UK SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUMMIT ENDS ON HOPEFUL NOTE
BY SYLVIA HUILONDON (AP) — A conference focusing on rape in conflict zones ended on an upbeat note Friday, with hundreds of participants from Somalia to Kosovo encouraged by an outpouring of...
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Edinburgh machine-gun killers jailed for life
THREE Somali drug dealers who admitted the machine-gun killing of a rival in Edinburgh have been jailed for life.By Rod Mills Mohamud Mohamud,left and Hussein Ali, right were sentenced yesterday [PH]...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Police State: The Silencing of Opponents, Journalists and Students...
By Paul O’KeeffeDetention under spurious charges in Ethiopia is nothing new. With the second highest rate of imprisoned journalists in Africa[1] and arbitrary detention for anyone who openly objects to...
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‘Furious’ father says his Muslim daughter was served pork at Cambridge’s...
BY RAYMOND BROWNLucy Scott, headteacher at Chesterton Community College. Picture: David JohnsonA father says his Muslim daughter was served pork, despite asking for the vegetarian option at a Cambridge...
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Haramain train trial run in 6 months
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWTesting of the first line of the multibillion-riyal high-speed Haramain railway system will start in six months, according to local media on Friday.The testing will take place on the...
View ArticleRival Somali Forces Send Troops into Flashpoint Zones
Mogadishu: Rival Somali regions have sent troops into disputed flashpoint zones in the north of the war-torn nation, Britain, the European Union and the United States said Saturday in a joint appeal...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Wafdi ka socda dowladda Soomaaliya oo maanta gaaray magaalada Marka ee xarunta gobalka Sh/Hoose iyo warar kale.Warka oo dhan hoos hoos ka dhegeyso...
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Courtship and Marriage: The Somali Experience in America (Part IV)
By Hassan M. AbukarThis article is the fourth of a 10-part series of true stories of Somali women and men and their blunt assessments of their relationships. The first six parts deal with Somali...
View ArticleSomalia fights sexual violence, child soldier recruitment
At least 800 Somali women were reportedly sexually abused during the first half of 2013.MOGADISHU , Somalia will be launching a major human rights awareness campaign to tackle sexual violence and child...
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Anxiety grips region over killing of cleric
PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT The family of Sheikh Mohammed Idris in a sombre mood. Sheikh Idris was killed at his home in Likoni as he was about to leave for early morning prayers at a nearby mosque. NATION...
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Are British Muslim Schools Teaching Hatred?
By Mary DejevskyA woman walks past a clothes shop in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham, central England May 12, 2011. Darren Staples/ReutersOn a damp day in Britain in May, with the sky threatening...
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Eating one chicken breast or salmon fillet a day can reduce the risk of...
By Anna HodgekissHigh protein diets may protect against stroke, especially if they contain a lot of fish.Chinese scientists have found that eating as little as one chicken breast or salmon fillet every...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Qarax khasaara dhaliyay oo ka dhacay Muqdisho, Taliyaha ciiddanka Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliya oo beeniyay in ay ciiddanka dowladdu ku lug leeyihiin dagaalka...
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Duale wants inciters punished
Majority Leader Aden Duale He said legal action should be taken against leaders who incite the public to violence. PHOTO/FILE NATION MEDIA GROUPLegal action should be taken against leaders who incite...
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‘Islamists’ attack Kenyan coastal town
Suspected Islamist militants have attacked hotels and a police station in the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni, military officials say.Witnesses reported seeing buildings on fire and hearing gunfire in...
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Saudi Arabia: For illegal African women, garbage in dumpsters means money
iUBIQUITOUS: A common sight of African women carrying salvaged “valuables” from dumpsters on discarded prams.JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEEPiles of household waste in dumpsters, which include cartons, tin...
View ArticleStand up to the Expansionist Secessionist Menace
By Mohsin MahadIn the history of nations, peoples and of clans, there has always been the aggressors, the expansionists, those who believed that might is right and the end justified the means to...
View Article48 Dead in Militant Attack on Kenya Town, Officials Say
AIROBI, Kenya — Dozens of Somali extremists wielding automatic weapons attacked a small Kenyan coastal town for hours, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets...
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Somalis sent back home in fear of al-Shabab
By Mary Harper“I live in constant fear. I don’t go anywhere because I face threats from all sides,” says the 39-year-old Somali man who asks me not to use his name.“I was taken in handcuffs onto a...
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Kenya attack: Extremists spared Muslims, Somali speakers in deadly attack
At least 48 people dead after gunmen attacked Mpeketoni, small Kenyan townWreckages of burnt cars are seen along the main road to Lamu from Mpeketoni after gunmen attacked the coastal Kenyan town of...
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