Barnaamijka Raadraac ee toddobaadkan waxa uu ku saabsan yahay mashaariicda horumarinta ee ka socda magaalada Muqdisho iyo soo celinta guud ahaan bilicda..
The strategic interest of the British government on Somalia is based on energy intelligence and the vast energy reserves in form of oil lying both onshore...
Royal Dutch Shell is pioneering a stabilising and state-building initiative in Somalia, one of the world’s most fragile states, where it still lays claim to offshore exploration rights more than two decades after they went into...
Somalia stands at a critical moment in its history. One year ago, al-Shabaab controlled and terrorized large swaths of Somalia, millions were at risk of...
..press freedoms, especially in the disputed eastern regions formerly known as Sool, Sanag and Cayn, and in the desolate western coastal areas used by the Ogaden National Liberation Front to access the sea, are said to be ...
Informal comments to the media by President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of the Transitional Federal Government of the Somali Republic on the situation in Somalia.
LONG benighted, Ethiopia is attracting attention for a better reason. It has become Africa’s fastest-growing non-energy economy (see chart). Investors have noticed. South Africa’s largest consumer-foods firm, Tiger Brands, expanded into Ethiopia last year with a big acquisition. Diageo and ...
NAIROBI, Kenya – European Union forces on Tuesday attacked a Somali pirate base for the first time, using a combat helicopter to strafe several of the ...
NAIROBI, May 14, (AFP) - Love-struck teenagers, angry parents, rowing couples: Somali youth tired of seeing their homeland portrayed as a war-torn famine ...
THE heart of the Obama administration's strategy for fighting al-Qaeda militants in Somalia can be found next to a cow pasture in Uganda, 1600 kilometres from the front lines. Under the gaze of American..
Families in the Somilaland region of northern Somalia are enjoying a more balanced diet thanks to food vouchers which they can use to shop for goods like camel ...
Range Resources (LON:RRL) surged in early trade on a positive update from its drilling campaign in Puntland, Somalia, while broker Fox-Davies Capital ...
Range Resources (RRL) and Red Emperor Resources (RMP) updated investors on work in Puntland on Monday. The partners said the Shabeel-1 well currently being drilled in Puntland by joint venture operator Horn Petroleum was...
As the Pentagon reviews all military classes following the disclosure of one that advocated "total war" against Muslims, the news website Al-Jazeera ...
KAKOLA, Uganda — The heart of the Obama administration’s strategy for fighting al-Qaeda militants in Somalia can be found next to a cow pasture here, a thousand miles from the front lines. Under the gaze of American..
A German terror suspect whose picture was circulated by police on Saturday over links with the al Shabaab could have crossed into Somalia. Ahmed Khaled Mueller ..
NAIROBI, May 14, 2012 (Xinhua) - The UN humanitarian agency has called on the world to build on the effective delivery of aid that helped roll back last ...
IBANDA, 14 May 2012 (IRIN) - Over 600 Somali troops completed six months of military training in southwestern Uganda on 10 May and are heading home to boost the forces fighting Al Shabab. ..
Mogadishu ‐ May 13th, 2012; 17 AMISOM peacekeepers have successfully completed an advanced course on International Humanitarian Law applicable to the ...
The President of Puntland State of Somalia H.E. Abdirahman Mohamed
Mohamud (Farole) and a delegation arrived in New Delhi, India, on Sunday
morning after meetings with senior Ethiopian officials in Addis Ababa. ....
May 13, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah nin la sheegay in uu ka trisa yahay A Sahbab oo lagu eedeeyay in uu qorsheynayay dil
A former military commander with Al Shabab, the Somali terrorist group with ties to Al Qaeda, has become a cooperating witness and is expected to testify for the United
RIVER VOVODO, Central African Republic, 13, May, 2012 (Reuters) - Uganda has captured one of the Lord's Resistance Army's top five rebels, bringing it a step closer
Toronto - With impeccable public relations skills and the drive and determination to bring change, the Dublin-based, Mogadishu-born, Ifrah Ahmed, continues to work tirelessly in her quest to fight for the rights of the
ROME, 12 May 2012 (Reuters) - A deteriorating security situation in southern Libya threatens to increase illegal immigration into Europe from Africa, Libyan Foreign
Turkey has been showing unparallelled interest in Somalia, starting with a visit from Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, in August last year.
