Tag: News in English

Mogadishu June 01,2014— The Prime Minister of Somalia H.E Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed wishes the great people of Somalia, both in the country and those abroad, a happy 54th Somalia Independence Day. H.E. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed said: “Today is a remarkable day for Somalia, which officially received its independence in the year 1960. I would like…

Inside the Karmel Square shopping mall in southwest Minneapolis, women wearing headscarves paint customers’ feet with henna. Others sell beaded caftans in narrow stalls. On the first floor, shopkeepers kneel toward Mecca to pray. Somali entrepreneurs in the neighborhood have transformed an abandoned machinery warehouse into this bustling indoor bazaar. Karmel Square is one of…

LONDON – In the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent trying to save the lives of mothers in developing countries using strategies – usually inexpensive drugs – deemed essential by the U.N. health agency. Yet two large analyses of maternal health programs- including one conducted by the U.N. itself – report that the…

Mogadishu, 30th June 2014 – H.E. Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir, the Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs today welcomed the Parliament’s overwhelming approval of the Judiciary Service Commission Law. Minister Farah said “The Parliament’s approval of the Judiciary Service Commission Law is a milestone achievement towards the reform of the Justice sector in Somalia.” Article 109A…

Absentee voting kicked-off Friday morning in a hotly contested democratic primary race for the state house between incumbent Phyllis Kahn and Mohamud Noor.   According to voter registration records from the Secretary of State’s office, more than 140 people used 419 Cedar Avenue South in Minneapolis as their home address when they registered to vote….

The Qatari embassy in London has been dragged into a diplomatic row over alleged racist slur against its Somali-born employee.Somali-born Mohamoud Ahmed, who has lived in the UK for more than 40 years, claimed he was referred to in Arabic as a “donkeyâ€� and a “dogâ€� by the head of the embassy’s medical department Abdullah…

Mogadishu, 29 June, 2014– His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today accepted the credentials of the new Italian ambassador to Somalia, Farbizio Marcelli. The Ambassador thanked H.E. the President for accepting his credentials and noted his government’s pleasure at having an ambassador in Mogadishu and a period of absence. He also conveyed a personal message…

Bismillah Rahmani Rahim The Prime Minister of Somalia sends his salutations to the people of Somalia and to our brothers and sisters within the Muslim Ummah on the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadhan. H.E Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed fervently hopes this Ramadhan brings happiness, success and peace to the Somali people and the entire…

His Excellency Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister Omar Hassan Osman today hosted a meeting with Director Generals and Permanent Secretaries of the ministries of the government of Somalia to expedite the civil service reforms and the public policy development initiatives of the Federal Government of Somalia, telling them “it’s important for…

Mogadishu, 28 June 2014 – H.E. Mustafa Duhulow today spoke to the media in Mogadishu to provide an update on government progress over the last week. The Minister spoke on various issues: first European direct flight operator (Skygreece Airlines) in decades begins flights between various Europe cities and Mogadishu; Government plans to build new airport…

NEW YORK (AP/PIX11) — Authorities say 17 members of an international drug ring flooded parts of New York, Massachusetts and Ohio with several tons of a narcotic obtained from Yemen, Kenya and Ethiopia. They say the substance, known as khat (AKA gat, jaad, jimma), was shipped to the United States through the United Kingdom, China, Holland…

H.E Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister of Somalia who is in Malabo for the African Union Summit welcomed the East African Standby Force; this agreement has been signed by 10 nations including Somalia. The East African Standby Force (EASF) is a regional organization whose mandate consists of enhancing peace and security in the East Africa…

A Somali community campaigned today after a toddler was pulled out of his family home by undercover police after a neighbour allegedly told them he was being neglected. Adar Hassan’s two-year-old son was taken into care on Monday (June 23) evening and she was arrested following a dramatic raid by police on her home in…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office says it will add patrols after Somali immigrants complained they are being bullied, assaulted, harassed and robbed by groups of adolescents who are terrorizing neighborhoods. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has assigned deputies to patrol four apartment complexes in North Columbus at least twice a shift, or…

Mogadishu, 26 June 2014 – H.E. Mustafa Duhulow, Minister of Information today addressed the Somali Media Support Group (SMSG) meeting held in Mogadishu for the first time. The Minister welcomed and thanked members of the SMSG for holding their meeting in Mogadishu. He stated in his speech the importance and need to support the Somali…

An addictive plant chewed by members of Leicester’s Somali community became an illegal drug yesterday. People who had campaigned for khat to be made illegal said yesterday – when it became a class C drug – was a “day of celebration”. Critics of the drug, which is already illegal in most of Europe, as well…

MOGADISHU, June 26 (Reuters) – Islamist militants hurled grenades at the gate of a hotel in central Somalia on Thursday then opened fire as they burst into the building used by Somali soldiers and Djiboutian African Union peacekeepers, residents said. Al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab said it killed several guards and soldiers in the attack…

The head of a messianic Jewish ministry says she is concerned that Somali immigrants in her own state have reportedly left their homes to join a jihadist army currently at war in Syria and Iraq. “Some of them are bragging that they are going to apparently what’s being called the worst and most brutal terrorist…

A Toronto man convicted of attempting to join the Somali terrorist group Al Shabab should serve no more than four years in prison, his lawyer argued Wednesday, claiming his client had engaged only in “non-violent terrorism.” But federal prosecutors are seeking the 10-year maximum sentence for Mohamed Hassan Hersi, a 28-year-old former security guard who…

Reporters Without Borders cautions the Somali cabinet against adopting an incomplete and overly restrictive media bill, which it is to examine tomorrow. Reporters Without Borders is also disturbed by the information ministry’s sudden decision to submit the bill to the cabinet before the start of Ramadan. While the government has consulted some civil society figures…