By Rohit Kachroo and Keir Simmons, NBC News Somalia has long been defined by terrorism, famine, and piracy. But as the United States this week pledged another $40 million towards its recovery, Somalia’s leaders said the country had finally turned a corner in the fight against the al Qaeda-linked militant group, al-Shabab. “A bright future...
By Lawrence Budd Staff Writer A woman who grew up in Warren County, was kidnapped in Somalia and rescued by the same Navy Seal team that got Osama Bin Laden, will be profiled Sunday on the 60 Minutes TV show. For the first time, Jessica Buchanan will share her thoughts on being rescued after 93...
Several years ago, Somalia’s Al-Qaeda affiliate, Al-Shabab, was the first jihadi group to use Twitter to transmit its messages. These days, it is on that same social networking medium that the group’s dirty laundry is being aired. In a span of three weeks in April, Ibrahim Al-Afghani, one of the top leaders of Al-Shabab and...
By Joe Stephens and Justin Jouvenal An Army reservist and Iraq veteran who works as a cabdriver says a passenger he picked up early Friday at a Northern Virginia country club accused him of being a terrorist because he is Muslim, then fractured his jaw in an attack being described by Islamic activists as a hate crime. Mohamed...
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Dr. Hawa Abdi built medical complex, stared down militants in her lifelong quest to help her homeland, Somalia. She visits Toronto this week. By: Michelle Shephard The other guests at the swanky downtown Toronto hotel do not realize they have a celebrity in their midst. Not that Somalia’s Dr. Hawa Abdi would consider herself a celebrity,...
By: Michelle Shephard Somali and Canadian security forces are probing whether a former York University student was part of a team of suicide bombers who attacked Mogadishu on Sunday, shattering the capital’s calm and killing and injuring dozens. Intelligence, police and government sources in Mogadishu and Ottawa told the Star that they were investigating reports that...
WardheerNews (WDN) The former Somali presidential candidate and high ranking member of Islah organization Dr. Abdurahman M. Baadiyow in an exclusive interview with WardheerNews shared his opinion on a number of wide issues facing Somalia. On the current political situation Mr. Baadiyow stated “After initial high expectations, the current political situation in Somalia has a propensity...
By Yara Bayoumy ____________ DOHA (Reuters) – The Somali government expects to get its first shipment of light weapons within two months after the United Nations partially lifted an arms embargo to strengthen security forces fighting al Qaeda-linked militants, Somalia’s president said. Aware of international wariness about sending arms to a volatile country already awash...
Nairobi, March 27, 2013 ( WRW)– Members of state security forces and armed groups have raped, beaten, and otherwise abused displaced Somalis who have arrived in Somalia’s capital fleeing famine and armed conflict since 2011, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The new Somali government should urgently improve the protection and security of...