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Four men jailed for attack on mosque just one day after the death of Drummer Lee Rigby
By JAMES RUSH Four men have been jailed for an attack on a mosque just a day after Drummer Lee Rigby was killed. Michael Manyweathers, 49, Jeremy Rochester, 33, Robert Mullins, 35 and Trevor Mullins, 38, each pleaded guilty to racially aggravated criminal damage after windows at the Dorset Islamic Cultural Association, in Poole, were broken...
‘Aren’t you sick of winning medals yet?’ Prince Charles cracks joke with Mo Farah as he presents CBE at Buckingham Palace
By MARTHA DE LACEY The Prince of Wales and the prince of the long-distance athletics track Mo Farah today shared a joke about how the latter must surely be sick of winning medals by now. The Somali-born double gold medalist – who triumphed in both the 5,000m and 10,000m at last year’s London Games – laughed when...
Statement from U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar on Somalia Independence Day
For Immediate Release: June 28, 2013 Contact: Brigit Helgen, 202-228-6317 Statement from U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar on Somalia Independence Day Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar issued the following statement for Somalia Independence Day on July 1st: “I am honored to join Minnesota’s Somali community in celebrating the 53rd anniversary...
Why President Hassan’s effort to revive a ‘centralised government’ in Somalia is act in futility
Said Faadi For a variety of reasons, it is an uphill task to revive the collapsed state of Somalia. Yet, the current Federal Government of Somalia (SFG) stood the best prospect for restoring the failed political institutions of Somalia. President Hassan got a golden opportunity to pull this war-torn nation out of the black hole...
Terror financing fears halt transfers to Somalia
Abdi Guled MOGADISHU ( AP) – : When a bank transfers money to Somalia, can it be sure it’s not sending money to terrorists? That question is forcing one of Britain’s largest banks to cut ties with the largest cash transfer bank in Somalia, a company that brings in the majority of the country’s $...
Africa: Obama Visit Should Stress Media Freedoms
Johannesburg,– United States president Barack Obama should use his visit to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, beginning June 26, 2013, to support besieged media outlets and independent groups across the African continent, Human Rights Watch said today. Independent media and nongovernmental organizations in much of Africa are increasingly under threat from government crackdowns, Human Rights...
In Somaliland, less money has brought more democracy
By Nick Eubank As the humanitarian crisis in southern Somalia threatens millions of lives, Somalia’s little-known northern neighbour, Somaliland, is doing so well that its government recently offered to send aid across the border. That a small and relatively poor country that is also suffering from the ongoing drought would be in a position to...
The Demise of the BBC Somali Service
I have worked for the BBC Somali Service as a contributor and staff from 1962 to 1977. I still have so much attachment and nostalgia for the Service for what it has done for me personally and what it has provided its Somali listeners. It therefore pains me to see a Service that I was...
An Interview with Yasmeen Maxamuud
Raaz for MMW: I found Nomad Diaries a wonderful introduction to the lives of Somali women living in the United States. There were times where I was reminded of my own immigrant grandmother and mother as I read about Nadifo’s life. As I mentioned in my review of Nomad Diaries, I am not familiar with stories that portray an African...