Turkey has now committed more than $365m in cash and aid to the
There couldn’t have been a grander day for the opening celebration of the all new Phillips Community Center (PCC) on Saturday, May 12. The sun was shining, children
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 11, 2012 (AP) — Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a new video in which he encourages Somali militants to fight on despite the
Puntland Government warns this Draft Federal Constitution should not be
presented to National Constituent Assembly (NCA) for adoption, unless major
changes to the Draft are applied and agreed upon by Somali stakeholders
May 11, 2012 - (Press TV) Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker with 17 crew members onboard off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, Press TV report
A month after his 2009 graduation from Yale Law School, Seun Adebiyi learned he had not one but two lethal blood cancers and began an odyssey to find a bone-marrow
Nairobi - A dispute between two semi-autonomous regions in Somalia is delaying exploration for oil and gas over fears that local authorities are issuing licences ...
The European Union has announced that it will scale up its Somali funding by Sh10.9 billion (€100 million) to support the African Union Mission (AMISOM). ...
An alleged terror plot targeting Kenyan tourist hotels with chemical explosives was financed by Samantha Lewthwaite, the British widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, a senior official has said. ...
Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces killed 17 Shabab rebels on Thursday after the rebels blocked a road in southern Somalia and stole supplies from...
FORT LAUDERDALE, May 10, 2012 - Toddlers may be jokingly called terrors when they hit the "terrible twos," but one little girl's parents said their daughter was accused of being an actual terrorist.
May 10, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah wefdi ka socda Koonfur Afrika oo maanta la kulmay ra'iisal wasaare Abdiweli M. Cali; Nin u dhashay dalka Britayn oo lagu eedeeyay in uu xidhiidh...
Nairobi, Kenya: If Somalia experiences its own Arab-style 'spring', it might not be a revolutionary wave against its own government, but an uprising against British intervention in the form of 'aid'. ...
Johannesburg May 10, 2012 (Sapa) - The families of a South African couple taken hostage by pirates in Somalia 19 months ago have received confirmation they ...
BENGHAZI, 3 May 2012 (IRIN) - In one of the many rooms where detainees are held at Ganfouda detention centre in Libya’s second largest city, Benghazi, Suleiman Mansour*, a young Somali from Mogadishu, spends ..
DADAAB, Kenya, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Three explosives were found near the UN refugee camp offices early on Thursday, about 5 km from the Hagadera refugee camp ...
May 09, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah taliyaha ciidamada asluubta ee dawladda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya oo sheegay in aanay waxba ka jirin wararka sheegaya in musuqmaasuq ka jiro xabsiga...
Valetta, Malta — Somali asylum-seekers who landed their boat on one of Malta's most popular beaches at the weekend have told UNHCR that seven fellow passengers ...
The high-powered Joint Security Committee for Somalia Wednesday backed a plan to unify pro-government forces fighting the militant Al- Shabaab and Al-Qaeda ....
Somali reporter Jamal Osman is named journalist of the year at the One World media awards for a collection of his films for Channel 4 News.
The awards, presented by Channel 4 News Presenter Jon Snow on Tuesday night, recognise outstanding journalism on the developing world. Jamal beat fellow ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 9 (UPI) -- Somalia's defense minister said Somalia's Transitional Federal Government hopes to eradicate al-Shabaab from rebel-held...
Farah, developed a hole between her vagina and rectum, causing faeces to leak from her body, after giving birth to her first child at age 18 while fleeing gunfire...
Jermaine Grant, 29, was arrested last December and denies allegations that he was planning a bomb attack and possessed explosive materials. The Londoner, who Kenyan authorities say is linked to Somali militants...
May 08, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah ciidamada ammaanka ee dawladda kmg ah oo sheegay in ay gacanta ku dhigeen qof xidhnaa jaakad ay ku jireen walxaha qarxa...
Several Somali refugees have drowned while fleeing by boat from Libya to Malta, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Details are are still sketchy and an...
Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that killed at ...
A brawl broke out at the Somali embassy in the Zambian capital Lusaka after the East African country apparently sent a new ambassador to take over without recalling...
DHAKA – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied Sunday, May 6, that her country was targeting Muslims and their faith, describing the American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as “self-defense”. "That hurts me so much," Clinton said in an answer to a student at a Bangladeshi public forum about perceptions...
