Kenya deports Somalis, arrests hundreds in crackdown after attacks
(Reuters) – Kenya said on Wednesday it had deported 82 Somalis and rounded up hundreds of others without proper documents, part of a security crackdown launched after repeated attacks claimed by...
View ArticleInterview: Women fund rebuilding of Garbaharey hospital
Garbahaarey, Somali diaspora women are funding the renovation of Gedo region’s largest hospital in Garbaharey to enable much needed medical services to be brought to local people.Radio Ergo’s Fatuma...
View ArticleHeartbleed Bug: Public urged to change ALL passwords over major computer...
By Martin BagotSecurity advisors said email, file storage and banking accounts were particularly vulnerable The majority of websites have been made vulnerable by a major flaw in internet security which...
View ArticleKenya’s Main Opposition Calls for Troop-Exit Plan From Somalia
By Eric OmbokKenya’s opposition Orange Democratic Movement party called on the government to start planning to bring the country’s troops home from Somalia amid deteriorating domestic security.The East...
View ArticleLondon Marathon 2014: Mo Farah doubted by rivals after collapse
Mo Farah’s decision to run Sunday’s London Marathon less than a month after collapsing at the end of a race has been questioned by three of his rivals.The Briton needed treatment after the New York...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Raiisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya oo gaaray Buula Burte iyo Jowhar kulamana la qaatay mas’uuliyiin kala duwan, Ciiddan ka tirsan dowladda Soomaaliya oo maanta...
View ArticleEthiopia: Where conscience is constantly on trial
In Ethiopia, Muslim leaders are facing an unjust trial for crimes they did not commit.By Awol K AlloCurrently 29 Muslim leaders are on trial in Ethiopia charged under its anti-terrorism law [AFP/Getty...
View ArticleKenyan Police Accused of Seeking Bribes During Immigration Crackdown
Detained Somali women are fingerprinted and screened at the Kasarani sports stadium, which has been converted into a detention facility to hold those arrested during recent security crackdowns, near...
View ArticleKenya: Halt Crackdown on Somalis
Nairobi, – Kenyan police and other security agencies should stop arbitrary arrests and detentions, extortion, and other abuses against Somalis during security operations, Human Rights Watch said...
View ArticleLocal Somalis cheer Elizabeth Strout’s ‘The Burgess Boys,’ focus on hate crimes
By Euan Kerr Pulitzer prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout had long wanted to write about the Burgess family, a dysfunctional clan of two brothers and their sister, a single mom with a teenage son who...
View ArticleMohamed Hersi searched online for guns, explosives before allegedly trying to...
By Stewart Bell Peter J. Thompson/National PostMohamed Hersi, right, and his lawyer Anser Farooq, left, leave the Brampton Superior Court after he was granted bail in 2011. Police started investigating...
View ArticleLife of this world is a brief test
HARUN YAHYAThe home you acquired with such effort, your belongings, the food you eat, flowers with their dazzling colors, verdant green trees, your own body, in short everything you have is condemned...
View Article48 refugees arrested in Trans Nzoia
A police officer assists a man arrested during a security operation along 12th street in Eastleigh on April 08,2014 board a lorry. PHOTO/DENISH OCHIENG (NAIROBI) By PHILIP BWAYOPolice in Trans Nzoia...
View ArticleKenyan army rescues two aid workers from al-Shabaab kidnap in Somalia
Amison troops have been fighting the Islamist group al-Shabaab in Somalia for over two years. Photograph: Stuart Price/AFP/Getty ImagesTwo aid workers who were kidnapped by the Somali al-Shabaab group...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno maanta waxa ma mid ah: Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Soomaaliya oo sheegay in dowladda Soomaaliya aysan kala dooran karin cidda ka mid noqoneyso AMISOM, waxa uuna sidoo kale sheegay...
View ArticleKenya Must Respect its Obligations of Geneva Conventions and Stop Violating...
WardheerNews EditorialEver since the Kenya government sent its forces into southern Somalia to tackle the militant Jihadist group Al-Shabab that has been wrecking havoc in its territory leading to the...
View ArticleItaly Asks for Help in Dealing With “Biblical Exodus” of Migrants
By Joshua Keating Some 100 migrants leave a Guardia Costiera boat after being rescued off the shores of the island of Lampedusa on Oct. 25, 2013.Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images Italy is...
View ArticleSmall Planet to Operate Stockholm – Mogadishu Service from late-May 2014
Small Planet Airlines from 26MAY14 is offering new operations to Somalia, where it operates 1 weekly Stockholm – Hurghada – Mogadishu service, on board Airbus A320 aircraft. This service is operating...
View ArticleTurning screws on Somalis will force them reveal attacks
A police officer assists a man arrested during a security operation along 12th Street in Eastleigh on April 08,2014 to board a lorry. PHOTO/DENISH OCHIENG / NATION By Kwamchetsi MakokhaArresting 657...
View ArticleCity Council creates “Somali American day”
by: Eric RoperThe Minneapolis City Council voted Friday to mark July 1 as “Somali American day” in the city, which is home to many immigrants from the east African country.The date holds significance...
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