By DR UNNI KARUNAKARA Our announcement on August 14 that we were closing all our medical programmes in Somalia sent shockwaves through political and humanitarian communities. It came at a time when world leaders, for the first time in decades, were beginning to make positive noises about a country on the road to recovery and with a...
By MAYA RAO Four who entered council race this week have first or last names similar to DFL-backed candidate’s. Four new East African candidates filed papers this week to run for aMinneapolis City Council seat in the Sixth Ward, where longtime Council Member Robert Lilligren is locked in a fierce fight against another Somali contender who...
In Somaliland 75% of young people are jobless and migration is high. Daihei Mochizuki, from IOM Somalia tells us why effective policies must see both issues as interrelated Holly Young Somaliland is actually one of three governments (Somaliland, Puntland and the federal government of Somalia) the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) serves in this region. Despite the known challenges...
By Osman Hassan Dear Ahmed First Ramadaan Kariim. Secondly, I hope you will allow me to respond through this Open Letter to your recent interview with Universal TV . General Comments This was a superbly articulated interview, truly a vintage Ahmed Ismail Samatar stuff that continues to be the talking point in the social media....
By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has begun pulling troops out of a former rebel stronghold in Somalia, but it has no plans for a complete withdrawal from the fight against al Qaeda-linked insurgents, its foreign minister said on Monday. Somalia has enjoyed relative calm after military offensives by African Union (AMISOM) peacekeepers...
By: Nick Martin Just how old is Manitoba soccer phenom Ali Musse? Musse plays on Canada’s national under-17 team and has already competed internationally with a passport showing him born in Somalia in 1996. But both the Canadian and Manitoba soccer associations at one time believed Musse was born in 1994. There’s been online chatter...
By Heidi Vogt Wall Street Journal NAIROBI, Kenya—A United Nations report published Wednesday paints a dark picture of rampant corruption within Somalia’s fledgling government, a portrait that could turn off donor countries that bankroll the country’s budget. The almost one-year-old Somali government still controls only sections of the country around the capital of Mogadishu and...
By Craig Whitlock In MINNEAPOLIS — Two days after he became a U.S. citizen, Abdiwali Warsame embraced the First Amendment by creating a raucous Web site about his native Somalia. Packed with news and controversial opinions, it rapidly became a magnet for Somalis dispersed around the world, including tens of thousands in Minnesota. The popularity...
National security reporter Michelle Shephard on her 2006 interview with Somalia’s foremost islamic militant, who is once again at the centre of a political storm By: Michelle Shephard The call for the interview came just minutes before we were to meet. “Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys will see you. Now,” an intermediary told us by phone. We...
HE newly-appointed British ambassador to Somalia says he will look into claims a Dartmouth man’s son is living in Hargeisa. Neil Wigan, who only took up his post at the start of this week, was responding to email sent by this newspaper. He said that prior to taking up his post he had been briefed...