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His Excellency Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, speaking on World Press Freedom Day, said: “On World Press Freedom day I want to reiterate my government’s steadfast commitment to a free press and freedom of speech. A free press is at the heart of every democracy and is guaranteed under the constitution. “Journalists perform a critical…
ADDIS ABABA – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday for a planned meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, an Ethiopian official has said. Earlier in the day, a Somali diplomatic source told Anadolu Agency that talks between Mohamud and Kerry would focus on the fight against Somalia’s Al-Shabaab insurgency and…
The father of a 15-year-old Somali boy who survived a trip from California to Hawaii stowed away in the wheel well of a jet has been denied access to his son days after arriving in Honolulu in a bid to bring him home. The boy sneaked into the wheel compartment of a Boeing 767 that…
The legal case of a former CIA detainee suing the government of Djibouti for hosting the facility where he says he was detained could be helped by the contents of a still-classified Senate report. Djibouti, a key U.S. ally, has denied for years that its territory has been used to keep suspected Al-Qaeda operatives in…
Minneapolis is home to a large Somalian Muslim community. During the 2013 Mayoral race, most Somalian supported and voted for Elizabeth Betsy Hodges (born 1969), the DFL candidate who won the election and took Mayoral office in January 2014. Last week, Betsy created a storm when she addressed a group of Somali business owners and…
The United Nations says Somalia is facing a renewed food crisis due to a lack of rain, rising food prices and continued insecurity. The U.N.’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) says 860,000 Somalis are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. It says the crisis is especially critical in rural areas of south-central Somalia…
SIOUX FALLS, SD -Since creating an adult literacy program in 2010, Abdul Sidow and the Somali-Bantu Community Development Council has helped numerous refugees learn the English language. Those efforts are now being recognized with the Spirit Award. “It has taken us a lot of time to organize the community, to pull resources from different places…
Mogadishu, 01 May 2014. His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud marked today, International Labour Day, by attending a ceremony at the Ministry of Labour. The President delivered a speech to the assembled crowd, beginning with an old Somali proverb: ‘Shaqadu waa sharaf’ (working is dignity). The President celebrated the efforts of all Somalis, who he…
GOGOL-WANAAG, Somaliland—Sheikh Muhumed Dhinbil Cumar sits in a bit of shade chewing khat as he muses over how farming in his village has changed over recent generations. His father and his father before him—12 or 13 generations of his family, he says—were all farmers in this area, with tenuous livelihoods subject to unpredictable rainfall and…
Somali minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation Dr. Abdirahman Beyle has told VOA Somali version that the federal government of Somalia has requested the international community to let off the country’s debt. Dr. Beyle who is currently in Tunisia for an official duty has confirmed that his delegation had a meeting with representatives from…
Speaking before members of parliament, the Minister of Interior Abdullahi Godax Barre claimed that there are specific government officials that have stolen the humanitarian aid meant to be provided to regions in Somalia. The Minister strained that the corrupt officials were given the responsibility of getting the aid across to needy families in Bay and…
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born U.S. citizen who is known — among other things — for her radical views on Islam. Her supporters consider her a leading critic, while many others believe she is guilty of Islamophobia and bigotry. I think she is a perfect case to educate people on the difference between the…
Sahro Hassan sticks out, which is hard to do when you’re maybe five feet tall. This girl wears cheetah print on cheetah print. Her skirt’s like a disco ball. Sahro is a Somali immigrant, one of thousands who immigrated to the United States to escape the violence back home in Somalia. Like many Muslim women,…
The Somali government have recalled the country’s Ambassador to Kenya, Mohamed Ali Nur, for ‘consultations’ over the controversial operation ‘Uslama Watch’ as well as the much publicized arrest of a top diplomat of the Somali embassy last week. Since the beginning of this month, reports indicate that more than 3,000 Somalis in Kenya have been…
The second phase of a reconciliation conference for communities in Jubba and Gedo regions opened in Kismayo on Sunday (April 27th) and will continue for two weeks, UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported. The conference, organised by the Somali government, is a follow-up to the first session held in Mogadishu in November 2013, and builds on its…
When the civil war in Somalia broke out more than 20 years ago, Jaylani Hussein and his family were among the first to move to the United States. Hussein has lived in the U.S. since 1993. He speaks English without any hint of an accent, holds two bachelor’s degrees, goes deer hunting in the fall…
Share32 Share via Email The City of St. Paul can move forward with the demolition of the Moonlight Magic bar, a vacant building in Frogtown that a Minneapolis couple was trying to restore into a Somali wedding venue. Alex Jerome and Ameena Samatar claimed the city was blocking their effort to open a wedding venue…
Elders from the Somali and Orma communities have met to resolve a conflict over pasture that injured five people in Tana River county last week. They held a meeting at the Tana River county government headquarters on Friday afternoon and agreed to send a team of elders to resolve the matter amicably. The meeting was…
Somali independent media house association SIMHA strongly condemns the detention of journalists Hassan sheikh Omar and Fowzia Omar. The two who were working with Horn cable TV and Bar-Kulan Radio respectively were arrested in the predominately Somali neighborhood of Easteigh in eastern Nairobi on Saturday. ‘I have legal documents to stay in the country but…
JOHANNESBURG – Two Somalian nationals were arrested in Johannesburg on Monday for being in possession of the drug Mirra, which originates from Ethiopia, Johannesburg metro police said on Monday. They were arrested at 8am in High Street, Brixton after the leaves were found wrapped in plastic bags in the boot of their VW Jetta, Chief Superintendent…