Operation to rebuild gunshot victim’s face has gone well, say Brisbane surgeons
Surgery to reconstruct a Somali war victim’s face has gone well and doctors expect her to remain in a Queensland hospital for another week.Ayaan Mohamed’s face was disfigured when she was shot as an...
View ArticleSudan court convicts Ethiopian woman over ‘gang-rape’
An Ethiopian woman who says she was gang-raped in Sudan has been convicted of “indecent acts”.The woman of 18 was three months’ pregnant at the time of the alleged attack.She was arrested after video...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s Mugabe turns 90
(Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe turned 90 on Friday, far from home on a medical trip that has intensified concerns about his health and stoked a simmering succession battle in a country...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan: Madaxda Dowlada oo ka hadashay weerarkii shalay lagu qaaday madaxtooyada, Al shabaab oo sheegtay weerarkas iyo warar kale...
View ArticleSOMALIA: Rising Insecurity and the Cost of Foreign Intervention
By Mohamed ElmiThe U.S. State Department and many Somalis around the world have condemned the cowardly attack on the Villa Somalia Compound by al-Shabab on February 21. According to an AP report, the...
View ArticleEgypt FM hails ‘positive’ Tanzanian stance on Ethiopia dam
By Marina BarsoumTanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said Nile Basin countries should consult and decide on a mutual agreeable arrangement prior to the construction of any dams that impact several...
View ArticleAttack was to get president ‘dead or alive’: Shabaab
MOGADISHU ( Reuters) - Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked militants said they had planned to either assassinate or abduct President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud when they attacked the presidential compound on...
View ArticleEthiopia: New Age Discovers Oil, Gas in Elkuran-3
By Kaleyesus BekeleThe British Oil company prospecting for oil in the Ogaden basin, New Age, has noted oil and gas flow in its appraisal well Elkuran-3. New Age started drilling the appraisal well last...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta waxaa ka mid: Xukuumada Soomaaliya oo ka arinsaday xaalada amni darada Muqdishu ka gadaal weerarkii ay Al Shabaab ku qaaday xarunta madaxtooyada iyo warar kale....
View ArticleKNOW THYSELF SOMALIA
By Mohamed AhmedThree words comes to mind when I think of the current state of Somalia: clan politics, corrupt leadership and Insecurity. Many people want to adopt the convention of dispatching these...
View Article£90m of British aid to Somalia ‘helps Al Qaeda’: Pressure grows to divert...
By Tom Kelly and Tim ShipmanBritain is donating more than £90million a year to Somalia despite strong warnings that its corrupt government is arming Al Qaeda-backed terrorists.David Cameron has...
View ArticleSomali woman in court for assault
By CHATULA KAMPOA SOMALI woman has appeared in court for assaulting another Somali woman over unpaid dues amounting to K3,200. Laden Mohammed, 27, was demanding payment of circulation pyramid money...
View ArticleSomali army invades Mogadishu homes after palace attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hooded soldiers carrying sniper rifles have unleashed a sweeping crackdown across Mogadishu in a hunt for militants and weapons after the country’s al-Qaida-linked militants...
View ArticlePresident Hassan “It is essential that pledges are honoured in order to...
Press ReleaseMogadishu, 24 February 2014 – H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Federal Republic of Somalia today chaired the first High Level Partnership Forum with the United Nations Special...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardhee
Wararka maanta ee Raadiyo Wardheer waxaad ku dhageysan doontaan: Dowlada oo iska fogeysay eedeyntii dhawaan ay soo jeedisay kooxda QM u qaabilsan lasocodka xayiraadka hubka ee Soomaaliya iyo Elatiriya,...
View Article50,000 Somali kids at risk of malnutrition
Mogadishu: Somalia’s president is urging donors to fulfil aid pledges made to his fledgling government, while the UN is appealing for aid money, saying that 50,000 children are at risk of death from...
View ArticleTwo Kenyans held by Somali pirates ‘are cousins’– Seafarers Union
By GALGALO BOCHAThe two Kenyan engineers abducted by suspected Somali pirates last month in Mogadishu are close family members from Nairobi’s Rongai area, the Seafarers Union of Kenya has...
View Article22-year-old rolling in millions from tyres
BY SYLVIA WAKHISIAs a little boy, Ahmed Dubow Subanea dreamt of owning and running his own business. His dream became a reality sooner than he had thought.At an age when many of his peers are pursuing...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heyno maanta waxaa ka mid ah: Dilal siyaaba kala duwan ugu dhacay Muqdisho, maxadweynaha Soomaaliya oo sheegay in ay Ciidanka dowladu helaan mushaar toos ah iyo warar kale...
View ArticleIn light of Al Shabaab’s Daring Attack on Villa Somalia, Heads should Roll
By Mohamed F YabaragLast Friday’s Al Shabaab attack on Villa Somalia is the clearest indication that there is a complete security breakdown in Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud’s government. Had the incumbent...
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