One of the alleged killers of Drummer Lee Rigby appeared in court in Kenya suspected of leading a group of Islamists trying to join terrorists in Somalia. By Zoe Flood in Nairobi, Tom Whitehead, David Barrett The Sunday Telegraph can disclose that Michael Adebolajo was held by police close to the Somali border with a band of...
Concerns that East African plant may be linked to insomnia and mental health problems A MANCHESTER community group has warned that a legal plant-based drug that is widely used in Britain’s Somali community could lead to addiction and serious health problems. Members of Manchester based Educate 4 Life believe that khat, a plant native to...
By Adow Jubat MANDERA, KENYA: The death toll in the Banisa Constituency attacks in Mandera County has reached 25 over the past one month following renewed skirmishes pitting two Somali communities of Garreh and Degodia. This follows the killing of five more people in two separate incidents in Elmole and Hullow villages on Saturday morning. In the first incident...
Puntland Petroleum and Minerals Agency, Puntland State of Somalia. PRESS RELEASE May 25, 2013 Puntland Government Position on Natural Resources in Somalia It has come to the attention of the Puntland Petroleum and Minerals Agency (PPMA) that over the past few months the international media has been covering matters concerning hydrocarbon issues in Somalia. Many...
JUBBALAND STATE OF SOMALI PRESS RELEASE Statement from Jubbaland State of Somalia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Despite the IGAD Summit communique of the 22nd Extra-ordinary session on the situation in Somalia, Mogadishu is still provoking the Jubbaland Administration to catalyze insecurity, hostility and animosity among the clans, which will eventually result in the Jubbaland community give...
ADDIS ABEBA, 24th of May 2013 The IGAD Heads of State and Government held its 22nd extraordinary summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 24th of May 2013, under the Chairmanship of H.E Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and current Chairperson of the IGAD Assembly to discuss the...
Muqdisho, Meey 25, 2013 (WDN)-Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxa ka mid ah; IGAD oo isku raacday in Muqdisho ay marti galiso shir maamul KMG ah loogu sameynaayo Jubbooyinka, Sool oo beelo lagu heshiisiiyay, Xafiiskii Xisbiga Horseed ee Iskushuban oo dad careysani ay xireen iyo qodobbo kale.
Africa’s 54 leaders are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity. Opening the event, Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn spoke of “a great leap forward in the pan-African quest for freedom, independence and unity”. AU head Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma warned that conflicts could be silenced only by “solidarity and unity”. The...
Man detained after claiming on television that Michael Adebolajo was tortured in Kenya and harassed by MI5 agents Conal Urquhart and Vikram Dodd A friend of one of the suspected killers of a soldier butchered in aLondon street was arrested by counter-terrorism officers yesterday after going on television to allege that Michael Adebolajo was tortured inKenya and...
GEOFFREY YORK HARGEISA, SOMALIA — The Globe and Mail This is how it ends for a Somali pirate: not with the bang of a rifle, but with a quiet fadeout into a sewing class, a vegetable garden and a basketball court. At least 34 convicted pirates are locked away in the remote city of Hargeisa, capital of...