War-weary Mogadishu revels in new lease of life

    The traffic signs are not the only things coming up in Mogadishu. After decades of war that reduced the Somali capital almost to rubble and banished all semblance of normalcy from the streets, there are now rumblings of awakening, much as they may resemble a drunkard rousing themselves from a deep stupor.     The…

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      Small Dutch city is hub for European khat sales

      UITHOORN, Netherlands — A small Dutch city less than 20 kilometres from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has become the hub of Europe’s sales of khat, a plant chewed for its stimulant qualities, soon to be banned in the Netherlands. In a discreet warehouse tucked away in the city of Uithoorn, around a hundred Somalis and Yemenis…

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        Guddoomiyaha Wakiilada Cabdiraxmaan Ciro oo been fariimay madaxweyne Ku-xigeenka Somaliland iyo khilaafkii oo cirka isku sii shareeray.

        Hargeysa Jan 26,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Madaxweyne ku-xigeenka Somaliland Md Cabdiraxmaan Saylici ayaa aad uga cadhooday hadal shalay ka soo yeedhay gudoomiyaha gollaha Wakiilada oo sheegayay in la xaliyay khilaafkii u dhexeeyay madaxweynaha iyo ku-xigeenkiisa. Guddoomiye Ciro ayaa saxaafada la hortagay hadalkan uu ku sheegay in la xaliyay khilaafkii u dhexeeyay madaxweynaha Somaliland Axmed Siilaanyo iyo ku-xigeenkiisa Cabdiraxmaan Saylici….

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          Mareykanka oo Kenya ku booriyay in aaney celin Qaxootiga Soomaalida

          Washington Jan 26,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Dawlada Mareykanka ayaa jawaab adag ka bixisay hadal Kenya ka soo yeedhay oo tibaaxayay in iminka lajoogo xiligii qaxootiga Soomaalida dalkooda dib loogu celin lahaa. “Waxaanu rajeyneynaa kuna boorineynaa in dawlada Kenya ay kafaalo qaado baahiyaha qaxootiga Soomaaliya ee dalkeeda ku sugan,mana aha in dalkooda dib loogu celiyo qaxootiga si loo sameeyo aag…

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            Marines iyo meliisho beeleed iska kaashaday hawlgalkii shalay ee samafaleyaasha lagu soo furtay

            Gaalkacyo Jan 26,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Ciidamada Mareykanka ee shalay soo furtay labo ruux oo samfalayaal ahaa oo ilaa Octobertii hore lagu heystay badhtamaha Soomaaliya ayaa gacan weyn ka helay beesha meliishaadkii afduubka ku heystay ajaanibka. Ciidamada Mareykanka ayaa duyuuradahoodu caga dhigteen gegida duyuuradaha ee Gaalkacyo iyaga oo ogolaasho arintaa uga heystay beesha Konfurta Gaalkacyo. Ciidamo beeleedyada Beesha Konfurta…

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              US urges Kenya not to send back Somali refugees

              Kenya has been urged to continue providing refuge to Somalis fleeing violence and hunger in their homeland, a US State Department official said on Tuesday. “We continue to rely on and advocate strongly for the protection of Somalis inside Kenya, that they should not be sent back into Somalia in order to create some sort…

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                Commandos And Clansmen In Somali Mission

                In Somalia it is sometimes said that the town Galkayo translates as “foreigner runs away”. After its airport was used as the base of a US Navy Seal (Sea, Air and Land Teams) hostage rescue in the lawless country’s pirate heartland; the town might now want to change its name. Locals reported that several aircraft,…

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                  Ohio Somalis cheer rescue, worry about homeland

                  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The leader of a community advocacy group says the U.S. rescue of two hostages in Somalia is uplifting news for Ohio Somalis, although the kidnappings underscored their worries about their homeland. Jibril (Juh-BRILL’) Mohamed (Mo-HAHM’-ed) heads SomaliCan in Columbus. He says he and other members of the central Ohio community are glad…

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                    Kenyan Somali Islamist Radicalisation

