Tag: News in English

MINNEAPOLIS – Two Minnesota men with connections to the Somali-American community there were charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), CBS News reports. One of the men, Abdullah Yusuf, 18, was taken into custody in May after being stopped by authorities at the Minneapolis airport he…

Mogadishu, November 25, 2014-A highly participatory and interactive roundtable discussion focused on the Media role in Countering youth radicalization, which attracted more than 40 people drawn from the media professionals, civil society leaders, government representatives was held in Mogadishu’s Jazeera Hotel on November 23, 2014. The forum, which was co-organized by the National Union of…

The U.S. Department of Justice this fall selected the Twin Cities as one of three locations that will test out a pilot program aimed to beat back violent extremism. But one local Somali man is taking efforts into his own hands. Mohamed Ahmed said he was frustrated with the lack of response to propaganda from…

The Rochester Fire Department initiated its Ebola response plan for the second time in a month on Sunday, after a man called 911 to report his wife was experiencing flu-like symptoms. A few minutes after the call, 12 first responders arrived at the home, four wearing biohazard protective gear. There was just one problem: she…

In an effort to parry terrorist recruitment of Twin Cities Somali youth, the U.S. Attorney in Minnesota said Monday that he will lobby White House officials to create jobs and expand youth programs that combat the root causes of extremism. At a closed-door briefing with nearly 50 local Somali leaders, U.S. Attorney Andy Luger outlined…

The break-away territory of Somaliland sees test drilling for oil as possible by 2015 as many companies start exploring activities : Two PSAs covering five blocks: SL-6, SL-7, SL-10A, SL-10B, SL-13 Genel 75% interest and operator in blocks SL-10B, SL-13 (East Africa Resource Group 25%) Genel 50% interest and operator in blocks SL-6, SL-7 and SL-10A (Sterling Energy 40%,…

Mogadishu, 24th November, 2014– The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia addressed the country during a media briefing to provide insight on the current political situation, the ongoing bid to table a motion of no-confidence against the administration and the subsequent division in the House of the People. In his address, the Prime…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday declared that women are not equal to men and launched a bitter attack against feminists in Turkey, claiming they reject the concept of motherhood. Speaking at a summit in Istanbul on justice for women, the devoutly Muslim president said that biological differences between women and men meant they…

A group of women on Wednesday night drove 2,000 camels from farms in Kajiado. The Iloodokilani Maasai women said the camels, which belong to Somali herders, spread diseases to their livestock. The group of more than 200 women walked in the night for 80km, heading to county commissioner Harsama Kello’s office to ask him to…

Two British men have reportedly been killed while fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria. The men – known as Abu Abdullah al-Habashi, 21, and Abu Dharda, 20 – were from London. IS sources and social media accounts associated with the group suggest they died in recent days in US air strikes in the border…

The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, not far from the Somali border. Gunmen separated out non-Muslims by asking passengers to read from the Koran, officials and witnesses said. Those who failed were then shot in the head, the BBC reported. Al-Shabab has carried out a series…

Mogadishu, 22 November 2014 – Today Prime Minister of Somalia, H.E.Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed expressed his deepest condolences to Kenya following the killing of 28 bus passengers on their way from Mandera to Naorobi. “My heart goes out to our Kenyan brothers and sisters on this tragic day,” said H.E. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. “My Government and…

Mogadishu, 15 November 2014 – The Minister of Information, 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: progress on New Deal; the approval of the 2015 budget; the election of the President of South West…

22 November 2014 – The President of Federal Republic of Somalia H.E Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted bus passengers in Kenya’s north. Gunmen ambushed a bus from Mandera that was heading to Nairobi, killing at least 20 passengers and hijacking a dozen more. The President extends his deep condolences…

French company Bollore Africa Logistics will invest US$677mn in the Somaliland port of Berbera, a lifeline for the landlocked Ethiopia. Berbera, less than 300km east of the former French colony of Djibouti, faces Yemen on the Gulf of Aden and is the economic capital of Somaliland. A French diplomat based in Addis Ababa told news…

DHL Global Mail has reached an agreement with two dozen Somali Muslims who say they were fired from the company’s Hebron facility in 2013 because they took a break for evening prayer, The Enquirer has learned. The Cincinnati chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cincinnati) will announce the settlement later this afternoon with DHL…

Mohammed Abdi had a minor role in the 2013 Tom Hanks movie Captain Phillips, which tells the story of the takeover of an oil tanker. The sentencing judge told the court he had seen the film “more than once”, and had thought the actors playing the pirates were “fantastic”. However, the court heard that Abdi…

1. The first annual Ministerial High Level Partnership Forum was held in Copenhagen 19-20 November, co-chaired by HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of the Federal Government of Somalia, and the United Nations, and hosted by the Government of Denmark. 2. Fifty-six delegations gathered to review progress made since the Brussels Conference in September 2013,…

If you search for books on Somalia, you’ll come across a slew of titles featuring phrases like ‘the world’s most dangerous place’, ‘outlaw state’, and ‘failed’ and ‘fragile’. For decades, Somalia was synonymous with pirates, terrorists, and complete lawlessness. But this Somalia exists no longer. It is a Somalia of yesterday, and is most definitely…