It's a first for California, not just in an election year, but for any year. The first annual "Muslim Day at the Capitol", held Monday, looked on the surface like any ...
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called on authorities in Somalia to bring to justice those responsible for the murder of ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 8, 2012 (UPI) -- Al-Shabaab may be trying to gain political influence in the Somali government three months before the interim administration ends, an analyst said. The U.N. Political Office for ...
Many locals believe the recent influx of Somali families get a better deal in terms of housing allocation and social provision. Tensions have grown. ...
The Somali flag is plain, a sea of light blue with a white, five-point star in the centre. The blue honours the United Nations which was instrumental in Somalia’s ...
The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has welcomed the inaugural convening of the body tasked with selecting members of the Constituent Assembly and new Parliament as an important step on the road to ending the country’s transition.
Somali pirates captured on the high seas and prosecuted in other countries are now being transferred to a new prison in Somalia. It's a significant change for countries...
If Sharmarke Mohamed was from a European country, he would have been booted out of Canada long ago, but because he came here from wartorn Somalia, he has been allowed to linger, causing mayhem through his escalating violence, a Federal Court judge declared before deciding that enough ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. 05 May, 2012 (AP) — A former Kansas City woman who converted to Islam in 2005 said she was harassed for years at AT&T, and that the abuse boiled
PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France's presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against German-led austerity. Hollande was set
May 05, 2012 - After Spanish, the top languages requested for interpretation in the U.S. in the last year were Arabic, Mandarin and Vietnamese, according to a study
COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama sought to rekindle the passion of his 2008 victory on Saturday with a pair of huge rallies in battleground states that signaled a new, more politically aggressive phase of the campaign and
Raadraac, May 04, 2012 ( RW)- Barnaamijka RaadRaac ee maanta waxaanu ku eegaynaa tacadiyo la sheegay in ciidamada Kenaya ay u geystaan dadka Soomaaliyeed ee ku dhaqan gobolka W/Bari Kenya. Xadgudubyadaasi oo
A Tennessee federal jury split its verdict Friday in Nashville against nine men accused of operating a sex trafficking ring run mostly by Somali refugee ...
Inside a hot, cramped room in the Somali capital, 10 sweating children sat on wooden desks, not unlike those found in schools. These boys, though, were not in class. They were staring at a small TV and tightly gripping video ...
Nairobi May 05, 2012 (AP)- Hundreds of Kenyan youth who have trained with al-Qaeda-linked militants in neighboring Somalia have returned home and now pose...
Osama bin Laden showed disdain for al Qaeda affiliates, fretted about his organization's image and was deeply worried about its security, according to documents seized from his hideout in Pakistan and released publicly on ...
CAIRO,Fri May 4, 2012 (Reuters) - Egypt's army imposed an overnight curfew around the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday after protesters clashed with troops there
Despite recent celebrations of its merger with al-Qaeda, Somalia’s Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen movement has been suffering from a power struggle in its leadership for the past two years. Though attempts
May 04, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah warbixin ay soo saartay hay'ada u doodda xuquuqul Insaanka ayaa ku eedaysay in ciidamada Kenya in ay kula kaceen Soomaalida fagalo iskugu
Nairobi, May 4, 2012) – The Kenyan security forces have committed widespread human rights abuses against ethnic Somalis with total impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Between November
NAIROBI, Kenya May 04, 2012 (AP) — An international human rights group says Kenyan security forces abused ethnic Somalis in Kenya’s border region in ...
The Foreign Office has amended its advice for Kenya, and is now warning against all but essential travel to coastal areas within 60 kilometres (37 miles) of the country’s border with Somalia. This is a significant ...
Less than four months remain for Somali leaders to complete the steps they agreed to in the Roadmap to End the Transition, which lays out the steps for replacing
NAIROBI, Kenya — Osama bin Laden didn't want to publicly recognize the Somali militant group al-Shabab as a part of al-Qaida because it would bring extra attention from "enemies," but months after his death, al-Qaida ...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar released the following statement regarding the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to extend Temporary ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia -
Dozens of Somali journalists met Thursday in somber silence to celebrate World Press Freedom Day, a meeting that came only hours...
Mogadishu ‐ May 3rd, 2012; On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day today, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission...
