Events in Egypt, where an elected Islamist president was ousted by the army, showed that power only comes from force, not democracy, Somali militant group al Shabaab said on Thursday. In comments on its Twitter account @HSMPRESS1, al Shabaab said the fate of Egypt’s ousted president, Mohamed Mursi, showed Islamists will not be allowed to rule,...
A judge said he respected religious beliefs but that the law of Ireland had to be observed as he sentenced a Somali man for slaughtering four goats in Halal fashion in a house in Tralee. By Anne Lucey Judge Carroll Moran imposed a one-year prison sentence on Somali asylum-seeker Rashid Kibaga for cruelty to animals,...
Kiflu Hussein If the detest for Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood came genuinely from Egyptians, I would welcome it since I detest ideologies constructed around ethnicity and religiosity. However, I simply can’t buy the economy as an excuse to sack Morsi. Even angels can’t sort out a shambolic economy botched up by a half century of...
The Economist AT FIRST glance Somalia’s foreign-backed government seems to be doing well. In the past two years it has benefited from the recovery of the country’s main cities by African Union peacekeepers after two decades of clan warfare and intermittent Islamist rule. And on June 29th the government pulled off something of a coup...
By Mark Doyle BBC International Development Correspondent The apparently accidental publication of a diplomatic letter has exposed a rift between the Somali government and Kenyan troops – supposedly allies. The letter, verified as genuine by the BBC, accuses the Kenyan army of causing recent faction fighting that left at least 65 dead in the port...
Muqdisho, july 4, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Ra’isul Wasaare Saacid oo booqday Xasan Daahir Aweys, kana hadlay xaaladiisa, Midowga Afrika oo ciidamo isku dhaf ah gayn doona Kismaayo, Madaxweyne Faroole oo khudbad jeediyay, Mursi oo la afganbiyay xabsi gurina laga dhigay iyo qodobo kale.
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents have lost a series of towns to African Union and government troops, while commanders have initiated purges against rival factions. Here are a series of portraits of Shebab or rival Islamist leaders. AHMED ABDI GODANE: Top commander or “emir” of the Shebab, aged just 36 and with a $7 million...
The World Health Organization says at least 71 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded in ongoing fighting between rival militias in the Somali city of Kismayo. WHO said in a statement Thursday that fighting in the southern port city has displaced many and “continues to have a profound impact on civilians and...
By Farouk Chothia BBC Africa analyst The surrender of Somalia’s veteran militant Islamist, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, signals that his faction has lost the battle for control of the al-Shabab group to hardliners determined to step up their military campaign to establish an Islamic state in the East African country. The 78 year old –...
By Matt Shea There are a great many people in the UK who won’t have heard of khat. It’s not a drug that’s ever been glamourised in popular music or film; there is no khat Trainspotting or “Ebeneezer Goode”. Sure, the Mail may have linked it to terrorism and street attacks carried out by immigrants, but what haven’t the Mail linked to...