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Kenya’s military caused the massive collapse of three floors of Nairobi’s Westgate mall during the siege of al-Shabab, in which at least 67 civilians and security personnel were killed, a top-ranking government official said. When asked Friday if military action against the hostage takers caused the collapse, the official answered, “Yes.” The official also confirmed…
WASHINGTON — The White House is under pressure to ramp up counterterrorism action against al-Shabab in Somalia following the al-Qaida-linked group’s deadly attack on an upscale Kenyan shopping mall that has killed and injured dozens, including Americans. Republican lawmakers Sunday said the attack showed al-Qaida is growing in size and strength, belying the Obama administration’s…
Statement by H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud President of the Federal Republic of Somalia 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly 26 September 2013 Mr. President, Secretary General of the United Nations, Heads of State and Government, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honor for me to be here with you today. As it…
26 September 2013 – Recalling the major milestones Somalia achieved over the past year, the country’s President today told the United Nations that bolstering its political and governance gains requires international support, particularly the ongoing struggle to drive out armed groups such as Al-Shabaab, which continue to menace the Horn of Africa. “Somalia would not…
We were hearing last few days discussions about road bill purposed by the government on the subject of a tax increase of certain services in Somali-land, which is overwhelming passed by the House of Representatives in an effort of generating extra revenue to finance the expected upgrading our medical care, social programs, continuity of vital public…
LONDON – A British national has been arrested in Nairobi following the mall siege that killed at least 67 people, the Foreign Office in London said on Wednesday. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, a 35-year-old Briton of Somali origin was arrested at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta airport as he attempted to leave Kenya on a…
WASHINGTON – A member of the House Homeland Security Committee says the al-Qaida affiliated group that claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a shopping mall in Kenya recruited up to 50 people from Somali-American communities in the U.S. Rep. Peter King said Sunday between 15 and 20 of the Somali-Americans al-Shabab recruited remain active….
Despite facing many pressing problems, both in Europe and elsewhere, it is encouraging to see that EU leaders are going to focus on my region today, in a Conference – the New Deal for Somalia, that will sanction a clear and improved framework for international donors’ engagement with the Somali people. The Horn of Africa…
Hargeysa:16-sep-2013(SDN)-Wasiirkii hore ee wasaaradda War-faafinta, Dhaqanka iyo Wacyigelinta Somaliland Mujaahid Cabdiraxmaan Yuusuf Ducaale (Boobe) ayaa markii ugu horraysay ka hadlay dhibka iyo muranka sii kordhaya ee ka taagan Gegida Diyaaraduhu ka haadaan ee caasimadda Hargeysa. Mujaahid Boobe oo Maalintii shalay waraysi gaar ah siiyey Shabakadda wararka ee Qurbejoog.com, ayaa naqdiyey qaabka iyo Hannaanka aan toolmoonayn…
Somali American Intellectual Council along with Jubbland Diaspora in North America strongly condemn yesterday’s cowardly suicide car bomb attack on the Jubba delegation led by President H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe) in the southern port city of Kismayo. We send our deepest condolences to the people of Jubba and the families of those killed…
Some 160 Somali religious scholars have issued a fatwa denouncing al-Shabab, saying the group had no place in Islam. Correspondents say it is the first time Somali religious leaders have come up with a fatwa against the group, which controls much of the country. At a conference on the phenomenon of extremism in Mogadishu, the…
Last legislative session, Fartun Weli authored and lobbied for a bill that would help eliminate Somali women’s reproductive health disparities. The bill would have provided $170,000 to Isuroon, a nonprofit organization that Weli founded that is dedicated primarily to Somali women’s health issues. Her proposal made it into the health omnibus bill but was blocked…
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s displaced people are still struggling despite a government being set up a year ago. More than one million people have been displaced in Somalia by 22 years of conflict and recent droughts. About 370,000 people have taken shelter in the capital Mogadishu. Many say they have little to celebrate as…
Mogadishu, Somalia – Ahmed Jama is busy picking up the remains after explosions ripped apart his roadside eatery, not far from Somalia’s partially rebuilt parliament. A broken chair here, burnt bones there. To him, this has now become routine. More than a dozen people died in Saturday’s attack in the capital Mogadishu. It was the…
Madrid — Spain’s National Court has sentenced six Somali pirates to jail for attempting to kidnap the crew of a tuna-fishing boat, officials said. The pirates, Adane Yusuf Ali, Abdi Ali Salad, Abdilahi Ise Jama, Yahye Omar Ali Hassan, Ali Mahammed Ali and Ali Mahamed Hirsi, have been imprisoned for a total of 1,222 years….
AFP – Somali-born activist and former supermodel Waris Dirie on Wednesday opens a centre in Germany to treat victims of female genital mutilation, which she was subjected to as a child. About 8,000 young girls are circumcised every day in Africa and the Middle East, and the Desert Flower Medical Center, located in a Berlin…
The UAE is investing millions in Somali schools to prevent children falling into a life of piracy and crime, a senior government official will tell an international conference. By helping to fund Somali schools, hospitals, and businesses, the UAE hopes to give kids an alternative and aims to “get to the root causes of piracy”,…
SAN DIEGO — Four local Somali men who were convicted in February of sending money to the terrorist group al-Shabaab are demanding a new trial, contending that the sweeping surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency violated their rights and led to an unfair trial. The motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court in San…
Somali Diasporas living in Norway are making a political progress while many of them have joined into national political parties in Norway. Abdullahi Mohamed Alas is a Somali-Norwegian citizen and politician living in Norway’s capital, Oslo for thirty years. Alas who spoke to Radio Dalsan on the phone said he relieved being a Somali-Norwegian politician…
