Tag: News in English

The University of Minnesota has been tapped to participate in a federally funded project to determine the prevalence of autism among the nation’s 8-year-olds. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced Wednesday that the U would get $450,000 a year for the four-year project, which would focus on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disabilities…

The Somali government decided Wednesday to oust Chinese mining company ARC over accusations of illegal extraction of minerals in the Simodi mountain ranges, in the country’s Awdal region. The firm is also said to have of caused civil turmoil and tensions among communities in the region after introducing armed militia to protect its illegal operation,…

Al Franken, who won a second term as Democratic Senator from Minnesota, has appointed Osman Ali, the first Somali to work as a senator’s staffer in Minnesota, as reported by Somali Current. Osman Ali said, “I’m highly pleased to work with one of the most treasured American Senators.” Osman was born in Somalia, but his…

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Federal Government of Somalia has been closely monitoring the illegal activities of ARC, a Chinese company. ARC has been involved in the illegal digging and mining for minerals in the Simodi mountain ranges in the Awdal region of Somalia. These activities are a violation of Somalia’s territorial integrity…

The High Court in the United Kingdom (UK) has questioned a terrorism charge made by the government of Djibouti against Djiboutian businessman Abdourahman Boreh that had led to the freezing of his assets worldwide.   Mr. Boreh, a former confidant of President Ismail Omar Guelleh, was charged in his absence with terrorism offences following a…

CALGARY — Police have identified a young Somali man found murdered in an alley in the city’s northwest late last week. An autopsy has confirmed the deceased is 23-year-old Murat Osman Omar. Still to be determined is Omar’s cause of death, police say, but officers were called to the area of the 1400 block of…

At least seven Al-Shabaab fighters and two government soldiers were killed on Monday during an army offensive against the group’s main base in Somalia’s Galgala Mountains region. “Puntland forces targeted Diine Digle, where Al-Shabab has a military base,” Abdulkadir Sumaysane, a Puntland government official, told The Anadolu Agency. “We have now captured the base from…

Mogadishu, 5 January 2015 The Benadir regional court today adjourned the hearing of the Shabelle and Sky FM journalists, after the lawyers defending the journalists failed to show up. Mohamed Bashir Hashi, Editor of Shabelle and Mohamud Mohamed Dahir, director of Sky FM, Abdimalik Yusuf Mohamoud, Chairman of Shabelle and Ahmed Abdi Hassan, Shabelle Shabelle…

CALGARY — The city’s Somali community is seeking answers to a spate of murders among its young men that spiked again in the new year. The “senseless killings” that now include one man shot to death at a Killarney New Year’s party and another in a Rosedale alley a day later must bring answers, said…

A huge suicide car bomb blast shook Somalia’s capital Mogadishu today near the heavily-fortified international airport, killing four people, officials said. A police official said the bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into another car, setting off a huge blast that was heard across the coastal city. A military spokesman for Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab, Sheikh Abdul…

Mogadishu The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) learned the unfortunate arrest of three journalist and the shutdown of a prominent Radio station by the members of the Somali National Security and Intelligence Agency, on Saturday afternoon, 3rd January, 2015 and calls for their release. The trio; Director of Risaala Radio, Mohamed Abdiwahab Abdullahi, Its…

The government of war-torn Somalia has moved to reassure residents that there was no outbreak of Ebola in the country, dismissing rumours that a man had brought the virus back with him from Guinea.   “As soon as we heard the rumours of a case of Ebola virus in Somalia, we acted quickly and decisively…

Mogadishu, 03 January 2015 – The Interim Minister of Information, H.E Mustafa Duhulow, today addressed the media, providing an update on the progress of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) over the last week. The Minister discussed various issues: Parliament’s approval of the 2015 budget; improving Good Governance practices; the strengthening of bi-lateral relations between…

CALGARY — Family of a Somali man murdered in a New Year’s Day mass shooting have gathered in Calgary, as their plans the grim task of burying one of its own. Police confirmed the man killed in a fusillade of gunfire at a New Year’s house party is Abdullahi Ahmed, 26. He moved to Calgary…

The United States has carried out an airstrike against what the Pentagon calls a senior al-Shabab leader in Somalia. A U.S. military spokesman said Monday’s attack was near Saakow. It is not yet known if the airstrike hit its target. But the U.S. spokesman said officials do not believe there are any civilian casualties. In…

A senior al-Shabab militant commander wanted by the U.S. surrendered to Somali authorities. Bloomberg News writes: Zakariya Ismail Hersi phoned the Somali army in advance to announce his plan to surrender, Colonel Hassan Abdi, a Somali army officer, said today in a phone interview. “This is the first high-profile surrender from the group and the…

Abdi Nor Iftin fled Somalia only to land in one of Kenya’s worst slums. When he won the US green card lottery his problems seemed to be solved – but it turned out to be the start of a whole new struggle. In Somali slang, there is a special word for the daydream of starting…

When Sahra Noor first visited People’s Center Health Services, she was a harried college freshman and the single mom of a toddler. She had arrived in the United States two years earlier after spending most of her teenage years in Kenyan refugee camps. She returned to the center last summer as the chief executive of…

The African Union (AU) force in Somalia says three of its peacekeepers and a civilian contractor have been killed in an attack on its headquarters in the capital, Mogadishu. An AU statement said al-Shabab gunmen had entered the base disguised as Somali government troops. It said five attackers were killed and several others captured. The…

A Somali clan has found its man in Washington — in hopes of securing U.S. funds. The Habr Gidr clan suffered significant civilian losses during a U.S. military operation in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in July 1993 — a precursor to the U.S. troops’ battle in that city that was detailed in the “Black…