The 86 edition of Dawn Newspaper, the fastest growing and most authoritative Muslim newspaper in Kenya. The items covered in this issue include security along the Mandera Wajer Road; Devolution of power in Kenya and the next election; An interview with the Somali Ambassador to Kenya and many more...
A month before I went to the battered Somali capital Mogadishu, I met over coffee with a senior diplomat who had just been there and visited the African Union...
I just returned from the Somalia capital, Mogadishu. I got the first taste of Somalia in the departure lounge of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. ...
May 02, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka maanta waxa ka mid ah dadkii ku dhaawacmay qaraxii ismiidaaminta ahaa ee ka dhacay shalay Dhuusamareeb oo loo qaaday Itoobiya
Waxa maanta barnaamijka Raadraac aannu ku soo qaadanaynaa wareysi aannu la yeellanay guddomiyaha Guriceel Cismaan Ciise Nuur oo ka warbixinaya xaaladda dhaawacyadii ku waxyeelloobay ...
NORFOLK, Va. May 02, 2012 (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against three Somalis charged with murder in the fatal shooting of four ...
Freelance journalist Hamza Mohamed recounts the day he was able to put a human face to the Somali Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab, in this article published...
Iyadoo labada mudane ay aad iskugu dhaw yihiin, ayaa haddana Soomaalida oo Codkeeda siisa KEN Livingston waxay ay la macno tahay guul u soo hoyatay bulshadeenna. Haddaba Fadlan soo bax oo codkaaga sii Md. Livingston si aad u xaqiijiso inay guushu raacdo bulshadeenna.
Metropolitan Orlando's Muslim population grew dramatically in the past decade, gaining more than 25,000 worshippers since 2000, according to a new census of...
Mogadishu ‐ May 2nd, 2012; Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti, has today taken command of the military component of the African Union Mission in Somalia ...
NEW YORK, May 02, 2012 (AP) — An imprisoned Ethiopian journalist and blogger who could face the death penalty for advocating peaceful protests in his Horn ...
MOGADISHU, May 01, 2012 (AFP) — A suicide bomber killed at least six people including two lawmakers in an attack in the central Somali town of Dhusamareb, ...
Imagine a particularly challenging country in which to do business. Let's say it’s a country that is not recognized by any other country, so all business has to be...
On Sept. 17, 2001, six days after the terrorist attacks in Washington, D.C., president George W. Bush sent a 12 page Memorandum of Notification to his National Security Council. That memorandum, we know now, ...
Nairobi, May 01, 2012 (AFP) - Peace “spoilers” threaten to wreck fragile progress in war-torn Somalia, the United Nations, African Union and East Africa's main ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia—At least two Somali lawmakers and three civilians were killed in bombings Tuesday in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation, officials said. ...
Iyadoo labada mudane ay aad iskugu dhaw yihiin, ayaa haddana Soomaalida oo Codkeeda siisa KEN Livingston waxay ay la macno tahay guul u soo hoyatay bulshadeenna. Haddaba Fadlan soo bax oo codkaaga sii Md. Livingston si aad u xaqiijiso inay guushu raacdo bulshadeenna.
April 30, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah agaasimaha guud ee Nabadsugidda Qaranka oo sheegay in ciidamadoodu qabteen dad looga shakisan yahay in ay ka mid yihiin Al Shabaab oo dilay...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. April 30, 2012 (AP) — A military gear contractor and a Washington, D.C., nonprofit are suing each other over 18,000 pairs of boots ...
Ever since the fall of the Somalia’s pro-US president, Mohammad Siad Barre, in 1991, the country has been in a state of chaos and disorder. In the absence of a central authority, tribal conflicts, warlordism, and a resurgent ...
NAIROBI -- The deadly grenade attack at a church in Nairobi on Sunday confirms fears that places of worship in Kenya are easy and tempting targets of terrorists. ...
The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, released a message April 23 informing U.S. citizens in the country that it had received credible information regarding a ...
For the first time since the age of three, successful London fashion model, Samira Hashi, has returned to the country where she was born, Somalia - one of the most troubled regions in the world. She writes about what she found:
Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There), a Turkish charity, brought together a number of donors and special guests on Saturday to thank them for their support to ...
