Amisom troops in Somalia. PHOTO | FILE By Fred Oluoch and Moses Havyarimana The African leaders summit in Addis Ababa, on January 30 and 31, is expected to assess the performance and funding of troops in Somalia and come up with programmes leading to a final withdrawal in 2020. The African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom),...
Somalis who had expected to travel to the US this week say they are shocked by the abrupt change in their prospects Part of the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, where an estimated 300,000 Somalis live. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images By Jason Burke Dozens of Somali refugees in Kenya who were hours from travelling to...
Nairobi, (HRW)- African Union forces in Somalia (AMISOM) should release the findings of their investigation into alleged unlawful killings of 14 civilians by Ethiopian forces in July 2016, Human Rights Watch said today. More than six months after the incident, people in Wardinle in Somalia’s Bay region have received no reports on the investigation nor...
WardheerNews (WDN)- Afrika waxa ay hoy u tahay wadamada adduunka kuwa uge horeeya xaga kobcitaanka dhaqaalaha (GDP growth), iyada oo Bariga Afrika,ay horseed u tahay kobocaasi dhaqaale ee ay ku talaabsadeen guud ahaan wadamo badan oo Afrkaan ahi. Horumarka dhinaca dhaqaalaha ee Afrika, waxa uu abuuray in uu kordho dhaqaalaha dad badan oo Afrikaana, taasi...
Nearly a third of Americans thought he was one of us. So why not claim it? ‘His alleged Muslimy-ness did not deter American voters.’ Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP For eight years, a black man with a Kenyan father, whose middle name was Hussein and who spent part of his childhood in Indonesia ran the United...
LINDSAY LOHAN recently sparked rumours she would be converting to Islam when she changed her Instagram bio to include the Arabic phrase “Alaikum salam”, which translates as peace be unto you. By MINNIE WRIGHT WENN • GETTY Lindsay Lohan is not converting to Islam The actress’ 5.7 million followers were quick to pick up on the...
By Yasmeen Maxamuud Editor’s note: We are all saddened by the recent horrific rape of a young innocent Somali girl that took place in Puntland in the hands of six criminals that are still not brought to justice. It’s equally appalling that the young girl’s photos and video of the rape was shared by many...
By HELENE COOPERJAN WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s views of Africa have, until now, been a mystery. But a series of questions from the Trump transition team to the State Department indicate an overall skepticism about the value of foreign aid, and even about American security interests, on the world’s second-largest continent. A four-page...
HRW annual world report Somalia Civilians in Somalia, enduring abuses by all warring parties and dire humanitarian conditions, continue to bear the brunt of the country’s long-running conflict. Government commitments to improve security in areas under its control, and build capacity of rule-of-law institutions, bore limited results in 2016. Targeted attacks on civilians and civilian...
By Liban Ahmad A friend of mine who went to the former College of Political Science and Journalism in Somalia had told me in 1990, that Somalia did not allow its citizens to have dual citizenship. The Somali government of the day would not permit someone with citizenship from another country to retain his/her Somali...