Tag: News in English

Mogadishu, November 4, 2014-The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is concerned about the latest violations against the press in several towns across Somalia during the last week and called for respect to the freedom of the press and the journalists human rights and their granted freedoms. Two reporters were arrested in the town of…

BAIDOA, Somalia — Bashir was a true believer, a foot soldier who recently quit after seeing too many innocents slaughtered. Ahmed deserted the Shabab because he wanted a real family, not just a bunch of heavily armed, sociopathic militants who called themselves a “family,” he said. And young Nurta was a slender assassin, with a…

After years of depending on his mother to support him, Himo Osman decided: He was ready to work. The problem? He was only 13. Except in rare circumstances, Oregon law prohibits minors younger than 14 from working. Oregonians can’t work in kitchens or even mow lawns professionally until they’re 16. The soft-spoken Somali teen searched high…

Mogadishu, Nov 4, 2014-The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), an independent journalists union that represents legally the Somali journalists and the Somali Independent Houses Association (SIMHA), an association that represents more than 30 media houses (print, television, radios stations and online media) in Somalia welcomes the Somali government’s move in deporting two foreigners (A…

Mogadishu, 3 November 2014 – As President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, I acknowledge all those who have expended considerable energy and resources in supporting Somalia to achieve the substantial progress we have made against ambitious goals. Over the past two years, with the support of the Somali public, Federal institutions, the Parliament and…

A mother, whose two daughters left home to fight with ISIS, is back home in Britain after having been captured by ISIS fighters during a trip to Syria to rescue the girls. Details of 54-year-old Khadra James’ ordeal are not entirely clear. But what is known is that James and her husband, Ibrahim James, 52,…

Searchers are looking for a Somali man who went missing from a Central Hawke’s Bay beach over the weekend after a disagreement with friends. Dau Atem, 22, of Palmerston North, was staying with friends at a bach at Shoal Bay, Aramoana for the weekend and police have concerns for his safety. About 10pm on Saturday…

Mogadishu Nov 02 2014 – H.E. Mustafa Duhulow, the Minister of Information last night took part Somali Pop Idol (Singing Competition) that four youths were competing to test their talents in singing, poets and music. “Somali Pop Idol is part of the Development of Somali Songs, Poetry, Culture, Arts and Music.” Deputy Minister of Information, Deputy…

MOGADISHU – At least one person was killed and two others wounded on Saturday in a car bombing in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said. “One person… was killed and two others wounded this morning after a bomb attached to the car was remotely detonated,” said Mohamed Dahir, a police commander in the Hodon district where…

Mogadishu, 01 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: the delivery of food aid to Barawa; details of the explosives and military equipment intercepted at Mogadishu seaport;…

MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) -Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau continued their listening tour Thursday night with a visit to the nation’s largest Somali community in the city’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. For more than 20 years, the Somali community has been making a home for itself in the neighborhood, and Thursday night was a…

KUSA- It’s a local community, whose members say they have come under greater scrutiny in the past two weeks. Earlier this month, federal authorities said three teenage girls left their Denver-area home, and headed to Syria to join the militant group ISIL. They were stopped at an airport in Frankfurt, Germany. Two of those girls…

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 30, (Agencies): The management of Adan Hospital decided to put a Somali patient in isolation to ensure he is free from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). This step was taken when the patient exhibited some symptoms of the disease like high temperature; hence, the need to put him away from other patients. The…

An executive at the Somali Peace and Development organisation has raised concerns about the Foreign Ministry “hijacking” an event organised by the Somali diaspora when the country’s president visits Denmark from November 18-20. “The Foreign Ministry, and especially its African department, prefers to polarise the active Somali diaspora rather than working with them positively as…

Somalia Inspector General of Police, General Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Ismail has died of a heart attack.Police sources confirmed in Mogadishu on Thursday evening that Ismail collapsed and died soon after complaining of heart complications. He was said to have complained about his heart for months and was planning to go for medical check abroad. The…

UN chief Ban Ki-moon met the president of Somalia, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, under heavy security Oct. 29 in Mogadishu, his first visit to the dangerous capital of the war-torn nation in almost three years. Ban, along with World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim, met Mohamud inside the fortified airport zone, guarded by troops from…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ top diplomat warned Wednesday that the Islamic State group could team up with Islamic militants in Somalia, saying that more should be done to prepare for such a threat. The Islamic State group that now controls large parts of Iraq and Syria — also known…