Ex-militant tests Somalia’s fledgling democracy
Source: Reuters By Hereward Holland NAIROBI (Reuters) – Last year Mukhtar Robow had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head. Now the former Islamist al Shabaab militant has downed […]
Death toll from Somali bomb blasts rises above 50
Source: The Guardian Somali hospital and police sources say the death toll from a string of bombings near a popular hotel in Mogadishu has risen to 53 with more than […]
Organization of Islamic Cooperation pledge support for lasting peace in Somalia
The Somali government is working hard in carrying out reforms in various institutions. (SPA) Arab News October 29, 2018 JEDDAH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will continue supporting […]
Why Hollywood writer Ubah Mohamed hated her name
By Naima Mohamud BBC Africa 30 September 2018 I Getting a TV job in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks in the US with a name like Ubah Mohamed […]
Somali mother first to be sentenced under new law in Switzerland for genital mutilation of daughters
Alex Macbeth alex.macbeth@thelocal.com @alexmacbethtoc 16 July 2018 A court in Neuchâtel last week found a Somali mother guilty of submitting her two daughters to female genital mutilation in a landmark […]
Al-Shabab kidnaps Somali children to fill its ranks. Parents pull kids from school or flee to protect them.
Source: PRI By Tonny Onyulo Members of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab surrender to authorities in the north of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, Sept. 24, 2012. Credit: Omar Faruk/Reuters You can hear the anguish in Maalim […]
German military ends mission in Somalia after 8 years
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BERLIN Reuters File Photo After eight years the German army has ended its training mission to Somalia and has returned all Bundeswehr soldiers to […]
Trump’s travel ban stranded her. Then America welcomed her.
Source: CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Photographs by Melissa Golden/Redux and Nichole Sobecki for CNN Atlanta (CNN) Batulo weaves through the crush of passengers streaming down the train station stairs. It is loud — so […]
Militants Linked to Al Qaeda Unleash Deadly Car Bombings in Somalia
Source: The New York Times MOGADISHU, Somalia — Three explosions over four days in or near the Somalian capital have left a trail of carnage, killing nearly 20 people and […]
The decades-long quest to end drought (and feed millions) by taking the salt out of seawater
Source: Wired By EMMA BRYCE In October 2017, Charlie Paton was driving across the parched plains of northwestern Somaliland when he passed a seemingly endless queue of rumbling trucks. Each was […]
Former senior al Shabaab leader says militants should leave group
Source: Reuters BY Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The one-time deputy leader of Somali Islamist militants al Shabaab called on Tuesday for others to quit the group following his defection […]
Traveling to America While Muslim
Source: The New York Times By ISMAIL EINASHE Sulaika Abokor, a Somali-born elementary-school teacher in London, dreams of “a road trip from Seattle to California.” The 34-year-old was planning a vacation […]
SUCCESS STORY: From refugee to neurobiologist
By Julie Hunt APR 25, 2017 Abdurahman Mohamad Mah arrived in Switzerland as a refugee at the age of six. Now he is a neurobiologist. This is his story. […]
Somalia executes four it says were al Shabaab fighters behind 2016 attack
Source: Reuters A military court in Somalia has executed four men it said were al Shabaab militants who were behind a 2016 attack that killed 80 people, a military officer […]
Aid Workers Say Somalia Is ‘On the Brink of a Massive Catastrophe’
Source: Time BY Abdi Guled / AP 12:27 AM ET (MOGADISHU, Somalia) — Life-threatening child malnutrition rates are rising to alarming levels in drought-hit Somalia, the international aid group Save the […]
Terrorist group al-Shabab delivers food relief to drought-stricken Somalia
Source: Religion News Service By Fredrick Nzwili | March 31, 2017 (RNS) The Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab is distributing food to drought-stricken residents in southern parts of the war-torn […]
South Sudan declares famine in Unity State
Source: BBC A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the […]
134 Million Banned From USA, Is it Islamophobia or Simply ‘Divide and Rule?’
The Muslim Times has the best collection to tackle Islamophobia Trump’s latest executive order: Banning people from 7 countries and more By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Washington (CNN) With just a […]
With just one place to worship, Somalia is a dangerous place for Christians
By Mónica Zorita de la Morena Djibouti, Djibouti, Oct 25, 2016 / 12:03 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- “Even if work has to be done silently, it is […]
Somali pirates free 26 Asian sailors held since 2012
By Reuters – Oct 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Sailors who had been held hostage by pirates for more than four years walk to board an airplane after being released in Galkayo, Somalia, on Sunday (AP photo) MOGADISHU — Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in […]