Clik here to view.
Here Are The Self-Declared Nations You Won’t See At The UN
By Jeremy Bender Somaliland man with lionA man with a lion, which is put on display, during celebrations to mark the 22nd anniversary of Somaliland’s self-declared independence from the larger Somalia,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Journalist Michael Scott Moore Released in Somalia After Nearly Three Years...
By Hannah Strange Vice News The German-American journalist Michael Scott Moore has been freed in Somalia, nearly three years after he was abducted by an armed militia while researching a book about...
View ArticleWarka Radiyo Wardheer
Warka aan idiin heyno maanta waxa ka mid ah:Xoogsatada dekada Muqdisho iyo ilaalada oo iska horimaad dhexmaray, gegida diyaaradaha ee magaalada Gaalkacyo oo aan wax shaqa ah ka jirin iyo warar...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Somali Youth in Nairobi Make Films to Promote Peace Via Social Media
By Moulid Hujale As the world celebrates the international day of peace, Somali youth around the world are making efforts to contribute to peace in their country by creating forums and programs that...
View ArticlePirate says $1.6M ransom paid for journalist
BY ABDI GULED AND DAVID RISING MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Negotiators paid a $1.6 million ransom for the release of a German-American journalist who was kidnapped in Somalia and held for two years and eight...
View ArticleAll Eyes On Kenya: The Next Big Oil Exporter
By James Stafford Not even the specter of a spillover of Islamic extremism from Somalia can dampen the atmosphere in Kenya, where commercial oil production is expected to begin in 2016 and discovery...
View Article10 SUSPECTS CHARGED IN UGANDA OVER AL-SHABAB TIES
BY RODNEY MUHUMUZA KAMPALA, Uganda, Ugandan authorities on Wednesday charged 10 suspects of Somali origin with terror-related offenses following their arrest in a raid on a suspected al-Shabab cell in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PRIDE & PREJUDICE: LIFE STORY OF A SOMALI IN EXILE A translation of Abdi...
By Bodhari Mohamed Warsame A note on translation and the translator It is important to have a forum where literary written works produced by the Somali authors of our generation, who today write in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ebola toll nears 3,000, but spread in Guinea stabilises
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The exponential spread of the Ebola outbreak that has now killed almost 3,000 people in West Africa may have been checked in Guinea, the World Health Organization said...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Politics will save Somalia
By Nicholas Kay Sitting in Mogadishu, it’s easy to think the world needs to learn from Somalia. As human suffering escalates in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Gaza, Libya, South Sudan and the Central African...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer ee maanta iwaxaa ka mid ah: Gegida diyaaradaha ee magaalada Gaalkacyo oo wali xaniban, Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo ka qayb galay shir lagaga hadlayay arimaha Soomaaliya iyo warar...
View ArticleSix killed in gunfight in Somalia over claimed ransom payment
By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU, Six people were killed in central Somalia in a gunfight over a supposed ransom payment tied to the release this week of a German-U.S. journalist held hostage in Somalia for...
View ArticleFamily of Ethiopian maid who was raped and murdered refuse blood money...
SHARJAH // The family of a teenage girl who was brutally raped and murdered in 2009 by four Emiratis – one of whom had been pardoned 12 years ago for killing a 13-year-old girl – have refused a blood...
View ArticleOil and shipping giants offer $1.5M to counter Somali pirates
Funding channeled through U.N. Development Fund. By Daniel J. Graeber THE HAGUE, Netherlands,(UPI) – A joint initiative led by leading oil and shipping companies said Thursday they were donating $1.5...
View ArticleExperts discuss image of Islam
By Matovu Abdallah Twaha Dubai: Scholars with an interest in Islamic art and civilisation have mooted several ideas on how to restore the battered image of Islam globally suggesting being pro-active,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Somalia asks UN to shelve Kenya bid in oil border dispute
An armed Somali pirate keeps vigil on the coastline near Hobyo, north eastern Somalia. Somalia is seeking to claw back authority over its territorial waters, including the area bordering Kenya that is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US queries Uganda over Somalia sexual exploitation reports
Uganda’s Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Katumba Wamala on Friday said he spent much of the time on a recent trip in the U.S. explaining that the recent allegations that Ugandan troops in Somalia were...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Warka aan idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah; Wafdi uu hogaaminayo kuxigeenjka argayga QM u qaabilsan Soomaaliya oo gaaray Hiiraan golaha wasiirada DFS oo meel mariyay xeerka xuquuqda Caruurta iyo warar kale...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Political Drama in the Somali Region of Ethiopia
By Karamarda Group A spectacle that has been part of the political culture of the Somali Region of Ethiopia since the early1990s is once again entertaining the citizens of that region. For the past two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spiritual, physical and financial preparations of a Haj pilgrim
LIFETIME EXPERIENCE: Proper arrangements and precautions make a pilgrim’s Haj free from errors and hassles. BY SHAWANA A. AZIZ In this life people are usually aware of two kinds of journeys; those...
View Article