W/Q: Idiris M. Cali Hadda ka hor waxaan ku digay, “Mar na ba is ma siin kartid aragti…uu qof kale ku saxiixanyahay”[1]; waxa aanan u digay qofka isagu, xaqsiin la’aan, qoraal amma hadaal[2]uu leeyahay ku googgoosta xogo uusan isku habaysan, amma uusan curinnin, balse uu soo irgistay. Kala shareerista aragtiyaha iyo curiyahooda, oo kama’ loo...
NAIROBI: Somalia’s hardline Islamist Shebab rebels on Monday dismissed a key donor conference due to open in Brussels as “Belgian waffle” and a waste of time. Shebab said in a statement on Twitter that “the billions promised will most likely be unpaid, the paltry sum given to the apostates,” its term for the Somali government, “will be lost in...
Several shops belonging to Somali nationals in KwaZakhele and New Brighton, PE, have been looted and burnt at the weekend. Government repeatedly insisted that it does not identify the incidents as strictly xenophobic in nature. Somali nationals shops in Port Elizabeth, were looted and burnt at the weekend, Eastern Cape police said on Monday. Brigadier Marinda Mills...
By Faustine Kapama THE trial of seven suspected Somali pirates opens on Monday at the High Court in Dar es Salaam, being the first such case in the country’s judiciary history. It will be a litmus test for the prosecution to prove such case since the National Assembly endorsed the Attorney General’s motion for Written...
Somalia’s New Deal is the first of its kind in the world and is a more ambitious initiative than a classic development tool, write Villy Søvndal and Christian Friis Bach. Villy Søvndal is Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. Christian Friis Bach is Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Co-Chair for the International Dialogue on...
By Nicolas Bege On Monday 16 September, EU and Somali leaders meet in Brussels for the New Deal for Somalia Conference. The conference will negotiate a new Compact for Somalia, which will frame future relations between Somalia and the international community. Last week the EU announced a further €124 million for the African Union Mission in...
Muqdishu ( WDN) – Maamulka Garoonka Aadan Cadde ee magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in Shirkadda duulimaadka Turkiga ee FAVORI ay maanta oo Axad ah ay la wareegetay maamulka garoonka diyaaradaha ee Aadan Cadde, iyadoona kala wareegetay shirkadda SKA oo dhowrkii sano ee la soo dhaafay maamuleysay garoonka, taas oo xarunteeda ay ku taallo magaalada Dubay...
BRUSSELS: The EU hosts a “milestone” international conference on Somalia on Monday aimed at underpinning economic and political recovery after two decades of bloody civil war. Some 50 high-level delegations from Africa, Europe, the Gulf and elsewhere are expected for the “New Deal in Somalia” event, gathering President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, other Somali leaders, world...
A boom in mobile phone use is creating an explosion of innovation that is changing lives, lifestyles and the economy Guy Alexander in Nairobi It is mid-morning in Nairobi’s iHub, a community space for techies and a kids’ hackathon – where children as young as 10 are learning some of the basics of coding – is...
British, Canadian and African universities have been partnering with the University of Hargeisa, in the breakaway state of Somaliland, to boost the institution’s international credibility and the recognition of its qualifications. Although international recognition has yet to be conferred on Somaliland since it separated from Somalia in 1991, its largest university – which has 6,500...