Andrew Harding The accents here in Somalia’s capital can be hard to place these days. I’m sitting in a grimy corner of Villa Somalia – the once rather grand government building in the centre of Mogadishu – waiting to talk to a minister. “Would you like some tea?” It is the minister’s aide – Faiza...
Muqdisho, Meey 23, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxa ka mid ah; Raggii dilay Sheekh C/qaadir Gacmay oo toogasho lagu xakumay, Bannaabax lagu taageerayo xukuumadda Soomaaliya oo Muqdisho ka dhacay mar kale, Soomaaliya iyo Suudaan oo heshiis kala saxiixday iyo warar kale.
By RASHID ABDI Kenya’s testy and troubled relations with Somalia are once again on the rocks. The election of Sheikh Ahmed Madobe as President of Jubaland on May 15 by clan delegates in Kismayu has opened a huge chasm between Nairobi and Mogadishu and created a febrile atmosphere inimical to dialogue. As Kenya continues to warmly...
Muqdisho, Meey 22, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan waxa ka mid ah; Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya oo ka noqday mowshin laga keenay xukuumadda, Madaxweyne Siilaanyo oo la kulmay danjiraha midowga Yurub ee Soomaaliya, Raysal wasaare Saacid oo Muqdisho ku qaabilay wakiilka Midowga Afrika ee Soomaaliya iyo qodobbo kale.
Many are being forced to flee conflict again, years after having sought refuge in Syria from civil war back home. Mona Kosar San Diego, United States – It has been a strenuous 9,000-kilometre journey across the Atlantic to the US for Amal Kahim Jama and her Somali family. Fleeing civil war in Syria, they were recently forced...
By David Jones A federal judge on Tuesday refused to overturn the prison sentences of two New Jersey men convicted on terrorism charges, rejecting the argument that the decision was tainted by the Boston Marathon bombing. The two men, Mohamed Alessa, 23, and Carlos Almonte, 27, were sentenced on April 15 to 22 years and...
When WFP launched Special Operation 105780 in 2007, there was one main objective: to promote the uninterrupted and timely supply of relief items to vulnerable populations across Somalia. At the time, humanitarian access was very limited; port infrastructures in Somalia were in urgent need of repair and these challenges, coupled with large security risks, impeded...
BY TAREK FATAH Alejandra Bravo’s tweet, the day after the Toronto Star’s latest “investigative report” on Mayor Rob Ford, echoed the sentiments of many in this city. She wrote: “This ‘Somali’ thing has to stop. Live/deal in Canada, you’re Canadian. Crack is a ‘Made in TO’ problem (that) we got to solve.” The message barely concealed...
From Mr Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås. ir, Katrina Manson (“Oil thrown on the fire” and “A tangle of converging foreign interests”, Analysis, May 14) rightly focused on the complex challenges facing Somalia. We can all agree that a race for oil resources by foreign oil companies and destabilising rivalries between regional administrations must be avoided. The...
By AHMED ARALE At the height of the Iraqi war and before the US government sent more troops there, Jack Kelly, a national security writer for thePost-Gazette of Ohio, wrote: “It finally appears that President Bush is ready to light a fire under Premier Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq.” He argued that if Bush gave al-Maliki veto power...