Bartamaha (Canada):- A controversial Somali-Canadian painter, cartoonist and activist unveiled his first Canadian exhibition in Edmonton on Sunday.
Known as the voice of [...]
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Somali-Canadian artist paints for social change.
Career criminal facing deportation ‘not a bad guy’, Ottawa girlfriend says
Bartamaha (Ottawa):- The girlfriend of an Ottawa man about to be deported to Somalia because of his criminality says he “doesn’t stand [...]
Canadian Somali Congress interviewed regarding the Al Shabaab terrorist group(Video).
Bartamaha (Canada):-Canadian Somali Congress national president interviewed by CBC News on the Al Shabaab terrorist group and the integration efforts of Canadian [...]
The role that Canadian Somali Youth can play in highlighting and correcting human rights abuses
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Speech by Ahmed Hussen, National President of the Canadian Somali Congress at the Hope for Dadaab Fundraising Event
Somali civilians in [...]
Suspicious balcony death in Saskatoon (Canada) has police looking for 5 men
SASKATOON — The death of a Somali man who plummeted from the balcony of a downtown Saskatoon apartment building last week [...]
Somalis angered by Toronto police action.
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Members of Toronto’s Somali community say they’re upset with the amount of force used by police to take a suspect [...]
Somali NOC and Sports Community in Canada to Jointly Work on The Country’s Sport .
Bartamaha (NAIROBI):- Somali NOC First Vice President and head of International relations Duran Ahmed Farah, who just returned from a visiting tour [...]
Somali arrested in Montreal no-fly list case granted bail
MONTREAL — A Somali man removed from a May 30 TransAtlantic flight because he is on a terrorism watch list [...]
Disclaimers highlight Islamic differences.
Bartamaha(Nairobi):-At the continent’s largest Islamic conference, the disclaimers in the Journey of Faith program, given out to the thousands of attendees, highlights [...]
Somalis celebrate in Edmonton
In Edmonton, Somali Canadian National Week is a diverse and elaborate event, packed to the brim with a soccer tournament, celebration [...]
Small business fails to tap into immigrant talent
Abdullahi Hussein is either a star hire worth a six-figure salary, or a statistic stuck in systemic unemployment. The answer [...]
Canada to push for release of Ethiopian prisoner
OTTAWA — The Harper government will press Ethiopia’s leader at the G8 summit this month to release a Canadian it [...]
The human-rights abuser on the G20 guest list
By – Ahmed Hussein —Â Later this month, leaders from Ethiopia and Malawi will be in Toronto as invited guests of [...]
Winnipeg Somali mom charged with attempted murder for knife attack on sons
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg woman accused of stabbing her two young children — one of them an infant — has been [...]
Canadian Somali Community and Toronto Police Dialogue Initiative (VIDEO)
This is an event about establishing Dialogue and Enhancing the communication and understanding between Toronto Police and the Canadian Somali community.
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CSIS was tracking me: Somali on no-fly list
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. and TORONTO — The Somali man whose flight was diverted to Montreal this week because he is on the U.S. [...]
Announcement : Gaza Freedom Flotilla Global Day of Action: Saturday, June 5
On Saturday, June 5, human rights and community organizations will mobilize to join an emergency Global BDS Day of Action [...]
Lindhout says return to Somalia is unlikely
Amanda Lindhout plans to devote her life to helping the people of Somalia, though she doubts she will ever return to [...]
Canadian Somali Congress president on the successes and challenges of the Canadian Somali community
Bartamaha (Canada) — Canadian Somali Congress President interviewed by Nil Koksal of CBC News as part of a television series [...]
CSC and CIPP join Amanda Lindhout in Red Deer for the launch of the Somali Women’s Scholarship Program (PHOTOS/VIDEO)
The Canadian International Peace Project and the Canadian Somali Congress represented by Mark Persaud and Ahmed Hussen as well as Professor Hussein Warsame [...]
Deaths of Toronto Somalis in Alberta ignored: families
Bartamaha (Alberta):-Somali-Canadian families in Toronto say they will not give up until police and government officials in Alberta take steps to solve [...]
Jewish-Somali Mentorship Project off to a great start in Ottawa (PHOTOS)
Over a hundred members of the Ottawa Somali community braved a rainstorm on the evening of Saturday, May 8th, 2010 to attend [...]
Somali Pirates vs. Islamists: A Dispute Over Business
Bartamaha (Nairobi) Even by the jaded standards of the failed state of Somalia, this week’s news was enough to raise eyebrows: one [...]
Interview regarding the Canadian Somali-Jewish Mentorship Project launch in Ottawa
CBC radio interviews Ahmed Hussen, national president of Canadian Somali Congress about the Canadian Somali-Jewish Mentorship Project launch in Ottawa. [...]
Alberta’s young Somali-Canadians lose hope
30 Somali-Canadians killed in province since 2005
Mohamed Abdi is at school early Tuesday, looking for extra chemistry help.
The 18-year-old Edmonton high school [...]
Jewish community to mentor Ottawa Somalis
Ottawa’s Jewish community is volunteering to help young Somali-Canadians develop contacts in the city and break into professional fields.
The Canadian [...]
Invitation to the Canadian Somali-Jewish Mentorship Project launch in Ottawa
The Canadian Somali Congress and the Canadian International Peace Project invite mentees from the Canadian Somali community in Ottawa to be part [...]
K’naan’s Wavin’ Flag raises $1M for Haiti relief
Bartamaha (Nairobi):-A star-studded, remixed version of K’naan’s ubiquitous track Wavin’ Flag has raised more than $1 million for victims of the Haitian [...]
Alberta’s Somali community mourns another loss
Bartamaha (Nairobi)- Inside a dark, wood coffin lies the body of a young Somali man from Toronto, killed in Fort McMurray, Alta., [...]
Somali man from Toronto killed in Alberta city
Young man is 30th young Somali-Canadian murder victim in Alberta since 2005
Alberta–He was young. He was of Somali descent. He had [...]
Somali refugee prays for Good Samaritan
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A Somali refugee living in Charlottetown is hoping the public will help her after she lost all the money she [...]
Fort McMurray gets boost in police ranks to fight drugs, organized crime
Faced with a booming drug trade and a pair of violent murders earlier this year, city and provincial officials have [...]
Somalia repression ‘grinding’
A 70-year-old woman is whipped for missing prayers; men with “Western” haircuts are shaved with broken bottles; a mother is lashed and [...]
Canadian Somali Congress President participates in a panel discussion on Canadian Somalis part1.flv
Canadian Somali Congress President participates in a panel discussion on Alberta’s failure to fully integrate Canadian Somalis The vast [...]
Report on the Canadian Somali Community Town hall meeting with the Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Transport Minister John Baird
The Canadian Somali Congress recently hosted a community town hall meeting in Ottawa in order to discuss issues of importance to the [...]
