Dhagayso Warka Radio Wardheer
Muqdisho, july 19, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxaa ka mid ah, Madaxweyne Xasan Shiikh oo beeniyay in lacag Qadar ka timid lagu doortay, dilal...
View ArticleReport of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea 2013
Summary More broadly in Somalia, several spoiler networks have emerged. In northern Somalia, with the general decline of pirate activity a network of individuals, including known pirate leaders, is...
View ArticleUN experts slam Facebook for Somalia sanctions silence
NEW YORK (AFP) – UN sanctions experts have complained to the UN Security Council that Facebook refuses to answer questions about ship hijackings suspected to be organized on social media sites.In a new...
View ArticleSomalia’s national library rises amid the ruins
Project aims at rebuilding war-torn nation’s rich literary history one story at a time.By: Michelle ShephardIt is hard to imagine the faded yellow building, where a few families eke out an existence,...
View ArticlePolio Eradication Suffers A Setback As Somali Outbreak Worsens
By Jason BeaubienSomalia hadn’t had a case of polio for nearly six years. But in the past few months, the virus has come back. Now the East African country has the worst polio outbreak anywhere in the...
View ArticleSomalia bank governor asks U.N. for audit amid ‘slush fund’ claims
Reuters – The governor of the Central Bank of Somalia said on Thursday he had asked the United Nations for help in conducting an independent audit of the nascent institution after U.N. monitors...
View ArticleDhagayso Warka Radio Wardheer
Muqdisho, july 20, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxaa ka mid ah, Dowlada oo faa-faahin ka bixisay ujeedada heshiiska New deal iyo sharciga...
View ArticleJubbaland Opposes Spoilers, Not the Constitution – Part II
Dr. Mohamed AbbasThis is part two of my response to Mr. Mohamud M. Uluso’s article posted on Hiiraan Online with the title:“Somalia: Raskamboni Militia Challenges US, UN, Credibility”When I read Mr....
View ArticleAre you an Oromo first or Muslim or Ethiopian?”
By Kiflu HussainI just read a very thoughtful article titled “Are you Oromo First or Ethiopian First?”Authored by Awol Allo and published by The web of Legal Theory Group of Glasgow University.The...
View ArticleAn old question: Doubts keep arising about true age of Winnipeg’s under-17...
By: Nick MartinJust how old is Manitoba soccer phenom Ali Musse?Musse plays on Canada’s national under-17 team and has already competed internationally with a passport showing him born in Somalia in...
View ArticleStimulant drug ‘khat’ catching on among Alaska’s seafood industry workers?
Jim Paulin, Dutch Harbor FishermanIs khat catching on among seafood industry workers trying to stay awake while working long hours of overtime, joining a long list of more familiar stimulants from...
View ArticleAAIB Becomes the First Licenced Insurance Broker in Somalia
Christine Schofield and Lynne LathamAMMAN, Jordan, – AAIB Insurance has become the first insurance broker to receive a licence to trade in SomaliaThe company received its ‘Special Permit And Service...
View ArticlePirates could get death; life in prison is more likely
By Scott Daugherty The Virginian-PilotNORFOLKFederal prosecutors want three Somali pirates put to death.Armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Ahmed Muse Salad, Abukar Osman Beyle...
View ArticleSomalia’s new media law concerns UN
New York – The United Nations has voiced fears about a new media law in Somalia only days after UN experts sounded the alarm over corruption in the African country’s new government.The UN Human Rights...
View ArticleSomalia’s ship wrecked hostages
Nairobi – On Somalia’s pirate coast, more than 50 sailors are being held for ransom in grim conditions, many abandoned by their ship’s owner whose willingness to pay to free them sank with their...
View ArticleEthiopian troops quit Somali city, but no full withdrawal planned
By Aaron MaashoADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has begun pulling troops out of a former rebel stronghold in Somalia, but it has no plans for a complete withdrawal from the fight against al...
View ArticleDhagayso Warka Radio Wardheer
Muqdisho, july 22, 2013 (WDN)- Warka Radio Wardheer, Qodobbada warka aad ku maqli doontaan dhageystayaal waxaa ka mid ah, Dowlada Soomaaliya oo sheegtay in caalamka uu shuruud adag ku xeray cafinta...
View ArticleCameron declined to condemn terrorist bombs targeting three mosques
Prime Minister David Cameron has declined to condemn recent terrorist attacks targeted at three mosques in West Midlands.The Prime Minister is “concerned by the recent events”, a spokesman for Downing...
View ArticleSomalia: A Cesspool of Corruption and the Race to Statelessness
By Faisal A. RobleThe UN’s Monitoring report on Somalia and Eretria, (Letter dated 12 July 2013 from the chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009)...
View ArticleEuropean court rules detention of Somali migrant ‘unlawful’
Detention of Somali migrant for more than 14 months ruled unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights.Jurgen BalzanThe European Court of Human Rights today ruled that Malta breached the human rights...
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