human needs,...
Muqdisho, Meey 31, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxa ka mid ah; Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo la kulmay raysal wasaaraha Jabbaan, Dil xalay ka dhacay Jowhar, Wasiirka arrimaha Gudaha oo digniin u direy askar la eedeeyay iyo qodobbo kale.