By Tara McKelvey BBC News, Washington Three Somalis are on trial for piracy in Norfolk, Virginia, the home of the US Navy’s Atlantic fleet. Abukar Osman Beyle sat in a federal courtroom in Norfolk on a recent summer morning. The place was quiet, except for a jingle of keys and jewellery as men and women,...
Muqdisho, july 2, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Madaxweyne Xasan Shiikh oo waraaqda aqoonsiga ka gudoomay safiirka cusub ee Ingiriiska, barlamaanka Soomaaliya oo kulan xasaasi ah yeeshay, Qaar ka mid ah dhaawacyada dagaaladii ka dhacay Kismaayo oo Muqdisho iyo Gaalkacyo la geeyay iyo qodobo kale...
By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An Iranian ship laden with arms seized by Yemeni authorities in January may also have been bound for Somalia, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. Yemeni forces intercepted the ship, the Jihan 1, off Yemen’s coast on January 23. U.S. and...
WDN Editorial The capture of Sheikh Hassan D. Aweys on June 26, 2013 in Central Somalia is both a blessing and a curse for the government of Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. If President Hassan shows an undue leniency towards the apprehended terrorist whom both the West and the Somali populace consider a mother lode of spy...
By Michelle Nichols and Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Money at the Central Bank of Somalia is not used to run government institutions in the war-torn Horn of Africa country, with an average 80 percent of withdrawals made for private purposes, according to a U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday. The confidential report...
By Mahad Gelle Various representatives from the country’s security forces, cultural groups and government arms gathered at the stadium to mark the significant milestone with marches, entertaining performances and speeches. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended the event with a retinue of government officials. “I’d like to congratulate all Somali people, everywhere, on the 53rd anniversary...
Muqdisho, july 1, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxa ka mid ah, Xuska kowda Luulyo oo lagu qabtay gudaha dalka iyadoona madaxda dowladdu ay goob-joog ka ahaayeen munaasabadda, bannaanbax lagu taageerayo Xasan Daahir oo Muqdisho ka dhacay ,Putland oo difaacday ciiddamada Kenya ee ku sugan Kismaayo, mudaaharaadyo kasoconaya Masar...
The Somali government has accused a section of the AMISOM troops of violating of their mandate and has further demanded a replacement of the section posted in the port city of Kismayo with “a more neutral African Union force”. The Deputy Minister for Information, Telecommunication and Postal Services Abdishakur Ali Mire said that the Somali...
Detectives investigating the ‘targeted attack’ on a 20-year-old man stabbed to death in Islington on Saturday have arrested three people. The victim has been formally identified as Mohamed Abdullahi, from Kentish Town, a spokesman from the Metropolitan Police Service confirmed. Two 19-year-old men and an 18-year-old woman were arrested in connection with the investigation and...
Mahad Sh. Ali Gelle With today being Independence Day, many will rightly celebrate the leadership, courage, and passion of the men who gave birth to this nation. Our Founding Fathers were truly great men, but it was more than just their courage and passion that made them great leaders – it was their unyielding conviction...