Back to the future: the challenges facing Somalia’s returning diaspora
The remains of a church near the waterfront in Mogadishu, a city that might be emerging from decades of war and neglect. Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star via Getty Images By Samira Shackle “Whenever...
View ArticleFinn aims to be first female president of Somalia
Fadumo Dayib moved to Finland in the 1990s to escape the civil war in Somalia. She’s now studying at Harvard but planning to return to Somalia—and she thinks she can make quite an impact on the...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Dawladda Soomaaliya oo wariyayaal u xirnaa ku wareejisay maxkamadda gobalka Banaadir, Xasan Cali Geesey oo maanta dib u helay xorriyaddiisa ka dib i iyo warar...
View ArticleBattle against al-Shabab heats up in Somalia
American and AU troops aided by drones ramp up offensive against armed group blamed for a wave of violence in Somalia. By Hamza Mohamed Foreign troops and the Somali army are locked in a life-and-death...
View ArticleSomalia accuses Norwegian oil explorer DNO of destabilising country
Nairobi, (Reuters) – Norwegian oil company DNO and other small explorers are destabilising Somalia, the African country’s petroleum ministry said on Wednesday, warning it may lodge complaints against...
View ArticleEthiopian Gang Involved In Human Trafficking Arrested
The Arrested Persons Before Being Transferred To Relevant Authorities For Legal Action. KUWAIT CITY, Securitymen from the Residency Affairs General Department have arrested a gang of Ethiopians...
View ArticleProphet dome removal reports rubbished
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED & IBRAHIM NAFFEE The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has strongly denied reports that surfaced in Western media outlets claiming that the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad...
View ArticleAl-Shabab’s Finances: The Militant Group Gets Funding From Local Businesses,...
Somalia’s Islamic al-Shabab spokesman Sheik Muktar Robow Abu Mansur (C) at a news conference where he vowed to step up attacks against government soldiers and foreign troops in Mogadishu, Dec.14, 2008....
View ArticleIslamist rebel leader killed in U.S. strike – Somali government
The Somali prime minister said on Friday that Ahmed Godane, head of the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, was killed in a U.S. strike this week, although the group that is waging an insurgency...
View ArticleWhat Would Godane’s Death Mean for Al-Shabab?
FILE – Somali soldiers stand near the wreckage of car bomb that was detonated at the main gate of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, July, 9, 2014. Gabe Joselow NAIROBI—As the world awaits...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxa ka mid ah: Dibad bax ka dhacay maanta Muqdisho oo lagu tageerayo dagaalka ciiddanka dowladda iyo Amisom ay ku qaadeen Shabaab, Cadaado oo lagu wado in ay gaaraan maalinta...
View ArticlePentagon confirms al-Shabab leader killed in airstrike in Somalia
By Craig Whitlock The Pentagon said Friday that it had confirmed the death of a key Somali militant leader allied with al-Qaeda who had been targeted in a U.S. airstrike earlier this week. Ahmed Abdi...
View ArticleAmiirkii Al Shabaab oo Geeridiisa La Xaqiijiyay
WardheerNews – Wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee ka soo baxaya weerarkii ay maalintii Isniinta ee bishan Sebt. ay ku beegnayd 1da ee ay diyaaradaha meelaha fog laga hagaa ku qaaddeen gawaadhi la sheegay in ay...
View ArticleWhat is next for Al Shabab?
WardheerNews Editorial Somalia’s militant group Al-Shabab has been thrown into confusion and is currently in deep mourning after an American drone dropped a precision-guided bomb on a convoy of its...
View ArticleSomalia on alert after al-Shabab leader Godane killed
The US confirmed Godane was killed in an air strike on Monday night south of Mogadishu Somalia is on alert for retaliatory attacks by the Islamist group al-Shabab, officials say, after the group’s...
View ArticleKenya thanks us for killing mall massacre mastermind
Kenya’s president on Saturday offered his “heartfelt thanks” to the United States for killing the leader of Somalia’s Shebab militants, responsible for the massacre at Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall...
View ArticleSpared from execution in Ethiopia to lift luggage in US
Critics of African governments are forced to flee their countries. PHOTO | PHOEBE OKALL| NATION MEDIA GROUP By JOHN MWAZEMBA In André Acimany’s The Last Time I Saw Paris, a narrator describes a deep...
View ArticleSuspended Sharjah cop converts to Islam
The Filipino cop says he is happy in his new life By Mohammed El Sadafy A suspended Sharjah policeman has embraced Islam. The Filipino, Mohammed Karim, said he was happy with his new life. He said he...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Madaxda sare ee dowladda Soomaaliya oo si isku mid ah uga hadlay dilkii Axmed Gdane, Maraykanka oo sheegay in uu sii wadi doono ugaarsiga hoggaamiyayaasha...
View ArticleSpokesman for Somalia’s Shebab confirms leader killed in US attack
Nairobi (AFP) – Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels on Saturday confirmed their leader Ahmed Abdi Godane has died in a US air strike, their first official comment on his fate since the attack. “The...
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