Mason man charged with assault, ethnic intimidation of Muslim woman
By Matthew MillerJonathan Patrick DeuelMASON — A 29-year-old Mason man has been charged with ethnic intimidation and assault and battery in connection with a July 19 assault on a Muslim woman at the...
View ArticleAl-Shabaab suspect detained in Kenya to be extradited to Somalia
Kenya has agreed to Somalia’s request to extradite a Somali citizen believed to be senior al-Shabaab member Hassan Haji Hanafi, a Somali official told Sabahi Thursday (August 7th).Somalia’s Ambassador...
View Article‘This is a miracle’: Four-year-old girl swept from her parents in Boxing Day...
By Kate LyonsAn Indonesian girl has been reunited with her family 10 years after she was swept away by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, her mother claims.Four-year-old Raudhatul Jannah and her...
View ArticleAllah will make Islam prevail in the world
HARUN YAHYAThe Islamic world extends from Morocco and Mauritania on the Atlantic coast of Africa in the West to as far as Indonesia on the shores of the Pacific in the East. A great many of the 1.5...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heano waxaa ka mid ah: Dilal ka dhacay degmada Hiliwaa ee gobalka Banaadir, Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo shabaab ku eedeeyay in ay dileen odayaal, Taliska ciiddanka Xoogga Dalka oo ka...
View ArticleDepartment of State and Goverment of Somalia Sign Agreement to Support Police...
Press Release:On August 5, the U.S. Special Representative for Somalia, James P. McAnulty and Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Robinson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs...
View Article‘World must act now’ to avert repeat of devastating famine in Somalia – UN...
Food security worsens as drought looms in Somalia. Photo: FAOA United Nations human rights expert today urged the international community to “act now” to avert a humanitarian disaster in Somalia,...
View ArticleHolders Vital ‘O’ begin title defence against Benadir
Amisi Tambwe (right) of Burundi’s Vital ‘O’ controls the ball under pressure from a Ports of Djibouti opponent during the Cecafa Club Championships in Sudan in 2013. PHOTO | FILE NATION MEDIA GROUPBy...
View ArticleWHO declares Ebola an international health emergency
By Kate Kelland and Felix Onuah London/Lagos(Reuters) – The world’s worst outbreak of Ebola that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa represents an international health emergency and could...
View ArticleSomali Shebab say 18 dead in attack on government troops
MOGADISHU: Somalia’s militants reported heavy fighting Saturday in battles against government and African Union troops in the central Hiran region.Shebab spokesperson Abdulaziz Abu Musab told AFP at...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah: Dibad bax looga soo horjeeda Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo ka dhacay Mareykanka, hooyo Soomaaliyeed oo wiil ay dhashay u dhiibtay laamaha Amaanka ee dowlada...
View ArticleConflicting interests impede war on Al Shabaab
By FRED OLUOCHInsufficient troops and the growing divergence in the interests by regional countries are posing a major challenge to plans by the government of Somalia and African peacekeepers to launch...
View ArticleEritrea: Ending the Exodus?
By The International Crisis GroupOVERVIEWThe large emigration of youths is the clearest sign of extreme domestic discontent with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki’s government. Social malaise is...
View ArticleControversy Over Somali President’s Visit to Minneapolis
By: Brandi PowellSome Twin Cities residents decided to protest Saturday during the Somali president’s 2-day visit to Minneapolis. President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud is in the U.S. as part of a divisive...
View ArticleTurks vote in 1st direct presidential election
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turks were voting in their first direct presidential election Sunday, a watershed event in the 91-year history of a country where the president was previously elected by...
View ArticleGrand mufti: Terrorists murdering Muslims in name of jihad
Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al-AsheikhGrand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, who is also president of the Council of Senior Scholars, has warned young men against perverting the concept of “jihad” (struggle)...
View ArticleCan ethnic democracy in Kenya succeed where Bill of Rights failed?
By Makau MutuaDemocrats like to imagine that core human identities – like race, ethnicity, tribe, and gender – can be vanquished by a culture of individual rights. Post-modern and post-colonial...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka Raadiyo Wardheer ee maanta waxaa ka mid ah: Wasaaradda Aminga oo ka hadashay dil ay ciiddamadu u geysteen sarkaal ka tirsan Al Shabaab, Wafti ka socday Qaramada Midoobay oo gaaray Jawhar,...
View Article‘Please don’t shoot me’: Evidence of a summary execution in Gaza
Members of a family in Khuza’a say an Israeli soldier shot their relative point blank as he waved a white flag, tried to negotiate exit of women and children from homeRaghad Qudeh stands outside her...
View ArticleErdogan wins Turkey’s first presidential election
BY NICK TATTERSALL AND TULAY KARADENIZSupporters of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan celebrate his election victory in front of the party headquarters in Ankara August 10, 2014. CREDIT:...
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