A vehicle carrying men in the uniforms of government security forces exploded in a main market in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday and gunfire could be heard afterwards, witnesses said. Some witnesses said the casualties were carried away by other security forces, but it was not immediately clear if there were any fatalities. Police...
A Jubaland warlord backed by Kenya flew to another semi-autonomous region in Somalia and was hailed this weekend as Jubaland’s president. By Fredrick Nzwili, NAIROBI, KENYA A row on the Horn of Africa between Somalia and Kenya over a border area inside Somalia called Jubaland took another twist — as a former militia leader backed by Kenya but not recognized...
Muqdisho, july 8, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxaa ka mid ah, Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo ka badbaaday shil diyaaradeed iyo madaxtooyada oo beenisay in shilka ladoonayay in lagu qaarijiyo Xasan Shiikh, Ra’iisul wasaare Saacid iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo oo gaaray gobolka Bay, saxafiyiin cambaareeyay wariye lagu dilay Galkacyo, ciidamada...
By Craig Whitlock In MINNEAPOLIS — Two days after he became a U.S. citizen, Abdiwali Warsame embraced the First Amendment by creating a raucous Web site about his native Somalia. Packed with news and controversial opinions, it rapidly became a magnet for Somalis dispersed around the world, including tens of thousands in Minnesota. The popularity...
National security reporter Michelle Shephard on her 2006 interview with Somalia’s foremost islamic militant, who is once again at the centre of a political storm By: Michelle Shephard The call for the interview came just minutes before we were to meet. “Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys will see you. Now,” an intermediary told us by phone. We...
by George Kirby The government still hasn’t got the message. On Wednesday I saw that Theresa May has decided to ban khat, a herbal stimulant popular among Somali, Yemeni and Ethiopian communities. This goes against advice from the government’s own Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), which claimed there was “insufficient evidence” that khat caused...
Agence France-Presse MOGADISHU, 8 JULY: A Somali journalist was shot dead by unidentified gunmen. He being the fifth media worker to be killed in the conflict-ridden country this year, as reported by a colleague and witnesses. Liban Abdulahi Farah, also known as Liban Qaran, worked for the newly launched Kalsan satellite television station. He was attacked on his way home yesterday in...
Bakol Governor Mohamed Abdi Tall said senior al-Shabaab leader Mukhtar Robow Ali contacted officials in the region and is now “in talks” with the government, Somalia’s Garowe Online reported Saturday (July 6th). “We have agreed to fight al-Shabaab led by [top commander] Ahmed Abdi Godane,” Tall said. Robow and other senior al-Shabaab leaders, including Sheikh Hassan...
Khatumo State Press Release ______________ The federal government of Somalia is due to hold talks at Ankara with representatives from the one- clan based secessionist enclave calling itself Somaliland. This is a follow-up to the first round of talks held in Ankara on 14 April which will be remembered as a blatant betrayal of Somalia...
BY DIANE SMITH FORT WORTH — Life for the ethnic minority Bantu people from Somalia has meant a steady stream of danger, whether from armed militiamen, wild animals or disease-infested refugee camps. Children were taught from an early age to survive. When in the path of a lion, stand tall. Don’t panic. Don’t run. “The danger...