                    Somalia’s growing Islamist radicalism is spilling over into Kenya. The militant Al-Shabaab movement has built a cross-border presence and a clandestine support network among Muslim populations in the north east and Nairobi and on the coast, and is trying to radicalise and recruit youth from these communities, often capitalising on long-standing grievances against the central…

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                      U.S. Military Frees 2 Western Hostages From Somali Pirates

                      American commandos raced into Somalia early Wednesday and rescued two aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man, after a shootout with Somali pirates who had been holding them captive for months. The American soldiers swooped in by helicopter, killed nine pirates and captured several others, before spiriting away the hostages, who were not…

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                        Masar iyo sanad ka dib kacdoonkii Shacabka

                        Qahira Jan 25,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Waxa guud ahaan dalka Masar maanta looga dabaaldegay sanadguuradii koowaad ee ka soo wareegtay kolkii dadka dalkaasi ay kacdoon shacab oo xilkii ka tuuray keligii taliyihii dunida ugu xooga weynaa. Beerta Taxriir oo ah goobta caanka ku noqotay kacdoonkaas ayaa maanta waxa buux dhaafiyay shacab kala taageersan kooxaha siyaasadeed ee kala duwan ee…

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                          Dawlada labada Shariif oo shaki ka muujiyay shirka London iyo madaxweyne Axmed Siilaanyo oo looga taag la’yahay

                          Hargeysa Jan 25,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Dawlada KMG ah ee Soomaliya,urur goboleedka IGAD,baarlamaanka Soomaaliya iyo qaar ka mid ah dalalka reer Galbeedka ayaa ku dawakhsan ujeedada dhabta ah ee shirka London lagu wado in Soomaalida loogu qabto dabayaaqada bisha soo socota. Tuhunada ayaa laba nuuc ah,midi waa sida ku soo boodka ah ee dawlada Britain mar uun ugu dhawaaqday…

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                            Ciyaaryahan diiday in uu Obama la kulmo,maxay tahay sababtu?

                            Washington Jan 25,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Goolhayaha kooxda Boston Bruins oo heyta horyaalka Hockeyga (Xeego) ee woqooyiga America ayaa qaadacay in uu kooxdiisa u raaco aqalka cad si ay ula kulmaan madaxweynaha Mareykanka Barack Obama. Tim Thomas ayaa sheegay mar uu saxaafada la hadlay in uu xubin ka yahay xisbiga mucaaridka ah ee Jamhuuriga,isla markaana aanu qabin in madaxweynuhu…

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                              Playwright shares how Somali migration changed her life

                              FARMINGTON — Maine writer and performer Cheryl Hamilton will bring her one-woman show, “Checkered Floors,” to the Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The 7:30 p.m. performance is open to the public with requests for donations at the door. “Checkered Floors” is about a recent college…

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                                A reply to an open letter sent to PM David Cameroon and Mark Bowden(UNDP) on Somaliland aid accountability

                                I was surprised to read a letter published on Widhwidh Online and Allgedo Online on 23rd January 2012 and sent to David Cameron, British Prime Minister and Mark Bowden, UNDP Resident Representative for Somalia by a Gentleman who called himself only Farah-Kolley (najmaf@live.com.) Re: Somaliland Aid Accountability.   Mr Farah-Kolley started the opening two paragraphs of his letter with courteous words of gratitude to donor nations for…

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                                  Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya ayaa si heer sare ah ugu soo dhoweeyey Ergeyga Gaarka ah ee Qaramada Midoobey

                                  Muqdisho, January 24,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Muddo 18 sano ka dib ayaa maanta markii ugu horreysey Qaramada Midoobey si rasmi ah uga furatay xafiiskeeda Siyaasadda (UNPOS) magaalada Muqdisho. Xoghayaha Guud ee Qaramada Midoobey Ban Ki-Moon ayaa 09kii December yimid Muqdisho isla markaana ku dhawaaqay in Xafiiska UNPOS loo soo rari doono Muqdisho bisha Janaayo.   Ergeyga Gaarka ah ee…

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