Mogadishu—Fadumo, a Somali journalist, finally spoke to the media about being raped after her calls to the authorities fell on deaf ears. She said she had been raped by two other journalists several months earlier. Two days after her interview was broadcast, police hauled her in for questioning. Three weeks later, a judge convicted her...
By James Nord and Briana Bierschbach The DFL caucus that ended in a brawl and sent a woman to the hospital earlier this month is at the center of allegations that threats and bullying were used to disrupt the political process and that some people were paid to attend the caucus. Further, Minneapolis City...
Nairobi ( HRW) – Saudi authorities have deported more than 12,000 people to Somalia since January 1, 2014, including hundreds of women and children, without allowing any to make refugee claims, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi Arabia should end the summary deportations, which risk violating its international obligations not to return anyone to a...
By Drazen Jorgic Nairobi, Kenya ( Reuters) A resignation letter by Somalia‘s central bank governor sent from Dubai has thrown Western donors into a quandary over supporting a government they need to fight al Qaeda’s local allies. Governor Yussur Abrar quit after only seven weeks in the job, alleging she had been pressured to accept arrangements...
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan HOLOT, Israel (Reuters) – A compound of one-storey buildings deep in the southern Israeli desert is now home to some 400 African migrants who face the prospect of being held in custody indefinitely. The detainees in what the authorities call an “open” detention centre are allowed to leave for a few hours...
By Faisal A. Roble It is deceitful and conniving, if not an utter debauched leadership, for the new Prime Minister Abdiwali Sheikh Ahmed to leave the country for a tour of neighboring countries in the midst of corruption allegations by the United Nations Monitoring Group, a resurgence of Alshabab attacks on key and sensitive areas...
By Steve Odhiambo “Show me a stranger, and I’ll show you a friend that you haven’t met yet.” Boonaa Mohammed Towards the end of last year, 2013, it dawned on me that I once again would not be able to meet with my family over Christmas. Eek!, It had been 4 years since I last...
By Katy Migiro The Somali government should deploy police officers to protect vulnerable women in camps for displaced people and stop arresting and persecuting rape victims who try to report such crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. There are 369,000 displaced people living in dozens of camps scattered across the Somali capital, Mogadishu....
Nairobi,( HRW) – Somalia’s new cabinet should urgently adopt meaningful reforms to confront rampant sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Over the past year, women and girls endured high levels of rape and sexual abuse, including by government soldiers, in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “Many women and girls in Mogadishu live...
WardheerNews ( WDN) -Recent reports of the Somali president, Hassan Sh. Mohamoud, being dead or in a critical condition are greatly exaggerated. Today, the Somali president, who has been in Turkey for the last few days, denounced the rumors of his ‘death’ as preposterous. “I am not in Turkey for health reasons only,” said the...