By: PAUL LEVY Members wants answers in the wake of a video in which a teacher is seen tussling with a student after breaking up a classroom fight. Somali community members are calling for an independent investigation of an incident in which they say a Champlin Park High School teacher choked a Somali student while...
By William Davison Ethiopia will receive $1 billion in funding from the Brazilian Development Bank to build a section of a railway that will be extended to connect to neighboring South Sudan, a Foreign Ministry official said. Andrade Gutierrez Participacoes SA of Brazil will build the link running from the capital, Addis Ababa, to Jimma about 439 kilometers...
Michael Adebolajo had been a peaceful, if radical, placard-waving figure on Woolwich’s high street. What, then, prompted his involvement in the horrific acts witnessed last week? Jamie Doward Clutching a placard protesting at a “Crusade against Muslims”, Michael Adebolajo was a striking figure. Dressed in immaculate white robes, the young man’s imposing physical presence made...
Man detained after claiming on television that Michael Adebolajo was tortured in Kenya and harassed by MI5 agents Conal Urquhart and Vikram Dodd A friend of one of the suspected killers of a soldier butchered in aLondon street was arrested by counter-terrorism officers yesterday after going on television to allege that Michael Adebolajo was tortured inKenya and...
Canadian Somali Congress argues paper focused unduly on nationality in its reporting of Rob Ford’s alleged crack smoking. Members of the Canadian Somali Congress have condemned the Toronto Star for repeated references to “Somali drug dealers” in its initial story about mayor Rob Ford’s alleged drug use. The Star‘s first article on the subject originally used the description “Somali” 10 separate times...
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s huge public spending has created one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, but volatile inflation, balance of payments pressures and a stifled private sector raise questions over its sustainability, the International Monetary Fund said. Ethiopia’s 85 million-strong population, making it Africa’s second-most populous nation, offers an attractive market with cheap labor for foreign investors. Across the...
By: AMY FORLITI , Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS – Wide-ranging sentences handed down in the yearslong federal investigation into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab have kindled a mix of outrage, confusion and relief among members of Minnesota’s large Somali community. Some say the 10- and 20-year prison sentences for two Minnesota women who...
Special for WardheerNews By Hassan M. Abukar Shaikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, one of the leaders of Al-Shabab, confirmed that the American jihadist, Omar Hammami, is still alive. In an interview with Somali Channel TV on May 16, Aweys stated that Hammami was wounded and on the run. He lashed out at an unnamed senior Al-Shabab...
By Randy Furst Prosecutors sought longest prison sentences for Kamal Said Hassan and Mahamud Said Omar for their roles in the “pipeline” that sent young men to fight in Somalia. Kamal Said Hassan will serve 10 years in prison for his role in the “Minnesota pipeline” that carried young men to Somali to fight in...
From Nima Elbagir, CNN Editor’s note: CNN correspondent Nima Elbagir, has been reporting on Somalia since 2006. Last week she was given a rare interview with the president and rode with his security convoy as he visited a militant stronghold on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, in defiance of the continuing threats on his life. Mogadishu (CNN) —...