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MOGADISHU — Ethiopian troops in battle tanks thrust into rebel-held Somalia regions Tuesday, sparking heavy fighting as they advanced towards the major Shebab stronghold of Baidoa, witnesses said. The latest unrest erupted just two days before world powers meet at a London conference on the Horn of Africa nation, which is beset by a litany…
TORONTO— The armed Islamist group Al-Shabab is increasingly recruiting Somali children, some as young as 10, forcing them to become fighters and wives, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday. Its ranks dwindling following a spike in fighting, the al-Qaeda-affiliated group has turned to children to bolster its numbers, said the study, based…
Returning to Somalia in 2011 after 19 years, and hearing the UN declare famine was heart-wrenching. We could see the evidence all around us in Dollow, which had become a transition post for Somalis en route to Ethiopia. The women we spoke to referred repeatedly to gaajo (hunger). The local district commissioner urged us to…
TABDA, Somalia — An 80-year-old Somali woman fondly recalled her younger days. There was peace in Somalia then, and people in this town of Tabda in the arid scrublands of the country’s south did not rely on the mercy of others for food. Khadra Muhamud Aden says food supplies to the area are running low…
The World’s biggest refugee camp, Dadaab, in northeastern Kenya marks its 20th anniversary this year. The camp, which was set up to host 90,000 people, now shelters nearly one-half million refugees. This United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) video presents a collage of photos and archive footage of Dadaab over the past 20 years. Early images…
Hargeysa Feb 22,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Munaasibad ay soo agaasimeen maamulka Jaamacada Golis ayay ku shaaciyeen inay ka dhaafeen Lacagtii ama Fiigii Jaamacadda Laba iyo Labaatankii arday ee ugu sareeyay qaybaha kala duwan ee Jaamacadaasi ka kooban tahay. Munaasibadaasi oo lagu qabtay huteelka Maansoor ee Magaalada Hargaysa ayaa waxaa hadal ka soo jeediyay Gudoomiyaha Jaamacada Golis Dr Siciid Axmed…
(February 21, 2012) The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia is committed to bringing peace and stability to Somalia and will intensify the “Operation to Restore Peace and Stability across Somalia” that started on 31st December 2011 in collaboration with neighboring countries and support from International Community. “The Operation to Restore Peace and Stability has…
MOMBASA, Kenya — A lawyer for a British man held in Kenya over alleged links to Somalia’s Islamist insurgency and possession of explosives says his client was beaten in prison to extract a confession. Chacha Mwita says his client Jermaine Grant and another suspect were beaten after their arrest in December. Mwita also says Grant,…
Brussels Feb 21,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Prof Abdiweli Mohamed Ali oo booqasho rasmi ah ku jooga Brussels si uu kulamo ula qaato mas’uuliyiinta Midowga Yurub ayaa Isniintii kulamo kala duwan la qaatay ma’uuliyiin ka tirsan dalka Belgium, Kooxda Caalamiga ah ee Africa, Caribbean iyo Pacific (ACP) isla markaana kormeer ku tagey Safaarada Soomaalida ee Belgium iyo…
London Feb 21,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyada Jabuuti Md Ismaciil Cumar Geelle ayaa dhawaan gaari doona magaalada London si uu uga qeybgalo shirka Britain u qabaneyso Soomaalida todobaadkan. Jaaliyada reer Jabuuti ee London ayaa qorsheynayaa soo dhaweynta madaxweyne Geelle kolka uu halkaa gaadho maalmaha ina soo haya. Mucaaridka iyo Muxaafidka ayaa qorsheynayaa soo dhaweyn kala duwan oo mudici…
