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Britain’s domestic spying apparatus MI5 has been accused of complicity in torture. A Dutch man of Somali origin, Ahmed Diini, accused the British spy agency of questioning him while he was being tortured in an Egyptian prison earlier this year. Diini said during his eight-month imprisonment in Cairo that he was shackled, hooded, repeatedly beaten,…
DAMMAM — Two brothers and a sister of Somali origin are facing charges of forging their family name to get Saudi citizenship, Al-Hayat daily reported. The alleged forgery took place over 80 years ago. Over 25 people, most of whom relatives and siblings of the main defendants, are facing similar charges as well. They allegedly…
Mandera, Kenya: Twelve security personnel in Mandera County were killed in an ambush by suspected Al-Shabaab militia on Monday afternoon, a senior county police chief has confirmed. The officers who were pursuing three vehicles carjacked by the militia early this morning, while on transit from Maua to Mandera were waylaid by heavily armed militia along…
May 19, 2014:. Mogadishu…. Minister of Information H.E. Mustaf Duhulow today presents the ministry progress to The Somali Prime Minister H.E. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed as part of the national media development policy that the ministry is been leading. Minister and team of advisors briefed the Prime Minister on the progress made towards finalizing the media…
Mandera County: The death toll of the renewed inter-clan clashes pitting two rival Somali clans in Mandera and Wajir counties has reached 15 as skirmishes spread. Three more people were killed Monday morning in Takaba district in yet another revenge attack as the two rival clans came out with sophisticated weapons which were apparently kept…
Reporters Without Borders condemns the unfairness of the proceedings to which Yusuf Abdi Gabobe, the owner and founder of the newspaper Haatuf, and Ahmed Ali Egeh, the editor of its Somali-language version, are being subjected in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway northwestern territory of Somaliland. Gabobe and Egeh have been held since 10 May,…
Kenyan fighter jets attacked al-Qaeda-linked militants in southern Somalia, two days after explosions in its capital city left at least 12 people dead. The Kenyan air force struck an explosives-making compound at Jilib, about 334 kilometers (207 miles) southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, military spokesman Major Emmanuel Chirchir said on his Twitter account. A…
Sunday, May 18, 2014 —His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed attended a meeting for the Presentation on the Population Estimation Survey for Somalia (PESS) today. They discussed the benefits for the Population Estimation Survey in all the 18 regions to bring forth accurate and reliable population estimates for people residing in urban, rural, IDP’s…
THREE machine gun killers who brought terror to an Edinburgh street came to Scotland as they thought they could make more money from their drug empire. Mohamud Mohamud, 30, Cadil Huseen, 23, and Hussein Ali, 26, were part of a gang whose feud with rivals spilled over into bloody voilence. On Thursday, they admitted killing…
Cape Town – Kenya’s coastal town Mombasa and the area north of it, towards the Southern Somali border, continue to experience difficulties, says local Safari travel experts Go2Africa. “For the several years now, the travel advisory for Kenya has recommended that travellers avoid this area, which echoes the travel recommendations from our team in Kenya,”…
People in Leicester are being urged to support a proposal to make the drug khat an illegal substance. Somali-born Abdikayf Farah, 41, of Leicester, said the drug could have “a huge social and health impact” on users, who chew it to get a “small high”. Abdikayf, a health trainer, said that using khat was a…
Mogadishu, 17 May 2014 – H.E. Mustaf Duhulow, the Minister of Information, today held press conference in Mogadishu. The Minister spoke the progress of the government as well as the current situation in Somalia and said that the government is committed to action and delivery in order to hold fair and free elections by 2016….
Operation Eagle, the latest attempt by Somalia and the African Union to drive out al Shabaab Islamic militants, has enjoyed early success. But will there be anyone to fill the vacuum once the militants have gone? The enemy is nowhere to be seen, but their presence is everywhere. The soldiers I’m with are vigilant, either…
NAIROBI/MOGADISHU, May 17 2014 (IPS) – Twelve-year-old Halima Mohamed Ali wakes up every morning at five am, but unlike her peers she does not go to school. Instead, she begins her duties as a nanny for five children, the oldest of whom is just two years younger than she is. She starts off by making…
At least ten people have been killed and scores of others injured in Kenyan capital of Nairobi after two separate explosions hit the city, media reports citing local officials said Friday. While the first explosion hit a minibus, the second ripped though the busy Gikomba open-air market. Local media reports indicate at least seventy people…
the murder of Mohammed Abdi in Edinburgh last year marked the arrival of Somali gangs in Scotland, a court has been told. the murder of Mohammed Abdi in Edinburgh last year marked the arrival of Somali gangs in Scotland, a court has been told. Sorry, you must sign in before you can print full articles….
The government of Somalia has reiterated its commitment to the development of young people as the backbone of the country’s economic and social future.Making the commitment on Thursday as Somalia observed the 71st anniversary of the founding of the Somali Youth League, Prime Minster Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed said his government is committed to empowering the…
In the quest for independence, there are good days and there are bad days. Today is a good day. Today, on our Independence Day, the people of Somaliland are filled with hope and renewed determination. Our Independence Day serves as a token of all that we’ve achieved thus far on the road to sovereignty, and…
Mogadishu, Thursday, May 16, 2014(SDN/QJ)—The Prime Minster of the Somali Federal Government His Excellency Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed went to a major celebration to mark the 71st anniversary of the formation of the freedom-seeking organization, the Somali Youth League (SYL). The event was organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and was held in Mogadishu’s…
Mogadishu May16 2014: Speaking at a Somali Youth Day celebration this evening, H.E. The President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, called on the young people of Somalia to use their energy, ambition and commitment to build a better Somalia. Referencing the influence of the Somali Youth League, who in the 1950s were instrumental in ensuring that Somalia’s…