Islam gaining popularity in Brazilian culture and TV
Photo: Muslim girls play soccer, on of Brazil’s most popular sports (AP)Rahat HusainWASHINGTON, While the Middle East appears to dominate much of the discourse relating to Islam and Muslims, the growth...
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Wararka waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan Cabdiwali Gaas oo loo doortay Madaxweynaha Puntland iyo warar kale.Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso...
View ArticlePuntland’s presidential poll heralds way to federal future for war-torn...
Newly selected Puntland Members of Parliament are sworn in during a ceremony in Garowe on 1 January 2014. Photo: UNSOMThe top United Nations official in Somalia today hailed the election of a new...
View ArticleShoura members oppose foreigners owning properties in holy cities
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEEA new housing project in Madinah is shown this recent file photoThe Committee of Economic Affairs and Energy at the Shoura Council faced vehement opposition from several members...
View ArticleShebab militants in Somalia ban Internet
MOGADISHU: Militants from the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab on Wednesday banned citizens in the areas of Somalia they control from using the Internet.They gave all communication companies providing web...
View ArticlePuntland Election: A Clarion Call to Democratic Transition
WardheerNews EditorialOn January 8, 2014, law makers in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland of Somalia elected former Somali Prime Minister, Dr. Abdiweli M. Ali Gaas, who narrowly defeated the...
View ArticleSomalis in Britain support miraa ban expected later in 2014
By SHAMLAL PURIMembers of the Somali community in Britain say its continued use causes family break-down, mental health problems and unemployment. [PHOTO:LONDON: As Britain gets ready to slap a ban on...
View ArticleSomaliland Can’t get no recognition
IN 1991, after the overthrow of Somalia’s military leader Siad Barre, the northern territory of Somaliland declared independence. While its mother nation has been in meltdown, Somalilanders in Hargeisa...
View ArticleBlack men who experience racism age quicker than those who don’t – and could...
Black men who are victims of racism literally age quicker than those who are not, a new study has found. Their bodies speed up the biological process of ageing which means they are at risk of getting...
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Wararka maanta ee Raadiyo Wardheer waxaa ka mid ah: Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo ka hadlay dib u dhaca ku yimid xiligii la filaayay in lagu dhawaaqwo xukuumadda iyo sidoo kale doorashadii ka dhacday...
View ArticlePuntland Diaspora Forum: Congratulation to President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali...
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View ArticleTHE GLUE-SNIFFING STREET KIDS OF SOMALILAND
ARE DESPISED AND ABUSED BY JUST ABOUT EVERYONE THEY MEETBy Sean WilliamsMohamed poses for the camera while Ibrahim takes a hit from a glue bottle behind him.On an ordinary night, after the sun sets...
View ArticleAngelene McLaren, Ex-Catholic, USA
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve always had a profound relationship with God. Even though I was raised a Catholic, with all its ambiguities, contradictions and confusion, I did my best to stay...
View ArticleNew al-Shabab Call for Rebellion, Analyst Says Somalis Want Peace
Mohammed YusufWreckage is seen after an attack outside the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu, Jan. 2, 2014.NAIROBI — The al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab carried out an average of one deadly attack every seven...
View ArticleEthiopian journalist on prison odyssey needs medical care
By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa RepresentativeBerhane Tesfaye and her son, Fiteh, try to visit Woubshet Taye every week. (CPJ)“When I grow up will I go to jail like my dad?” This was the shattering...
View ArticleSomali woman finally granted medical visa
The Abbott government has overturned Labor’s decision to deny a mutilated Somali woman a medical visa so she could take up an offer of free surgery.An African woman who was denied permission to travel...
View ArticleKenya carries out deadly air strike on al-Shabaab
At least 30 members of the militant Islamist group al Shabaab have been killed in an air strike on one of their training camps in Somalia, Kenya’s military said on Friday.© AFP/AU-UN IST/Stuart...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: AU Special Representative pays a courtesy call on new Somalia...
Mogadishu; The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif today paid a courtesy call on the new Somalia Prime...
View ArticleIn Gates Book, Details of Israel’s Hard Bargaining Over Saudi Arms
By Eli LakeHow did Israel land an extra squadron of Joint Strike Fighters? It was the cost of doing business with Saudi Arabia, according to the former secretary of defense’s new book. Photo by AFPIn...
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Wararka maanta waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan: Duqayn cirka ah oo la sheegay in lagu dilay horjoogayaal ka mid ah shabaab oo ka dhacday Gado, tirada wasiirrada oo leysku raacay sida ay sheegayaan warar...
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