Hargeysa Feb 21,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Madaxweynaha Somaliland Md Axmed Maxamed Siilaanyo ayaa todobaadkan u anbabaxay safar uu ku tegay dalka Britain oo uu uga qeybgalayo Shirka Soomaalida ee London lagu qabanayo Khamiista in soo aadan. Madaxweynaha ayaa kolkii u horeysay garabkiisa midig laga waayay ruuxa uu kalsoonida ugu weyn ee siyaasadeed uu ku qabo waa wasiirka Madaxtooyada Md…
Qooqaani Feb 21,2012(qurbejoog.com)-ciidamada Kenya ayaa kordhiyay duqeymo ay ku hayeen degaanada Shabaabku ku xoogan yihiin ee ku teedsan degmada Qooqaani iyo Afmadow dhawrkii maalmood ee ina dhaafay. Taliyaha ciidamada Kenya ee ku sugan guddaha Soomaaliya Lt Col Jeff Nyagah ayaa sheegay in Shabaabku xoogoodii ciidan ay Konfurta isugu geeyeen,isla markaana aanu weli xaqiijin karin khasaaraha…
Tehran Feb 21,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Magaalada Tehran ee xarunta wadanka Iiran waxaa gaadhay koox ka socota wakaaladda quwadda atoomiga u qaabilsan qaramada midawday IAEA. Booqashada khubaradaasi ayaa qaadan doonta muddo laba maalmood ah, waxaanay saraakiishu sheegeen inaanay ahayn mid ku salaysan hawlo baadhitaano ah, balse ay tahay socdaal ay kulamo kula yeelayanaan saraakiisha waddankaasi. Madaxa waftiga ka socda …
Somalis living in the UK say diaspora groups have not been properly consulted ahead of Thursday’s international conference in London aimed at setting a course for a country ravaged by war for two decades. Somali representatives of UK organisations addressed some of the questions raised by readers at a roundtable organised by Global development on…
Nairobi. Kenyan troops intensified attacks on Al-Shabaab in Somalia with air strikes on a key rebel settlement at the weekend.They carried out air strikes in Xhwayo Town, 30 kilometres from Belles Qoockani Town on their way to Afmadow. The commander of Kenya’s forces in central Somalia, Lt Col Jeff Nyagah, said Al-Shabaab insurgents had concentrated…
Hargeysa Feb 20,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Hargeysa (DHH)- Guddoomiyaha degmadda Gacan-libaax ee magaaladda Hargeysa Khadar Cismaan Guulleed, ayaa maanta sheegay inay dardargeliyeen adeegyada ay u hayaan bulshada ku dhaqan degmadaasi gaar ahaan horumarinta jidadka iyo adeegyadda bulshadda. Khadar Cismaan Guulleed wuxuu sheegay inay saaka soo cabireen laba goobood oo ay dawladda Hoose ee Hargeysa ka hirgelin doonto laba barkadood…
MP Mark Lancaster has been honoured for his fight to ban the drug Khat. The member for Milton Keynes North was praised for his efforts by Milton Keynes Somali Association last week. Khat is a shrub which contains cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant, which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite and euphoria. It is…
In the run-up to the 23 February London conference on Somalia, a flurry of meetings have been held with Somalis in the diaspora to elicit their thoughts on the way forward for the country. This kind of engagement may be unprecedented; the Foreign Office’s efforts to include as many people as possible in this consultation…
BRUSSELS — The European Union is willing to help pay for more African Union peacekeepers in Somalia in an effort to clear al-Shabab militants from the country, a senior official said Monday. The official, who could not be named under EU rules, said the bloc is prepared to provide “significant new resources” to help fund…
Waa waajib ina saaran in aynu ku dadaallno ilaalinta caafimaadkeenna jidhka, innagoo joojinayna cabbista Sigaarka, samaynaynana jimicsi badan, iyo innakoo yaraynayna dufanka ku jira cuntadeenna. Sidoo kale, waxaan wax uga qaban karnaa cafimaadkeenna xaga nafsaaniga ah. Barashada is-dejinta (Learning to relax) Tani waa xirfad qof kasta ay tahay inuu barto. Waxa jira buugaag iyo cajalado…