Bristol ( BBC News) Late night noise in Bristol is “nothing to do with Ramadan” but is due to the recent ban on the drug khat, according to some in the city’s Somali community. Residents in Milsom Street, Easton had complained about being “kept awake” by men leaving Somali cafes and blamed it on the time the Muslim fast was...
May 20, 2026
Somali ‘Shebab commanders’ killed in African Union offensive: AU
MOGADISHU: African Union troops in Somalia said Friday they had killed two “senior” commanders of the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents, in the latest push of an offensive against the extremist fighters. Witnesses reported that fighter jets also pounded the town of Jilib in southern Somalia´s Middle Juba region on Thursday, part of the offensive by the 22,000-strong UN-backed AU mission in...
Interview with Dr. Mohamud H. Egeh: Vice-Chancellor, Eelo University, Borama
Editors Note: A unique university having the hallmarks of an international institution of higher learning has emerged in the city of Borama located in the northwestern tip of Somaliland. Known as Eelo University, it prides to be located in the Awdal region of Somaliland-a region that takes its name from a medieval empire known as the Adal Sultanate and that has spearheaded other Somali regions in...
Somali Ostrich and 360 Other Newly Discovered Birds Added to List of Threatened Species
By John R. Platt Did you know there are two species of ostrich? Don’t worry if this is news to you—scientists didn’t know that for sure either until this year, when the Somali ostrich(Struthio molybdophanes) of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya was declared a separate species from the common ostrich (S. camelus). Previously considered a subspecies, the Somali ostrich has now...
Minnesota mourns death of Somali activist and singer Saado Ali Warsame
By Mark Brunswick Saado Ali Warsame, a member of the Somali parliament and a well-known figure in Minnesota, was mourned Thursday after drive-by shooting. Saado Ali Warsame Photo: Farah Abdi Warsameh, Associated Press Saado Ali Warsame’s songs and poems urged unity in a country known for its tumult and division. Between the lines, they also reflected a political activism for change...
Canadian ‘terror tourist’ Mohamed Hersi gets 10 years in jail for planning to join Islamic jihadist group in Somalia
By Colin Berkel Tyler Anderson/National PostAn Ontario Superior Court jury had convicted Mohamed Hassan Hersi in May on charges of attempting to participate in the activities of a terrorist group and providing counsel to a person to participate in terrorist activity. (Tyler Anderson/National Post) (For National story by Stewart Bell) //NATIONAL POST STAFF PHOTO The first Canadian convicted under a...
Tributes have flowed for Somali singer and MP shot dead in Mogadishu
Saado Ali Warsame (Photo: Somali Refugee Awareness Project) Tributes have flowed for prominent Somali lawmaker and popular singer-songwriter Saado Ali Warsame, who was gunned down in the capital Mogadishu Witnesses said armed men ambushed Warsame’s car, sparying it with bullets, as it was travelling in the south of the capital, killing her and her driver. “Lawmaker Saado Ali Warsame was...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heyno maanta waxaa ka mid ah: Wareegto ka soo baxaday Xafiiska Wasiirka Amniga Qaranka Soomaaliya Md. Khaliif Axmed Erag oo lagu sheegay in Wasaarada Amniga Qaranka ay dajisay qorshe Amaanka Caasimada Muqdisho lagu sugayo. Allaha u naxariistee Waxaa maanta Qabuuro kuyaala Isbitaalka Madiina ee Magaalada Muqdisho lagu aasay Xildhibaanad Saado Cali Warsame oo shalay kooxo hubeysan ku toogteen...
Contemporary mixed migration trends report launched in Malta Worrying trend of pregnant women crossing the seas
Malta – The Danish Refugee Council and the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat today launched its report on migration trends at The Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta called ‘Going West: contemporary mixed migration trends from the Horn of Africa to Libya & Europe’, in the presence of Somalis who sought refuge in Malta. Melissa Phillips, Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat project manager...
West African states pledge regional anti-Boko Haram force
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon pledged on Wednesday to mobilize a joint force to tackle the growing regional threat posed by Boko Haram Islamist militants operating mainly in Nigeria. Each nation is due to put forward 700 men to the force in the latest effort to improve the regional response to the militants, who have intensified the...