By Adan Makina, Editor’s Note: It is a culture for WardheerNews to circumnavigate the globe for the sake of bringing to our readers prominent Somali personalities and non-Somalis who are making great strides in changing the living conditions of people … Continued
Lusaka, Authorities in Somalia’s south-central Hirshabelle state must stop intimidating and censoring the press through arbitrary arrests and station closures because they disagree with reported content, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On Friday afternoon, January 21, 2022, heavily … Continued
Editor’s Note: Libraries serve as community cultural centers, preserve historic artifacts, oral histories, and a place where students and individuals gather to study, research and explore. Despite the increased traction in the digital age and the perceived obsolescence, libraries still remain and play a … Continued
By Adan MakinaWardheerNews Editor’s Note: In an interview with Dr. Marco Zoppi–about his upcoming book that is expected to be released in September by Rowman and Littlefield, WardheerNews, without the least hesitation, wishes to share with you perhaps what would … Continued
Editor’s Note: In memory of the late Major General Ahmed Sheikh Farah, who passed away recently in Mombasa, Kenya on October 28, 2010 , WardheerNews would like to share with its valuable readers an in-depth, insightful and informative interview it had … Continued
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled that the authorities in Garowe, the capital of northeastern Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, arrested two journalists after first luring them with the promise of an interview about a controversial murder case. The police arrested Radio … Continued
Editor’s Note: Since WardheerNews is committed to the dissemination of topics that are interest and beneficial to humanity especially in the current ongoing, Education for all and Millennium Development Goals that is a universally accepted commitment for eliminating illiteracy globally, … Continued
By Dr. Aweys Omar Mohamoud You can read parts I and II here, as well as the full transcript of the interview in Somali. In part 3, I discuss one of the main themes that emerged from the interview which … Continued
BEN COWLES spoke to a Somalian refugee being held in a bogus ‘refugee camp’ in Libya, caught while trying to reach Europe BEN COWLES I SPOKE with a slave last week. An African man from Somalia trapped in a detention … Continued
Editor’s note: Nur Abdi grew up in Somaliland. When the civil war broke out in the 1980s, he left and settled in Canada where he was naturalized in 1994. The Somali Camel Boy (2019) is his debut novel. Dr. Helmi Ben Meriem, … Continued
Editor’s Note: In a recently concluded national conference on Somali Women and gender equality advocacy, WardheerNews got the chance to interview Mr. Deeq Yusuf, the Director General (DG) of the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development Mr. Deeq Yusuf … Continued
Editor’s Note: Educationist Ali Bakorda is well known in Kenya’s northern regions as well as in the national education fraternity. Hailing from a family that did not even own a hen to hatch an egg to sell in the market, … Continued
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