Bartamaha(Somalia):- Ismail Haji Noor, a local government official, recently arrived in this notorious pirate den with a simple message: we need your [...]
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Somali Elders Meet With FBI, Denounce Al-Shabab
Bartamaha (Minneapolis):- A group of elders in the Minneapolis Somali community on Wednesday publicly denounced al-Shabab, making it clear that they do [...]
Somali journalist stabbed to death
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A Somali journalist working for a private radio station was stabbed to death by unidentified attackers in the war-torn country’s [...]
Uganda asks US help to send 10k troops to Somalia
Bartamaha (Kampala):- Uganda said Wednesday it is ready to send 10,000 more troops to Somalia if the U.S. provides the funding, a [...]
High birth rate dims Kenya’s long-term growth prospects.
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The challenge facing Kenya in providing physical and social infrastructure became clear on Tuesday with the release of 2009 Census [...]
Somali Islamists tell president to step down
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A Somali rebel group has told the Horn of Africa nation’s embattled leader to quit power and said hardline Islamists [...]
EU-funded education support programme for Somalia launched (Press Release).
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A European Union-funded programme to support Somali administrations in developing a well-structured education and training system has been launched in [...]
Security Council deplores deadly attack against African peacekeepers in Somalia
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The Security Council has strongly condemned the attack against the presidential palace in the Somali capital that has killed four [...]
SOMALIA: A day in the life of a Mogadishu paramedic.
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- TheLifelineAfrica ambulance service was launched in Mogadishu in December 2008 by two men who realized that trauma cases often died [...]
Hub of Africa Fashion Week to Take Place in Addis Ababa.
New York (Tadias) – The upcoming “Hub of Africa Fashion Week” to be held in Addis Ababa from September 23rd to September [...]
Pizza deliverer fled violence of Somalia, dies in Calgary stabbing
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Like many of his friends and family, Mohammad Ahmed Mahmud fled Somalia to escape a future threatened by violence and [...]
Comedy “Somali Pirates” amuses audience in Beijng
Bartamaha (Somalia):- Photo taken on Aug. 21, 2010 shows the performance of “Somali Pirates” at the Haidian Theater in Beijing, capital city [...]
Feds: Muslims faced discrimination at Neb. plant
Bartamaha (Omaha):- Federal officials say a JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Nebraska should provide Muslim employees with prayer time and [...]
Somalia: The AU’s Peace and Security Council meets.
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- On Wednesday the Peace and Security Council held a session in Addis Ababa on current developments in Somalia. It [...]
Army ready to send 10,000 to Somalia.
Bartamaha (Kampala):- Uganda is set to send thousands of its reserve troops for deployment to Somalia if the US government provides promised [...]
4 Ugandan soldiers killed in Somalia.
Bartamaha (Kampala):- FOUR Ugandan peacekeepers were killed and eight others injured yesterday in the Somali capital Mogadishu when al-Shabaab rebels fired mortars [...]
Somali-Canadian artist paints for social change.
Bartamaha (Canada):- A controversial Somali-Canadian painter, cartoonist and activist unveiled his first Canadian exhibition in Edmonton on Sunday.
Known as the voice of [...]
Somali presidential palace shelled
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Four African Union peacekeepers killed and several injured by al-Shabab mortar attack in Mogadishu.
Four African Union (AU) peacekeepers have been [...]
Five Ethiopians die in Saudi deportation centre: report
Bartamaha (Riyadh):- Five Ethiopians died in a crowded Saudi centre for deporting illegal immigrants, the Arab News reported Monday.
The five died in [...]
UNESCO Director-General deplores death of Somali journalist Barkhad Awale Adan .
Bartamaha (Paris):- UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova deplored the death of Somali journalist Barkhad Awale Adan, who was killed on 24 August in [...]
Somalia: AL SHABAB DEVELOPING OWN MEDIA CAPABILITY, WARNS TFG(press release).
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Al Shabab militants this week took control of Holy Quran Radio (aka IQK), a private FM station based in Mogadishu.
Earlier [...]
Ethiopia troops in Somalia to battle radicals .
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A large number of Ethiopian troops in military vehicles on Sunday reached Somali villages after crossing its borders with Hiran [...]
Somalia / Italy’s role for regional stability.
Bartamaha (Italy):- Firm condemnation, and an appeal to the international community to address with determination the challenge of Al-Shabaab fundamentalist Islamic terrorism, [...]
Al-Shabaab commandeers Somali radio station
Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- An al Qaeda-linked militant movement has taken control of a radio station in Somalia’s capital, the government announced Saturday.
The weak central [...]
Danish navy helicopter foils pirate attack off Somali coast .
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A helicopter from a Danish warship under NATO operational control foiled a pirate attack Saturday on a merchant vessel in [...]
11 civilians dead in fresh Mogadishu fighting.
Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- At least 11 civilians were killed late Friday or overnight in fresh fighting in Mogadishu between Islamist insurgents and government [...]
Somali pleads guilty to attacking US warship .
Bartamaha (Washington):- A Somali man pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in an armed attack on a US warship off the Horn [...]
A capital on edge after hotel attack during Ramadan .
Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- “We are in the worst chapter of our war,” Warsame, the hotel’s manager, said as he touched a grapefruit-size bullet [...]
Inside Story – What next for Somalia? (VIDEO)
Al-Shabab group in Somalia declares an all out war against the government and foreign forces. With more civilians killed and no [...]
Could Al-Shabab Topple Somalia’s Government?
Just a few months ago, the going story on al-Shabab, an Islamic insurgent group in Somalia, was that it could carry out [...]
Al-Shabaab warns of new offensive “Saturday marks the 17th of Ramadan, a day commemorating the Battle of Badr when prophet Mohammad SAW won a decisive battle in Medina in 624.
(CNN) — Somali government officials warned Friday that Islamist Al-Shabaab rebels may intensify attacks against civilians and security forces to mark the [...]
Somali refugee who attempted to hijack New Zealand plane in 2008 sentenced to 9 years .
Bartamaha (Wellington):- A Somali refugee was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to trying to hijack a small [...]
Somali fighters attack capital.
Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- Somalia’s al-Shabab fighters say they have called in 11 truckloads of their armed forces to reinforce newly acquired positions in the capital, Mogadishu.
The [...]
President Sharif Visited the Victims of Muna Hotel Terrorism
Somalia, August 24, 2010) The Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed accompanied by the Minister of Finance, Hussein Abdi Halane and other senior [...]
Wisdom tooth development is at issue in age hearing for accused triple killer
The boy accused of killing three people in a Somali convenience store sat quietly in court Tuesday as an expert and [...]



