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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s most dangerous militant group is parading hostages the group claims are Kenyans taken in a raid on a Kenyan border village that killed six people. Residents in the town of Bardhere said Friday that al-Shabab fighters paraded two Kenyans in a pickup truck that the militants also claimed was seized during…
Mogadishu – Somali Islamist militants have killed the head of a food distribution charity in central Somalia, a pro-government militia said on Friday, the latest blow to the relief effort in the famine-hit country. “The rebels killed Abdikarim Hashi Kediye, the head of Towfiq… and his driver yesterday afternoon between Dusamareb and Guriel,” Sheikh Abdullahi…
Geneva – The International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday called on local authorities in war-torn Somalia’s south and centre to release 140 trucks carrying aid for 240 000 needy. The ICRC says authorities have blocked food deliveries destined for the Middle Shabelle and Galgadud regions since mid-December, which led the body on Thursday…
I write with reference to Peter Lockwood’s piece entitled “Somali Nationalism: A Dead Concept?” published on 9th January. I don’t usually respond to articles, however this one demanded a response for several reasons: • Firstly, Mr. Lockwood is a Junior Consultant at UNESCO in Nairobi and has written other pieces on Somali politics that have…
Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) — European Union naval forces exchanged gunfire with Somali pirates for the first time yesterday in thwarting an attack on a Spanish navy oil tanker near Mogadishu. Five of six suspected pirates detained on the ESPS Patino were injured and two required medical treatment, EU Navfor Somalia said yesterday in an e-mailed…
Muqdisho Jan 13,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Ciidamada Badda ee reer Yurub ee hawlgalada ka wada baddaha Soomaaliya ayaa shalay markii u horeysay rasaas ay isweydaarsadeen Burcad-badeeda Soomaalida. Weerarkan oo ka dhacay goob aan sidaa uga fogeyn xeebta magaalada Muqdisho ayaa yimi ka dib kolkii ciidamadu u gurmadeen markab nooca shidaalka qaada oo ay weerareen burcad Somali ah. Ciidamada ayaa…
Geneva Jan 13 2012(qurbejoog.com)-QM ayaa war ay maanta soo saaraty ku sheegtay in ay ka werwersan tahay xaaladaha amaan ee xeryaha qaxootiga ee ku yaal dalalka Kenya iyo Itoobiya oo ay ku jiraan ku dhawaad hal million oo ruux. QM ayaa hyadeeda u qaabilsan qaxootiga ayaa sheegtay in si gaadh ah ay uga werwersan tahay…
GENEVA — The United Nations says it is concerned about worsening security at refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia that are home to more than 700,000 Somali citizens. The U.N. refugee agency says it is particularly worried about the situation in Kenya’s massive Dadaab camp following a spate of kidnappings, murders and robberies there. A…
Hargeyso Jan 13,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Taageerayaasha xisbul xaakimka Somaliland ee Kulmiye ayaa intii talada ay la wareegeen indhaha ka qarsanayay khaladaadka Xukuumada taageeradooda talada dalka kula wareegtay. Huwanta Kulmiye ayaa awooda saaresay sidii ay isugu hayn lahaayeeen isbeheysigooda halka ay taa bedelkeeda xukuumada ku dhiiri gelin lahaayeen meel marinta qorsheyaashii xisbiga ee ay ugu codeeyeen. Xukuumada ayaan wax…
Jabuuti Jan 13,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Shacabka reer Jabuuti ayaa maalmihii u danbeeyay aad u hadal hayay hawgalada ciidamada dalkooda ee AMISOM dhawaanta ku biiray ay ka wadaan Magaalada Muqdisho. Ciidamada Jabuuti ayaa dhawaan ay kooxda Al Shabaab ku eedeysay in ay duqeyeen Masjid magaalada Muqdiso ku yaal oo ay ku dhinteen xubno ka tirsan culimada Tabliiqa. Safaarada Jabuuti…
London Jan 13,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Baaritaan ay sameysay Xarunta Chatham House ee saldhigeedu yahay dalka Britain ayaa lagu sheegay in degaanada Soomaaliya ka mid ahi ay dhaqaale ahaan uga faaideysteen halka qaar kalena aaney ganbo ka helin. Warbixinta ayaa tibaaxeysa in magaalooyinka waaweyn ee maamul goboleedka Puntland ee Garoowe iyo Boosaaso ayaa u muuqda in ay laba laabmeen…
MOGADISHU — Gunmen on Thursday killed a local aid worker and his driver in central Somalia, an official, elders and non-governmental organisation workers said. “We got horrible information saying an aid worker and his driver were killed. They were working with a local NGO and their job was to deliver food aid to people in…
Hargeysa Jan 12,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Madaxweynaha Soaliland ayaa maanta dalb u gudbiyay shir guddoonka labada aqal Baarlamaan ee Somaliland. Kulankan oo dhici doona maalinta sabtida ah ee ina soo heysa ayaa lagu wadaa in madaxweynuhu uga hadlo xaaladihii u danbeeyay ee dalka. Dalabka madaxweyne Axmed Siilaanyo ee ku wejahan Kulanka ka dib ayaa Xoghayaha Gollaha Guurtida Somaliland Cabdilahi…
New research suggests piracy has led to widespread economic development in some parts of Somalia. The study, published by British think-tank Chatham House, looked at detailed satellite imagery. Regional centres have benefited from substantial investment funded by piracy, but coastal communities have missed out, the report indicates. International naval patrols in the Gulf of…
One of the few organizations providing urgent food and other humanitarian aid to over a quarter of a million people in the conflict areas in Somalia has announced it is halting supplies saying Islamic militants had suddenly and inexplicably begun blocking supplies. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stressed that decision applied to…
GARISSA, Kenya (AP) — An al-Qaida affiliated Somali militant group said Thursday that it took several hostages in a raid in northern Kenya that killed at least six people. Three policemen, a civil servant and a primary school teacher were among the six killed in the attack late Wednesday, said North Eastern Province Police Commissioner…
NAIROBI — Gunmen killed three Kenyan police and wounded two others in the latest of a string of attacks in the northeastern border region with war-torn Somalia, police said Thursday. “The attack occurred at a camp in Gerille in Wajir on Wednesday night and we lost three officers, two others were injured,” a senior police…
Garisa Jan 12, 2012(qurbejoog.com)-Hay’ada u dooda xuquuqul insaanka u dooda ee Human Rights Watch ayaa maanta war ay soo saartay ku dhaleeceeysay habdhaqanka ciidada dalka Kenya ee ku wejahan Soomaalida ku nool Woqooyi Bari ee dalkaasi. HRW waxa ay soo bandhigtay xog ay ku sheegeyso in ciidamadu waxyeeleeyaan Soomaalida si ay markaa xog ku saabsan…
Wajeer Jan 12,2012(qurbejoog,com)-Dabley hubeysan oo aan ilaa iminka la garan ayaa xalay tiro boolis ah oo Kenyaati ah ku laayay xero ku taal duleedaka magaalada Wajeer ee Woqooyi Bari Kenya. Sarkaal diiday in magaciisa la shaaciyo ayaa xaqiijiyay in weerarka ay ku dhinteen sadex ka mid ah booliska isla markaana ay dhaawacmeen ilaa labo kale….
Somalia’s militant al-Shabab insurgent group stares a possible military collapse in the face as a coalition of African forces, fighting on multiple fronts, steadily advances on its southern heartland and the United States steps up drone and naval attacks. Its military fortunes have dramatically worsened in the last year. It began when an alliance of…