Mogadishu – Somalia’s internationally-backed government on Tuesday sprung to the defence of the judiciary following the sentencing of a woman who said she was raped along with the two journalists who broadcast her story. Spokesman Ridwaan Haji said war-torn Somalia’s courts were in their “infancy” and needed to time to improve. “We have an independent...
November 14, 2026
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The dangers of reporting rape in Somalia
Alleged rape victims and journalists have been jailed after convictions they say are politically motivated. Hamza Mohamed A court in Somalia’s capital has handed down six-month jail sentences to a 19-year-old alleged rape victim and the journalist who interviewed her after convicting them on defamation charges brought by the accused. The alleged rape victim – a...
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Somalia rebuilds: Al Qaeda’s gone, soccer’s back
Peace and prosperity is returning to Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The latest sign is the return of competitive soccer. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—Sahro Ali did something recently that she hadn’t dreamed possible for years: she and two female friends went to a soccer match. When the season kicked off on Nov. 8, competitive soccer returned to Mogadishu for...
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Minneapolis school board adds Somali-American
By: STEVE BRANDT Mohamud Noor balances three jobs and fatherhood as he’s about to add Minneapolis school board responsibilities. The Somali community feted Mohamud Noor a week ago in a familiar place for Noor: the Coyle Community Center in the Cedar-Riverside area of Minneapolis. It’s where he went on his second day as an immigrant to...
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State under pressure to expedite trial of 120 Somali pirates
By Abhijit Sathe & Yogesh Naik Desperate to get eight Indians held hostage by Somali pirates free, the Ministry of Home Affairs has stepped up its pressure on the state government to expedite the trial of 120 Somalian pirates, said sources in Mumbai police and state government. The Indians were held hostage at different times over...
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Somali asylum-seeker used fake ID for £91,000 benefit fraud – but WON’T be jailed or deported because her seven-year-old daughter was born here
By AARON SHARP A judge ruled that Ayan Ismail, 39, could not be immediately removed from the country because she has a seven-year-old daughter who was born here, even though she was in the UK illegally when she became pregnant. Adding insult to the decision, Crown Court Judge David Tomlinson ruled that she would not be...
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Memories of Nelson Mandela
By Mark Austin: ITV News presenter Just before the historic first democratic elections in South Africa we were living in Houghton, Johannesburg, a suburb of wide roads lined by Jacaranda trees and large houses hidden behind high walls and electric fences. Living a few hundred yards from us was Nelson Mandela, soon to be the...
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Saudi Billionaire Al-Amoudi Plans Two Cement Plants in Ethiopia
By William Davison Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi, the biggest private investor in Ethiopia, plans to build two more cement factories in the Horn of Africa nation amid an improving investment environment. The plants will add to the $351 million facility al-Amoudi’s MIDROC Derba Cement opened in December 2011, the 67-year-old investor said in an interview today in the...
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St. Cloud group wants to start Somali-American radio station
ST. CLOUD, Minn.—A St. Cloud group wants to start a low-power FM radio station that would broadcast news and music for Somali-Americans. For more than a year, KVSC-FM at St. Cloud State University and the nonprofit St. Cloud Area Somali Salvation Organization, or SASSO, worked together to create St. Cloud Somali Radio. In a project...
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Open Letter to SRSG Nicholas Kay
By Osman Hassan Dear Ambassador Kay As you know, President Abdirahman Faroole has launched an all-out attack on the town of Taleex, the provisional capital of Khaatumo State, on 28 November, deploying, according to some reliable reports, around 60 gun-mounted “technicals”, a clutch of armoured vehicles and a large infantry forces. Judging from interviews given...