EDMUND BLAIR MOGADISHU — Reuters Ending Somali piracy requires a shift from reliance on security at sea to targeting those on land who enable the lucrative business to thrive, according to the World Bank. Although the number of attacks has fallen markedly since 2011 thanks to tougher security aboard ships and increased Western naval patrols, piracy emanating...
By Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu Somali MPs have accused Kenyan forces of refusing to protect them during a a fact-finding mission in southern city of Kismayo. A group of 10 parliamentarians began their mission on 16 May, seeking to find out what has led to a spat of political infighting in the capital of Jubaland....
Canadian Somali Congress argues paper focused unduly on nationality in its reporting of Rob Ford’s alleged crack smoking. Members of the Canadian Somali Congress have condemned the Toronto Star for repeated references to “Somali drug dealers” in its initial story about mayor Rob Ford’s alleged drug use. The Star‘s first article on the subject originally used the description “Somali” 10 separate times...
Canada is investigating allegations that Eritrea’s consulate in Toronto has continued to solicit money from Eritrean-Canadians despite the government’s warnings to stop. The Eritrean government is still collecting taxes from expatriates in Canada to bankroll its military regime, despite being warned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to stop, a human rights group alleges. New...
By Brendan Greeley It takes 23 minutes to get to Raagsved by local train from the center of Stockholm. Once there, you have two choices. Walk over a low hill past a well-regarded elementary school, and you will find rows of three-story, slate-roofed townhouses. Each has a small lawn. In the summer, families hang plants on...
Muqdisho, Meey 24, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxa ka mid ah; IGAD oo isku raacdey in maamul u sameynta Jubbooyinka loo daayo dowladda Soomaaliya, Baarlamaanka oo ka doodaya sharciga maamul u sameynta dalka, Dilal ka kala dhacay Boosaaso iyo Gaalkacyo xalay iyo dabcan qodobbo kale.
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s huge public spending has created one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, but volatile inflation, balance of payments pressures and a stifled private sector raise questions over its sustainability, the International Monetary Fund said. Ethiopia’s 85 million-strong population, making it Africa’s second-most populous nation, offers an attractive market with cheap labor for foreign investors. Across the...
Britain was warned to expect further terrorist outrages as an Islamist group in Somalia said the chickens were “coming home to roost”. By Zoe Flood, Nairob Al Shabaab, which is thought to have links with one of the suspected Woolwich terrorists, launched a tirade on Twitter accusing Britain of carrying out countless abuses against innocent Muslims. In...
LONDON — The gory killing of a British soldier at the hands of two suspected Islamist militants has shone a spotlight on Woolwich, the London district where it happened, stirring racial tensions in one of the most ethnically diverse parts of Britain. Tucked away inside a bend of the River Thames to the southeast of central...
The Somalia-based militia group al-Shabaab has posted a series of tweets in which sympathy for the Woolwich attackers is expressed and David Cameron’s subsequent comments are criticised. “What Cameron describes as a “sickening” attack is what innocent Muslim woman and children are subjected to every day by British troops,” the group’s Twitter account wrote. “It...