The African Union military force in Somalia has declared victory over al-Qaida-linked rebels in Mogadishu.
Predicting that the insurgents will soon be crushed ...
I walked between two worlds, one dead the other powerless to live. Its here a refugee camp called- death camp. A story of Amina that was to change so many lives. Amina grew up in a beautiful village in Somalia . See this
Nairobi, April 29, 2012 - The government of Uganda has failed to investigate adequately the use of lethal force by security forces that resulted in the deaths of
The hypnotic appeal of establishing God's kingdom on earth propels two of these men: Afghanistan's Mullah Mohammed Omar, 52, fugitive leader of the Taliban,
and Sheik Moktar Ali Zubeyr (also known as Ahmed Abdi Godane)
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia closed its embassy here on Saturday and recalled its ambassador, setting off a diplomatic crisis that seemed to catch Egypt’s military
April 28, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah askari ka tirsan ciidamada Puntland oo toogtay sarkaal ka tirsan hay'adda Saracen International oo tababar ku saabsan la dagaalanka burcad badeedda
In the chilling aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001 — when authorities found that hijackers had active bank accounts in the U.S., including in New Jersey — the federal government ...
April 27, 2012 ( BBC) - A US jury has convicted a Somali man of piracy for serving as a hostage negotiator during the hijacking of an American yacht.Mohammad Saaili Shibin was found guilty of piracy, kidnapping
40 young Somali men have a diploma and a new trade thanks to a Canadian-funded training program in Galkayo, Somalia. The program, taught at Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development, trained the men in...
Mogadishu‐April 26th, 2012; The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has said that it will not allow spoilers to sabotage the peace process as the country ....
Nairobi — The UN refugee agency said Friday that heavy rains have hit Somali refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, damaging tents, flooding roads and ...
GARY MACKAY-STEVEN has watched Islam Feruz follow his path to England and reckons the Somalia-born youngster can succeed where he failed. The Dundee United star endured a horrendous injury-stricken spell with Liverpool ...
Local and national Arab American and Muslim groups will gather this Sunday at the Doubletree Hotel just outside of Dearborn in hopes of counteracting an ...
The Sierra Leone Government has vowed to go ahead with its Somalia deployment plan despite threats from Al-Shabaab. The government said its decision to send peacekeeping forces was not just because of its ...
CNSNews.com -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, saying, among other things, that authorities ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 26, 2012 (AP) - Federal prosecutors have finished their case against a group of nine defendants charged in a conspiracy to commit sexual...
Mogadishu, April 26, 2012 (AP) - An al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group says its American commander who was feared dead in early April is still alive. ...
Over a halal, alcohol-free lunch at a cafe on Bradford’s main high street, Khan tells Galloway: “I know someone who attended your shahadah [the Muslim conversion ceremony].” He stares at me across the table, penetrating...
The attention of the Government of Sierra Leone and the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) has been drawn to media reports that the Al-Shabab group
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. April 26, 2012(AP) – Plaintiffs in a civil trial trying to block a proposed mosque in Tennessee on procedural grounds were largely blocked...
The hub houses 11 social service agencies: Albion Neighbourhood Services (co-lead agency); Rexdale Community Legal Clinic; ; Somali Business Development Centre; Dejinta Beesha; ProTech Media Centre, ...
Many major Western media outlets assign one correspondent for the entire continent -- more than 11 million square miles. He or she will be based in Johannesburg...
April 25, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah ciidamo ka tirsan hay'adda nabad sugidda oo gudaha suuqa Bakaaraha ku toogtay laba nin oo la sheegay in ay ka tirsanaayeen kooxda Al Shabaab....
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 25, 2012/African Press Organization (APO) -- The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today protested vociferously...
His name means "traveler" and Somali-born poet, rapper and musician K'naan has certainly come a long way. The hip-hop sensation, who's been compared by critics to both reggae hero Bob Marley and rap star Eminem, ...
The European Union will begin a program to help East African nations improve maritime security as pirate attacks in the region decline, EU Ambassador ...
Somalia, with help from its African neighbors, is trying to re-establish a central government in Mogadishu. But since the state's collapes in 1991, many citizens...
Of course, it’s easier for little cities to grow quickly, and even with big growth smaller burgs like Mogadishu and Yamoussoukro aren’t going to catch up to Tokyo, Delhi...
