Kate Nancarrow On the record: (from left), David Allen (SLV Project Coordinator), RMIT students Harris Fazlic and Oscar Beltran, and interview subject Dr Yusuf Omar. A successful collaboration between two long-time city neighbours, RMIT and the State Library of Victoria, will ensure the stories of Somali migrants will be preserved for future generations while, at...
November 14, 2026
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Somalia: African Union’s Response to HRW Report Missed the Point
By Mohamed A. Hussein On Monday, September 8, 2014, Human Rights Watch (HRW) presented to the public its finding on research conducted in Somalia to document abuses by the African Union troops in Mogadishu against innocent Somali women and girls as young as 12 years old. The report, titled: “The Power These Men Have Over...
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Peacekeepers turned abusers? What Amisom must do to restore credibility
By Laetitia Bader When a Somali interpreter from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) approached Idil in July 2013 asking her to “befriend” a Ugandan soldier in exchange for money, she was struggling to survive. Idil (not her real name) had fled to the capital, Mogadishu, during the 2011 famine and was stuck in a...
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Al Shabab’s Latest leader: New Face, Old Tactics
WardheerNews Al-Shabab’s new leader, Ahmed Dirie Abdikarim, did not even wait a day after his selection as the new emir to bomb Mogadishu and kill 12 innocent people. The militant organization announced him as “Ahmed Umar Abu Obeidah” which is a pseudonym, a tactic revolutionaries and jihadists are well-accustomed to using. Former and current members...
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African Union to take action after probing rape claims against Amisom troops
Soldiers of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) secure an area near the Godka Jillicow prison in Mogadishu on August 31, 2014. AFP PHOTO | ABDIFITAH HASHI NOR By BEATRICE OBWOCHA The African Union (AU) has said it will investigate claims that its troops are sexually abusing women in Somalia. In a statement Tuesday,...
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CODENAMES FOR CLAN CLEANSING AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SOMALIA
By Ismail H. Warsame It was in April 2000 when I changed planes at Egal International Airport in Hargeisa on my way to Bosaso, Puntland. It was just on the eve of Arta Conference (May 2, 2000). I came from London, UK, via Djibouti, on a visit to my family. As I was the Chief...
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Somalia: Sexual Abuse by African Union Soldiers
Nairobi, – Soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Troop-contributing countries, the African Union (AU), and donors to AMISOM should urgently address these abuses and strengthen procedures inside Somalia...
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Pentagon confirms al-Shabab leader killed in airstrike in Somalia
By Craig Whitlock The Pentagon said Friday that it had confirmed the death of a key Somali militant leader allied with al-Qaeda who had been targeted in a U.S. airstrike earlier this week. Ahmed Abdi Godane, a co-founder of a network blamed for its brutal tactics in Somalia and for the attack on an upscale...
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21 Century Middle East: Transnational Jihad or simply Sheer Terror?
By Abdul Ghelleh In the late 80s, the Muslim faith in Britain was seen as a beautiful and exotic religion, with the Mosques almost being part of the attraction sites in the British capital. In those days, I saw retired American tourists who angled from side to side for perfect pictures of Regent’s Park Mosque...
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Battle against al-Shabab heats up in Somalia
American and AU troops aided by drones ramp up offensive against armed group blamed for a wave of violence in Somalia. By Hamza Mohamed Foreign troops and the Somali army are locked in a life-and-death struggle against al-Shabab [AFP] Buurane, Somalia – Drones, Americans, French, South Africans, Fijians, Burundians and private security contractors are all on...