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...
New report details the damaging effects of the NYPD’s Muslim surveillance regime By John Knefel March 11, 2013 Civil liberties groups led by the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition released a new report today detailing the detrimental effects of the NYPD’s spying on Muslim communities in recent years. The report, called Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and...
By BONIFACE ONGERI Standard Digital Dec 30, 2012 __________ Clan affiliations continue to hold sway in Garissa and are seen to play a key role in shaping governor politics in the March 4 General Election. Aspirants have stepped up campaigns for the position. Rivals have been on campaign mode since 2010 when the new Constitution...
By Abdinasir Amin Dec. 28, 2012 _____________________ I have been thinking about this particular article for a while and must admit that I’ve struggled with it not because it is difficult to write but because of the difficulty and the sensitivity of the subject matter. There is a good maxim in journalism; the cub reporter...
I have worked for the BBC Somali Service as a contributor and staff from 1962 to 1977. I still have so much attachment and nostalgia for the Service for what it has done for me personally and what it has provided its Somali listeners. It therefore pains me to see a Service that I was...
By Mohamoud Hassan Much has been written over the past years about the demise of the objectivity and impartiality of the programmes of the BBC Somali Service since Yussuf Garaad was appointed its editor in the late 1990s. It was the hope of all those concerned about the decline of standards that the BBC management...
WardheerNews Editorial February 3, 2006 We at WardheerNews express our disappointment to the elders and leaders of the Arab and Reer Isaaq sub-clans whose mediation efforts come to a halting crash. It would have been a positive conclusion to the fueling feud if a settlement were reached at San Dhoore village in the Somali Regional...