Prof. Abdurahman Abdullahi (Baadiyow) Forty-eight years ago, on January 23, 1975, the Somali people were shocked after the military regime executed 10 eminent scholars of Islam. These scholars peacefully protested the violation of Islamic law in the promulgated secular family law. Although Somalia had gone through many tragic events and mass human rights violations during...
April 16, 2025
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Mar kale: Dooxada Marar iyo Damaca Oromada
W/Q: Xil. Maxamed Ibraahim Hordhac MARAR waa dooxo iyo degaan Alle baad iyo biyoba ku mannaystay, oo ku taal goob 25 km xagga galbeed ka xigta magaalada Jigjiga kana tirsan degmada Tulli-Guuleed. Waxa Dooxadan ka qodan 57 ceel-biyood oo shacabka degaanku biyaha ka cabbaan xilliga Jiilaalka. Waxana hareeraheeda deggen bulsho lagu qiyaaso ilaa 30,000 qoys...
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December 2, 2022December 2, 2022Global News & Politics, History, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
U of A experts help classify two new minerals from Somalia meteorite
Researchers from the University of Alberta are part of a team that has discovered at least two minerals never before seen on earth. The newly named elaliite and elkinstantonite were found in a small sample of the 15-tonne El Ali meteorite from Somalia, which was sent to the U of A for classification. “Whenever you...
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November 30, 2022November 30, 2022Global News & Politics, History, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics, Talk of the town
Two entirely new minerals found in huge meteorite that fell on Somalia
Two new minerals which have never been seen in nature have been found in a 15-tonne meteorite in Somalia – which was the ninth-largest ever found. Professor Chris Herd, curator of the University of Alberta’s Meteorite Collection, analysed a thin slice of the meteorite and saw something that caught his attention. He brought in the expertise of Andrew...
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November 29, 2022November 29, 2022Camels and Poets, Everyday People, Global News & Politics, Health & Social Affairs, History, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics, Youth - Generation Next
St. Cloud schools to offer state’s first Somali language immersion program
Kindergartners in the St. Cloud school district will soon be able to learn both English and Somali through a dual language immersion program. Students in a dual language immersion program will receive instruction half the day in Somali, and half the day in English. In current research, the dual language immersion model is emerging as...
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Raaddadkii iyo Joogitaankii ilbaxnimadii reer Saba ee xeebaha Soomaaliyeed
W/Q Mahad Siciid Maxamuud Jebiye Dulucda qoraalka (abstract) Tan iyo markii uu soo ifbaxay dhiganihii yaabka lahaa ee dalmareenkii Giriiga ee “Periplus of the Erythraean Sea” (ερίπλους τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς Θαλάσσης) oo si weyn loogu faahfaahiyey ganacsigii xabkaha iyo Cananada udgoonka iyo alaabooyinkii kale ee naadirka ahaa ee laga dhoofinayey xeebaha dhulka Soomaalida. Taasi oo ku...
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January 26, 2022January 26, 2022Global News & Politics, History, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
The Lost City of Gedi: Kenya’s Machu Picchu
By Pedro Alonso; Laprensa Latina Gedi, Kenya, (EFE).- Deep in the East African rainforest lies a mystery: the ruins of the Lost City of Gedi, an archaeological wonder known as the Machu Picchu of Kenya. For decades, the Swahili city has bewildered archaeologists and historians alike due to its absence from historical records. The ruins,...
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Afcon 2021: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and the origins of the Nations Cup
By Isma’il Kushkush Vibrant off the pitch but a low-scoring affair so far on it, this year’s Africa Cup of Nations also offers a window to the tournament’s beginnings. Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan contested the first-ever Nations Cup in 1957, and this is the first time in 52 years that the competition’s three initial contenders...
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June 22, 2020June 22, 2020Global News & Politics, History, News, Slideshow, Somali News & Politics
How Somalia came to have its name
NII NTREH In the strictest sense of the political theory, Somalia is one of the few countries in Africa that we may refer to as a ‘nation’. The overwhelming majority of those in that territory share common ancestry and heritage. To explain further, we can say that a “Somali” is not simply a national of Somalia but also...
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May 27, 2020May 27, 2020Featured, Global News & Politics, History, News
Early African Muslims had a halal – and cosmopolitan diet – discovery of thousands of ancient animal bones shows
Early Muslim communities in Africa ate a cosmopolitan diet as the region became a trading centre for luxury goods, the discovery of thousands of ancient animal bones has shown. Halal butchery practices became common when Islam spread through Ethiopia as vibrant communities developed because of the import and export of products around the Red Sea, and...