JAMESTOWN, N.D. - Emotions ran high Monday as a Jamestown woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison for her part in the 2011 death of a Jamestown man ....
People in Somalia did not die of starvation any more, Turkish ambassador in Mogadishu said.
Social needs of the people, who were living in camps, have ...
Huda Farah, an early childhood specialist from Minneapolis, Minn., shared that message on Tuesday when she spoke to a group of individuals from area social service and health organizations at St. Catherine Hospital.
KAMPALA, April 23, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has deployed an additional 1,700 troops in volatile Somalia, bringing the total number of Ugandan peacekeepers in the...
Mogadishu, April 23, 2012. Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali has today affirmed the finalization of the draft constitution on 20 April 2012 by the Independent Federal Constitution Commission (IFCC) and Committee ...
Mogadishu, Apr 23, 2012 — The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is deeply concerned about the increased attacks against journalists in northern region ...
Nineteen years after the failed attempt to restore hope in Somalia, it appears the West is getting ready for another crack at Africa's Horn. The EU Naval Force ...
From Ireland's Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney to Kim Jong-il's exiled former court poet Jang Jin Seong, hundreds of poets from around the world are set to gather on the banks of the Thames this summer in an attempt to ...
204 poets from across the world are taking part in the Poetry Parnassus in London as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Here is the list of poets taking part and the ...
Global pirate attacks fell 28 percent in the first quarter as naval interventions reduced incidents off the coast of Somalia, the International Maritime Bureau ...
Barnaamijka Raadraac ee toddobaadkan waxa aannu ku soo qaadanaynaa wareysi Q II ee aannu la yeelannay Dr. Cali Khaliif Galaydh. Wareysigan oo ah mid ...
Pess TV April 21, 202 -
A piece of US legislation, designed to restrict transactions with international ‘terrorist’ groups has been a major bottleneck in the delivery of
Somalia is often described as one of the worst places in the world to be a woman, with violence, drought and restrictions from al-Shabab Islmists, who controls much of the country. But the BBC's Mary Harper found that
India has called for ''clear demarcation'' of the pirate-infested waters of the Indian Ocean to warn merchant vessels and the navies of the threat and to prevent
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2012 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama urged the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan on Saturday to stop the fighting between their
Barnaamijka Raadraac ee toddobaadkan waxa aannu ku soo qaadanaynaa wareysi Q II ee aannu la yeelannay Dr. Cali Khaliif Galaydh. Wareysigan oo ah mid...
On the day that 10-year-old Abdifatah Mohamud was laid to rest, his heartsick older brothers said they never saw any indication of violence at their East Side home that would have led them to predict the horrible
When people attribute someone's untimely death to a Coke overdose, they're usually not talking about the world's most popular soda. But experts in New Zealand
RIVER CHINKO, Central African Republic (Reuters) - A Ugandan "hunting squad" pushes through the thick jungle of central Africa in search of the fugitive warlord.
It is tough terrain that favours the hunted.
At times the
April 20, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah ciidamada AMISOM oo sheegay in hawlgal ay xalay sameyeen ay si sahlan ula wareegeen garoonka macmalka ah ee Dayniile....
A row between Kenya and Somalia over their maritime border may deter multinational oil companies from exploring for oil and gas offshore east Africa, and a Somali...
Ten-year-old Abdifatah Mohamud was running for his life down Sycamore Street at about 5 p.m. Tuesday when a concerned neighbor stopped to try to help. ...
MOGADISHU, Apr 19, 2012 (Reuters) - Somalia has set a $500 award for anyone who captures or kills a militant from the al Qaeda-linked militant group of...
An American citizen who alleges that he was detained and tortured overseas at the behest of the U.S. government — and is now marooned as a result of the U.S. no-fly list — has filed for political asylum in Sweden, ...
MOGADISHU, Apr 20, 2012 (AFP) — African Union troops in Somalia said Friday they took control of Al-Qaeda allied Shebab insurgent bases on the outskirts of ...
