Two of the Feeding Our Future defendants scheduled to face trial next week pleaded guilty at separate hearings Tuesday. Abdulkadir Nur Salah and his brother Abdi Nur Salah faced a long list of charges for their roles in a $250 million scheme to defraud government child nutrition programs. During a brief morning hearing in federal court,...
Bosaso (WDN) Reports emerging from the Sixna area of Qandala district reveal a devastating airstrike carried out by an unidentified warplane. The bombing tragically claimed the lives of two women and left11 other members of the same family severely injured. Security sources in Puntland Federal Member State (FMS) confirmed that the airstrike targeted a family...
Mogadishu (WDN)- In a significant development within the Somali political landscape, members of the House of the People in the Federal Parliament of Somalia (FPS) recently held a meeting in Nairobi, where they signed a motion calling for the dismissal of Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre. This motion, which is gaining substantial traction, is expected...
MOGADISHU- Somalia and Egypt announced Sunday that the two countries have agreed to cooperate in the fight against the al-Shabaab terrorist group. In a statement, the Somali Defense Ministry said Egypt is committed to supporting the Somali government in the fight against terrorism It came during final technical discussions on the African nations’ participation in...
(ERGO) – Hundreds of families from villages in southern Somalia’s Bakool region have been forced to abandon their homes and farms due to severe drought and crop failure. Many are now living in desperate conditions in camps near the town of Hudur. Among them is Hassan Abdinor Ali, 60, who recently moved his family to Mora-Shinle...
In the remote village of Tum, located 4,650 feet above sea level and just 20 to 30 kilometers from Ethiopia’s border with South Sudan, Meskerem Tadesse’s life has been transformed. A mother of four, Meskerem once spent hours every day on tasks made harder by the lack of electricity. She gathered firewood daily to cook...
By Louis Krauss The Minnesota Star Tribune A defendant in the Feeding Our Future scheme was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison on Friday for his role in defrauding the federal government of $47 million meant for feeding children in need during the pandemic. Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff’s 210-month prison term is the longest sentence of...
BOSASO, Somalia, (Reuters) – More than 100 dead dolphins have been found on the coast of Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, with officials yet to establish what caused their deaths. The region’s fisheries minister, Abdirisak Abdulahi Hagaa, told Reuters that so far at least 110 dead dolphins had been counted, not far from the port of...
By Mohamed Olad Hassan, VOA WASHINGTON — A study finds that severe drought plaguing parts of Somalia since 2022 has killed at least 71,000 people beyond the number expected. About 40% of the lives lost were children under the age of 5, said the study, commissioned by the U.N. Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and Somalia’s...
Egypt and Somalia formally elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership on Thursday, solidifying cooperation across political, military, economic, and cultural spheres. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a joint political declaration at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, marking a significant development in bilateral relations. The signing followed bilateral...