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Tennessee (Associated Press) A federal jury in Tennessee delivered a split verdict on Friday against nine people, mostly Somali men, who were accused of operating a sex trafficking ring in three states. Three men were convicted, and six were acquitted. The defendants are among 30 who were indicted in the case, which spans from Minnesota to…
By Rasna Warah To novelist Nuruddin Farah, his homeland city is not the ‘most dangerous in the world;’ it’s the prettiest and most colourful — once you’ve tasted its waters, you will always go back. “Once you have tasted the water of Mogadishu, you will always go back,” the Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah told me…
Human Rights Watch (Nairobi)– The Kenyan security forces have committed widespread human rights abuses against ethnic Somalis with total impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Between November 2011 and March 2012, Kenyan police and soldiers arbitrarily arrested and mistreated Kenyan citizens and Somali refugees in North Eastern province in response to…
Baladweyne (SDN) –The first group of Djibouti’s AMISOM soldiers have reportedly arrived outside the city of Baladweyne in Hiiraan region. Witnesses say the soldiers arrived late last night and stayed on the Ethiopian forces base located at Kalabeyr. The three hundred Djiboutian soldiers who were described by on-lookers as heavily armed are expected to work…
Jigjiga (SDN) -The United States government’s international development organization (USAID) supplied the municipal headquarters of Jigjiga today with much needed equipment. The Mayor of Jigjiga thanked USAID and Mercy Corps which is USAID’s main partner in the region for the shipment which is expected to help the government in its day to day running of the…
Mogadishu (SDN) Fighting began abruptly in the city of Mogadishu between Al-Shabaab forces and transitional federal government/AMISOM troops stationed in the city. TFG and AMISOM troops were attacked at their base in Xerada Asluubta, They returned fire on the attackers leading to an all-out battle between the two groups. “The fighting was fierce, it began…
Mogadishu, (SDN) -The head of Al-Shabaab in Banaadir Sheik Mahamed Hassan (Abu Abdirahman) drew attention to statements from the UN’s Ambassador to Somalia Augustine Mahiga who vowed to take steps against anyone who interferes with the Roadmap to peace. Abu Abdirahman mocked the government saying the statements of Mahiga position him as the President of…
Dhuusamareeb (SDN) -Ethiopian forces have publicized their intentions to take over control of Kismaayo from Al-Shabaab. According to Kornel Cres an official with the army, the Ethiopians are prepared to engage Al-Shabaab in Kismaayo and have called in reinforcements and specialized military equipment to aid their mission. Cres told reporters in Dhuusamareeb that Al-Shabaab does…
Nairobi (SDN) -The human rights organization Amnesty International named Somalia one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists today. According to a press release from the organization Somali journalists continue to flee the country out of fear of retaliation for their independent accounts of what is going on in the country. Journalists…
Hiiraan (SDN) -Heavy fighting between the militant groups of Al-Shabaab and Ahlu Sunnah has been reported in the town of Goobo in Somalia’s Hiiraan region. 3 fighters are dead and many others are injured after heaving shelling and gunfire. Witnesses told SDN the fighting has ceased and Goobo remains quiet at this hour. They also…
Boorame (SDN)-The district commissioner of Boorame Abdirahman Shide Bile responded for the first time to allegations of financial mismanagement levied against his administration by Somaliland’s treasury department. The commissioner stated that there are no missing funds and no mismanagement on the part of the municipal government of Boorame. The response from the commissioner follows a…
Mombasa (SDN)-A Kenyan court heard the case of two men accused of illegally crossing over the border with Somalia today. One of the men is a Tunisian national while the other holds Belgian nationality. Both the Belgian-born Hasan Kafi and Tunisian born Mahamed Debarli denied any affiliation or involvement with the Al-Shabaab militant group but…
Mogadishu (SDN) -Renowned Somali model Samira Hashi returned home to Somalia after 18 years abroad. She left Somalia at the age of three soon after the start of the civil war. “The only things I knew about Somalia were what I saw on TV, the droughts, famine, pirates and conflict” said Samira. Growing up she…
Hargeisa (SDN) -The Vice President of Somaliland Mr. Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Sayli’i) cut the ribbon on a development project that was completed at the Egal International Airport in the nation’s capital today alongside the Ministers of Aviation and Public Works. The project is part of a larger development scheme to revamp Hargeisa’s airport. The completion of construction…
Mogadishu (SDN) General Abdikarin Yusuf Adan (Dhegabadan) of the transitional federal government’s armed forces spoke to the press today where he took the opportunity to send his condolences to the families of those who died in the suicide bombing that shocked the city of Dhuusamareeb in Galgaduud region yesterday. The General said the TFG’s army…
Gaalkayo (SDN) The Minister for Constitutional Affairs for the regional administration of Galmudug, Hasan Faarah Barre held a press conference in the city of Gaalka’yo today where he told journalists that his administration is opposed to some of the articles in the new constitution which is currently in the process of being ratified in Somalia. He stated…
Taleeh (SDN) A fatal single vehicle car accident occurred in the Sool region of Somalia several hours ago with reports of casualties in the city of Taleeh. Two people have been confirmed dead, one of them a woman. Three others are injured but stable. The car they were driving was a small luxury model. The dead…
Mandheera (SDN) -Kenyan soldiers have reportedly arrested multiple Somali youth in the northern city of Mandheera. Soldiers were dispatched to Mandheera yesterday to conduct a security sweep of the area. Many young people who were deemed a threat to Kenya’s national security were arrested along border areas with Somalia. 15 youth that live in the…
Boosaaso (SDN) -City officials in Boosaaso are calling on security forces in Bari region to ensure public safety in the region’s major cities which have recently seen a rise in insecurity. Colonel Ismaan Hassan Afdaloow told journalists that the army is prepared to tackle insecurity in Bari region. He also stated that they are ready…
Afmadow Lower Jubba (SDN) -Reports from towns near Afmadow in the lower Jubba region say transitional federal government forces are getting ready to engage Al-Shabaab in that city. Officials with the TFG stated the plan is to liberate the city of Afmadow from Al-Shabaab control. Government forces are conducting rapid operations in the centre of…