HRW: Kufsiga haweenka, waxa qeyb ka ah ciidamada DFS (Sawiro)

Nayroobi (WDN)-Hay’adda caalamiga ah ee u doodda xaquuqda bini aadamka ee (Human Rights Watch), ayaa sheegtay in haweenka Soomaaliyeed ay ku nool yihiin cabsi joogta ah oo la xiriirta in la kufsado. Warbixin ay HRW Khamiistii ka soo saartay Nayroobi, Keenya, ayay ku sheegtay in kufsiga iyo dhibaateynta haweenka ay caadi ka yihiin gudaha dalka Soomaaliya. Warbixinta ay HRW soo...

Somaliland Minister of Presidency’s Heavy Hand at the Helm of Somaliland Politics!

Somaliland Minister of Presidency’s Heavy Hand at the Helm of Somaliland Politics!

By Mohamed Ahmed If some of the public perception is to be believed, then, the Minister in charge of the Office of the Presidency of Somaliland, Hersi Ali Haji Hassan is the gatekeeper of the current Silanyo administration. He is the referee for Kulmiye party disputes and an arbiter of all Somaliland government business! Ask people who to pick as...

Somalia: Car bomb explodes near airport in Mogadishu

At least six people have died after a car bomb exploded close to the gate of the international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police say. Eyewitnesses told the BBC it was targeting a UN refugee agency convoy. Most of those who died were passers-by and several UN body guards were wounded in the explosion, the witnesses said. The al-Shabab Islamist...

ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA SENDS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THE INNOCENTS DIED IN TODAY’S ATTACK

  Nairobi, I condemn, in the strongest terms, the heinous terror attack that took place this morning near Mogadishu International Airport Aden Abdulleh, in which – once again – innocent Somali civillians died.  The  civilian population continues to pay an unbearable price in terms of loss of lives and suffering. They finally have the absolute right to live with their dignity,...

My side of the Cedar-Riverside caucus dispute

By Ilhan Omer You may have read about me. I am the woman who was physically beaten at the DFL Party caucus in the Cedar-­Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis on Feb. 4. I am deeply saddened and horrified about what happened during the precinct caucus at the Brian Coyle Community Center that Tuesday night. The attack left me with a concussion...

Somalia: Women Shouldn’t Live in Fear of Rape

Somalia: Women Shouldn’t Live in Fear of Rape

Nairobi,( HRW)  – Somalia’s new cabinet should urgently adopt meaningful reforms to confront rampant sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Over the past year, women and girls endured high levels of rape and sexual abuse, including by government soldiers, in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “Many women and girls in Mogadishu live in constant fear of rape,”...

Exclusive-U.N. monitors warn of ‘systematic’ Somali arms diversion

Exclusive-U.N. monitors warn of ‘systematic’ Somali arms diversion

By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A confidential U.N. monitors’ report warns of “systematic abuses” by Somalia’s government, which the monitors say has allowed the diversion of weapons that Somali authorities purchased after the U.N. Security Council eased an arms embargo on Mogadishu last year. Some of the arms believed to have been diverted were earmarked for a leader...

Somali President: “I am 100% Healthy.”

WardheerNews ( WDN) -Recent reports of the Somali president, Hassan Sh. Mohamoud, being dead or in a critical condition are greatly exaggerated. Today, the Somali president, who has been in Turkey for the last few days, denounced the rumors of his ‘death’ as preposterous. “I am not in Turkey for health reasons only,” said the president. “I came here to...