Nayrobi, Abril 19, 2012 ( WDN) Maamulka Somaliland ayaa shuruud ku xirey wada hadal ay la galaan DFKMG ee Soomaaliya, ka dib markii sida ay sheegeen ay qoonsadeen laba wasiir oo maamulka Puntland ka socda oo
ETHIOPIA became landlocked in 1992, when its Red Sea coast was lost to the new state of Eritrea. It lost access to its former ports soon afterwards. Since the outbreak of a vicious two-year war between the two countries in 1998,
A man is in hospital in a critical condition after a serious assault in St Pauls, Bristol. The 41-year-old sustained serious injuries in the assault, which occurred ....
Norfolk - The attorney for a Somali man accused of piracy told jurors at trial on Wednesday that his client never agreed to negotiate the release of four ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
- Thirteen natives of Somalia and Yemen are on trial in federal court, accused of smuggling a drug common to their homelands but illegal in the U.S.
Authorities allege that for six years, the group smuggled millions of dollars' worth of khat, a leaf that is popular in the region around Somalia ...
A constituent assembly made of 480 delegates from various districts of the semi-autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, approved the new constitution...
An American soldier says he released the photos to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to the safety risk of a breakdown in leadership and discipline. ....
BAIDOA, Somalia, April 18 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up in a bar near a U.N. building in southern Somalia, killing at least two soldiers, officials said....
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - She's best known for her satirical comedy on Saturday Night Live. Twenty years after leaving the hit show, Victoria Jackson is back in the spotlight, but this time it's for her political views.
She's...
DJENNÉ, Mali — As in so much of the Islamic world, “insha’Allah” — “if God wills it” — is how people punctuate conversations in this predominantly Muslim West ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 18, 2012 (AP) — Thirteen natives of Somalia and Yemen are on trial in federal court, accused of smuggling a drug common to their homelands but illegal in the U.S. Authorities allege that for six years, the group smuggled millions of dollars’ worth of khat, a leaf that is popular...
MOGADISHU, April 17, 2012 (IRIN) - The Somali Athletics Federation will select one female runner from a field of 10 to compete in the 400-metres at this year's London Olympics. The youngest of those currently training...
April 17, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maatna waxa ka mid ah saraakiil ka tirsan sirdoonka Mareykanka oo sheegay in ay baadhayaan wararka sheegaya in Abu Mansuur al Amriiki lagu dilay Soomaaliya..
Barnaamijka Raadraac ee toddobaadkan waxa aannu ku soo qaadanaynaa wareysi aannu la yeelannay Dr. Cali Khaliif Galaydh. Wareysigan oo ah mid dhinacyo badan taabanaya waxa uu Dr. Galaydh kaga warramayaa...
MOGADISHU, Apr 17, 2012 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least one soldier in Baidoa, a former rebel stronghold captured by Somali and Ethiopian soldiers...
When Fartun Weli and other Somali women approached Shepherd of the Hills about using the Edina church for an after-school program, Senior Pastor Scott Searl was happy to open the doors to them and Weli was happy to accept.
ALABAMA-born jihadist Omar Hammami is rumored dead in Somalia after he posted a bizarre video claiming he feared fellow radicals were out to martyr him. ....
NORFOLK, Va. April 17, 2012 (AP) — The trial of a Somali man U.S. authorities consider the highest-ranking pirate they have ever captured will begin this week in Virginia
Saying that humanitarian relief should be a non-partisan issue, two DFL legislators question why GOP leaders have not allowed a hearing on a resolution to help ...
Barnaamijka Raadraac ee toddobaadkan waxa aannu ku soo qaadanaynaa wareysi aannu la yeelannay Dr. Cali Khaliif Galaydh. Wareysigan oo ah mid dhinacyo badan taabanaya waxa uu Dr. Galaydh kaga warramayaa...
April 16, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maana waxa ka mid ah roobabkii guga oo ka curtay meelo ka mid Soomaaliya; guddoomiyaha xisbiga Kulmiye oo ka soo horjeestay ..
AS Africa’s economies grow, an insidious attack on press freedom is under way. Independent African journalists covering the continent’s development are ...
ABU DHABI - The advocate general yesterday responded to claims by the lawyer of three men accused of joining Al Shabaab that the group was not officially ...
According to a story on the Fox News website, American intelligence officials are now trying to confirm reports that Omar Hammami who grew up in Daphne and went on to lead an Al Qaeda-aligned terror group in Somalia, was executed on April 4.
