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Dhagayso Warka Radio Wardheer
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Dhagayso Warka Radio Wardheer

Muqdisho, Juun 29, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Dagaalo maalintii labaad kasoconaya Kismaayo iyo dhinacyada dagaalamaya oo ka hadalay,Dowlada Federaalka ,Qaramada Midoobay iyo Midowaga Afrika oo ku baaqay in lajoojiyo dagaalada Kismaayo,Madaxweyne Obaama oo booqanaya dalka Konfur Afrika,iyo qodobo kale oo caalami ah.  

Four men jailed for attack on mosque just one day after the death of Drummer Lee Rigby
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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
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‘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
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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
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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...

Africa: Obama Visit Should Stress Media Freedoms
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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...