Analysis: The state of state-building in Somalia
By Anthony Morland Photo: UNSOM Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed and Puntland President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali sign the agreement NAIROBI, (IRIN) – A fence-mending deal signed this month by...
View ArticleAir Force crew returns after $280M drug bust
By Tony Field The crew of an Air Force Orion has returned home after helping seize around $280 million worth of hashish off the coast of Somalia. They were part of a combined operation with the...
View ArticleSyrian man takes part in stoning of daughter to death
A still image taken from a video clip posted by the Islamic State on YouTube shows a Syrian woman being led to her execution by stoning for alleged adultery. The video is embedded in the story....
View ArticleTop official leads probe on German terrorism suspect
A German security team is set to visit Kenya and Somalia to track down a citizen described as an international terrorist. FILE PHOTO By ZADOCK ANGIRA A German security team is set to visit Kenya and...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid: Shabaab oo dhagax ku dilay wiil dhalinyaro ah gobolka Shabeellaha Hoose, Maamulka Jubba oo sheegay in ay gacanta ku dhigeen rag Shabaab ka tirsan, Ra’iisal...
View ArticleDetails emerge of Colorado girls’ possible bid to aid Islamic radicals
By Michael Muskal On Friday, two Somali sisters in suburban Denver told their father that they were too ill to go to school so they were going to stay home. By mid-morning, they called their father at...
View ArticleUniversity student suspected of having Ebola quarantined in İzmir
A university student, H.Ö., was quarantined after arriving at a hospital in the western province of İzmir on Tuesday when medical personnel learned he had visited Somalia one month ago, causing them...
View ArticleAli Mazrui, Scholar of Africa Who Divided U.S. Audiences, Dies at 81
By DOUGLAS MARTIN Ali Mazrui, a scholar and prolific author who set off a tsunami of criticism in 1986 by writing and hosting “The Africans: A Triple Heritage,” a public television series that...
View ArticleRebuttal of pernicious allegations against Khaatumo State of Somalia and its...
By Mohamed Yusuf Former President of Khaatumo Since its establishment, the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia had been partisan using its regular reports to the Security Council of the United Nations as a...
View ArticleReturning Haj pilgrims wish they stayed longer
Imran Akbar (L) and Fatima Abdul Rahman Several Haj pilgrims who have just concluded their lifetime spiritual experience appeared sad while leaving the holy land and many of them being quite old as...
View ArticleDanes insist on refugees for cash
A view of the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya. A Danish opposition party insists that Somali refugees arriving in Denmark could be sent to Kenya at a fee. FILE PHOTO | TONY KARUMBA | AFP By...
View ArticleHow arguing with your spouse could make you FAT
Marital rows and depression lead to fewer calories being burned after meals By MADLEN DAVIES Blistering marital rows and depression can lead to people piling on the pounds, according to a study. The...
View ArticleSomali port poised for facelift with Turkish help
By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The Somali government’s grand vision for Mogadishu port under its new Turkish managers sees modern container ships replacing wooden dhows,...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya iyo wafdi uu hoggaaminaayo oo maanta gaaray Ceelbuur, Qoxootiga Soomaaliyeed ee Yaman ku nool oo la soo cenaayo inta diyaarka u ah in ay...
View ArticleThe Ancient Kingdom of Punt and its Factor in Egyptian History: Further...
By Said M-Shidad Hussein Why did some Egyptologists go to the extent that they think the Egyptian was originated from the Somali while others view that as a strange idea? Naturally an answer for that...
View ArticleItoobiya oo ka codsatay Cali Khaliif in u dalkeeda ka baxo
WDN ( Addis Ababa) Wararka naga soo gaadhaya magaalada Addis Ababa ee caasimada Itoobiya, ayaa sheegaya in madaxweynihii maamulka Khaatumo Md. Cali Khaliif Galeydh oo maalmahan ku sugnaa magaalada...
View ArticleDavid Cameron writes to Ethiopian PM on behalf of British political dissident...
Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, a critic of the Ethiopian regime, was kidnapped in Yemen By Jonathan Owen The Prime Minister has personally intervened in the case of a British father-of-three facing the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Interior Ministry issues warning against women driving
The Interior Ministry issued on Thursday a strong warning to anyone participating in demonstrations or sending messages in favor of a campaign for women to be allowed to drive in the Kingdom. “In...
View ArticleArtistry of Allah in the spider’s web
HARUN YAHYA The best-known things about spiders are their webs. However, there are miraculous details hidden both in the web and in the silk they use to build it. The spider web is made up of...
View ArticleHigh alert as Shabaab flee Somalia war
Inspector-General David Kimaiyo with his deputy Grace Kaindi. Mr Kimaiyo said the ongoing massive multi-national offensive against the terrorists in Somalia had caused them to abandon their camps in...
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