Don’t take your eye off Al Shabaab, they fight back
By Charles Onyango-Obbo The Somali militant group Al Shabaab has been having very good days at the terror office in recent weeks. On Thursday, it claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack...
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Wararka aan didiin heyno manta waxaa ka mid ah:Xogayihii ururkii Xisbul Islaam oo maanta warbaahinta kula hadlay muqdisho oo si adag u weeraru hogaanka shabaab Dowladana ugu baaqay in lasii daayo...
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OF CHINA, CHAIN SMOKING AND MAO
By Bashir A. GardaadA recent article entitled “Stubbing out Mao’s Smoking Legacy” WardheerNews February 09, 2014 took me down the memory lane. The month was June, the year 1970. I was a liaison officer...
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First woman of Somali descent joins St. Paul Police Department
By Raya Zimmerman rzimmerman@pioneerpress.comIn Somali culture, women don’t strive to become police officers, Kadra Mohamed said.On Saturday morning, Mohamed was recognized as the first Somali-American...
View ArticleMinnesota group meets with Somali youth in Kenya to intercept al-Shabab’s...
BY AMY FORLITIMINNEAPOLIS ( AP) — While visiting a Somali refugee camp in Kenya, Mohamed Farah was struck by a young man who spends each day just waiting for it to end.The roughly 20-year-old man told...
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Trust: The driving force behind many Somali traders’ success
By WINSLEY MASESEThe phenomenal growth of Somali businesses in Kenya’s commercial towns and urban centres is an envy to any would-be entrepreneur or business person.From the often frequented...
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Wararka aan idiin heyno waxaa maanta ka mid ah:Qarax wadada warshadaha lagula beegtay kolonya ciidanka Amisom, iyo waan waan lakala dhax dhigay dad ku dagaalamay shalay Shabeelaha Dhaxe iyo warar...
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Oscar Nominee Barkhad Abdi Still Faces Money Issues: ‘His Clothes Are Loaners’
Barkhad is up for the Best Supporting Actor award tonight…Barkhad Abdi will face off against some of the biggest names in Hollywood tonight at the Academy Awards, but according to a new report by the...
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Sects divide ummah, says Haram imam
Pilgrims are seen at the courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Makkah in this file photo. An imam at the holy mosque said that Muslim solidarity is essential for survival. (AN file photo)Sheikh Saleh...
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Q&A: Ethiopian journalists languish in prison
Government in Addis Ababa refuses to release award-winning journalists jailed under Anti-Terrorism Proclamation. Eskinder Nega (L) is serving an 18-year jail term under the 2009 Anti-Terrorism...
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Somalia: UN envoy closely monitoring state-building efforts in Baidoa
The United Nations envoy in Somalia is closely monitoring developments in Baidoa, including the outcome of today’s federal state-building conference, and urged maximum restraint by all parties and a...
View ArticleSecurity Gaps Leave Room for al-Shabab Resurgence
By Gabe JoselowNAIROBI — The al-Qaida linked militant group al-Shabab has struck at the heart of the Somali government with a string of suicide attacks in Mogadishu. The recent strikes and a fresh...
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Wararka aan maanta idiin heyno waxaa ka mid ah: Dowlada oo ka soo hor jeesatay shirka lixda gobal maamul loogu sameynayo ee ka socda Baydhabo, tageertayna midka 3 gobal iyo warar kaleHalkan ka...
View ArticleUPDF to provide security to United Nations bases in Somalia
By Christine W. WanjalaMOGADISHUUganda is to provide a team to guard UN operation bases in Somalia. The force, which will be called United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU), is expected to deploy at the end of...
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Kenya adjourns trial of Somalis on Westgate Mall attack to March 5
“The suspects were not at Westgate on 21st September when the terrorist attack occurred,” defense lawyer Mbugua Mureithi told Anadolu Agency on Monday. NAIROBI The trial of four Somalis charged with...
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Ethiopian grain a gluten-free alternative to wheat
Wheat(left)that teff is projected to replace in the long run and quinoa(right) that it is currently replacing on the world market PHOTO Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images(left),PHOTO credit:Aizar...
View ArticleMexican cops capture Somali illegals headed for U.S.
Mexican cops on Sunday apprehended six Somali illegal immigrants who claimed they were abandoned in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, by human traffickers they paid to help sneak them into the United...
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UN Security Council urged to tighten arms embargo on Somalia
Arms meant for the Somali Government have reportedly been diverted to armed groups, including al-Shabab. © Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty ImagesThe UN Security Council’s relaxing of the international arms...
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Tory councillor who compared Muslim woman and child in burkas to binbags is...
By Amy GlendinningChris Joannides, councillor for Enfield in north London, posted an image on Facebook of a woman and child in burkas next to bin bags, joking he was unable to tell the difference...
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Jeddah: 1,000 divorces in two months because of rising drug abuse
JEDDAH: NADIM AL-HAMIDAddicted to drugs and alcohol, men are divorcing wives, with 1,000 of such incidents taking place in Jeddah only, over the past two months, said a judge on Monday.Expressing his...
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