BY ABDI GULED MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — He was a teacher at an Islamic school, known in his hometown in northwestern Somalia as a talkative, religious man with a sense of humor. He has also been identified as a suicide bomber who tried to bring down an airliner. Abdullahi Abdisalam Borleh boarded a plane on...
November 14, 2026
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Musa, A Novel by Abdi Latif Ega
By Abdi Latif Ega Greetings everyone! I am Abdi Latif Ega, author of Guban – a novel exploring the lives of a plethora of characters from all walks of life in postcolonial Somalia, as she revolves around its region, continent and world. I am currently in the process of writing my second novel, Musa. The...
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Oromo children’s books keep once-banned Ethiopian language alive
Melbourne woman Toltu Tufa launches publishing company to print teaching resources for Oromo, a language forbidden under Haile Selassie Toltu Tufa, right, created posters and worksheets for her father’s students before launching Afaan Publications, the first publishing company to print teaching resources entirely in Oromo. Photograph: Toltu Tufa Melissa Davey Toltu Tufa grew up in...
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Mother of IS Supporter Says Son Was Peaceful, ‘Role Model’
FILE – Female members of Minnesota’s Somali community are seen arriving at the Federal Court building in St. Paul, Minnesota, April 23, 2015. Abdi H. Mahamud WASHINGTON, A Somali-American man, Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group. Warsame was part of a group...
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After Lucky Escape, Turkish Airlines May Need To Rethink Mogadishu Route
By Martin Rivers A picture taken on February 3rd, 2016 shows the Daallo Airlines A321 after it made an emergency landing in Mogadishu following a on-board explosion, apparently caused by a suicide bomber. (Photo by MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images) The bomb that exploded on a Somali passenger jet last week was destined for Turkish Airlines (THY), according to Mohammed...
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‘Zero security’ at Mogadishu airport, says pilot who landed bombed jetline
BELGRADE, Serbia, The Serb pilot who landed a jetliner in Somalia with a gaping hole in its fuselage said Sunday he never doubted that it was caused by a bomb and described the security surround the airplane at Mogadishu Airport as “zero.” A suicide bomber is suspected to have set off the explosive inside the...
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Adieu Ambassador Abdullahi Osman
By Osman Hassan WardheerNews has given deserved coverage to the death of Ambassador Abdullahi Said Osman (RIP) with the posting of an earlier interview it had with the deceased and the excellent contribution by my friend Ismail Ali Ismail (Geeldoon). I will therefore confine my own memories of Ambassador Abdullahi to our time at Amoud’s...
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Explosion on flight from Somalia was caused by bomb, sources say
Blast on board Daallo Airlines plane killed one man and tore hole in plane’s fuselage Damage caused by an explosion on a Daallo Airlines plane. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock An explosion that forced an Airbus A321 to return to the Somali capital for an emergency landing this week was probably caused by a bomb, US government sources...
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China to start work soon on naval base in Djibouti – Guelleh
By Edmund Blair ADDIS ABABA, China is expected to start work in Djibouti soon on a naval base, Djibouti’s president told Reuters, defending Beijing’s right to build what will be its first foreign military outpost on one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. Strategically located at the southern entrance to the Red Sea on the...
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Dadaab: the city you cannot leave
Residents of the world’s largest refugee complex are in a precarious position: unable to leave and yet awaiting expulsion In order to be granted permission to leave the camp, residents need a special pass. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images Daniel Wesangula in Nairobi For more than a decade now, Dadaab has held the dubious honour of...