Nayroobi, April 15, 2012 (WDN) - Raysal wasaarihii hore ee xukuumaddii kmg ahayd ee Soomaaliya ee lagu soo dhisay magaalada Carta ee dal Jabuuti Dr. Cali Khaliif Galeydh ayaa ka digay in lagu degdego dastuurka dalka...
KHARTOUM/JUBA, April 15, 2012 (Reuters) - Sudanese warplanes bombed a disputed oil-producing border town seized by South Sudan this week, the southern state
OSLO, Norway, April 1, 2012 ( AP) — The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize vowed Friday to work even harder to make the world see women not just as victims of
Days before his arrest in Pittsburgh last month, Khalifa Ali al-Akili posted a remarkable message on his Facebook page: A mysterious man who spoke often of jihad had tried to interest Akili in buying a gun, then later...
CAIRO — The Egyptian election authorities eliminated three of the country’s leading presidential candidates in one broad stroke on Saturday night in an unexpected
Detroit — A civil-rights group is suing the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for alleged "invasive religious questioning" and "prolonged detention" ...
April 14, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maana waxa ka mid ah ra'iisal wasarhii hore ee DFKMG Md. Cali Khaliif oo ka dayriyay wada tashiga Somaliland
Nairobi, Kenya, April 14, 2012 - Kenya's anti-terrorism police Friday questioned a suspected terrorist, Abdulhah Abdul Majid, in connection with the recent grenade
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2012 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said prosecutors must provide more evidence to support allegations that the son of Equatorial Guinea's president
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Down a ramp from Beirut’s clamorous seaside road, motor yachts bob along a curving waterfront promenade. Tablecloths gleam white, and bottles of
RW, April 13, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka waxa ka mid ah meelo badan oo kooxda Al Shabaab oo madaafiic ku garaacay xero ay ciidamada Itoobiya iyo kuwo dawladda kmg ahi ku leeyihiin Baydhabo
GREENBELT, Md. — A former U.S. Army soldier accused of trying to provide support to a terrorist organization in Somalia after he left the military is scheduled ...
The President of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, Abdirahman Farole, says that Islamist Al Shabab militants have moved north into his territory ...
We, the Northern Somalis for Peace and Unity (NSPU), welcome the news that Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Mahamoud (Silanyo) has appointed a team from his administration in Hargeisa to negotiate with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on behalf of the breakaway region. ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Twelve hostages held by pirates have been freed by a Danish navy vessel off the eastern coast of Somalia, officials in Copenhagen...
New York, NY - The flood of reports about the New York City Police Department's surveillance of American Muslims - in mosques, restaurants, bookstores and ...
NEW YORK, New York: You don’t have to be Muslim to find good news in a recent study on mosque growth in the United States. Co-sponsored by the Islamic Society ...
RW, April 11, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka waxa ka mid ah meelo badan oo laga xusay maalinta xoogga dalka Soomaaliyeed; Ra'iisal Wasaare Cabdiweli oo sheegay in kooxo ka mid ah Al Shabaab ay gaadheen Galgala
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr 11, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Africa Oil Corp. is pleased to update the market on the drilling operations on the Shabeel well
MOGADISHU, Somalia April 12, 2012 (AP) — Militant leaders and foot soldiers from the militant group al-Shabab are fleeing to hideouts in a mountainous region ...
HARGEISA, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released a Panama-flagged vessel they seized two months ago allowing it to continue on its way to the...
Range Resources - said today its highly anticipated Shabeel well in Puntland, Somalia has indicated oil but more work is needed to test the results. The Shabeel well, which is being drilled by Horn Petroleum, is currently at a depth of 2703 metres and has just completed the setting of the...
A Guatemalan-American who sought asylum in the U.S. when she was 11 and is now pursuing her doctorate in biology at Harvard; a Somali-American who spent ...
RW, April 11, 2012 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka waxa ka mid ah saraakiil ka tirsan kooxda Al Shabaab oo lagu soo warramayo in ay gaareen buuraha Galgala; Ra'iisal wasaare Cabdiweli oo maanta faahfaahin ka...
Jigjiga — Chinese actress Yao Chen has concluded her first visit to Africa as UNHCR's honorary patron for China by hailing the courage of Somali refugees and the...
To 15-year-old Abrar Salad of St. Louis Park, the novel reflected familiar faces and placessumming up and tying together the many stories of Somalis in Minneapolis," she said
