Somalia: Latest Murder of Somali Journalist Sparks Condemnation From UN
The United Nations envoy to Somali and an independent human rights expert have urged authorities in the East African country to investigate the brutal murder of a local radio journalist, the latest incident of violence More...
Are Turks in Somalia for the hajj or to sell beads?
By JAMAL KHASHOGGI Next to us, we Saudis, and within our strategic security sphere, lies a country biting the dust for more than two decades. Its collapse began when its last “effective” government, which was More...
Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh oo caawo ka hadli doono Minisota
Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa jooga magalada Minisota ee cariga ee dalka Mareykan-ka. Xasan Sheekh ayaa la kulmi doono boqolaal kamid ah bulshada Soomaaliya ee halkaas ku nool oo u faahfaahin More...
Somalia government tightens security crackdown
Just before the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is up for review, the Somali government arrested 790 suspects in a coordinated operation on Thursday as part of an extensive and ongoing crackdown. The More...
Somali president defends police handling of rape case
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (TrustLaw) – Somalia has no tolerance for rape but the government will not intervene in a case decried by human rights activists where Mogadishu police arrested a woman who said she was raped More...
Somalia’s president in Minneapolis
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Somalia’s new president on Friday will urge his Somali-born compatriots in Minneapolis to help rebuild their homeland. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s visit comes just a day after More...
[PHOTOS + VIDEOS] US, Somalia launch new era of diplomatic ties
WASHINGTON — The United States and Somalia on Thursday launched a new era of diplomatic relations, as Washington recognized the African nation’s government for the first time since 1991. “Today is More...
Press Release- AU Special Representative Shocked and Saddened by the Continuing Trend of Journalist Assassinations
Mogadishu-January 18, 2013: The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif is shocked and saddened by the continuing trend of assassinations More...
Somali journalist gunned down in Mogadishu
A Somali journalist was killed by unknown gunmen in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, on Friday morning, a witness told dpa. No group has claimed responsibility as yet. Somalia is the second most dangerous More...
Wariye Cabdi Xareed Cusmaan oo lagu diley Muqdisho
Allah ha u naxriistee, Wariye Cabdi Xareed Cusmaan Aadan oo u shaqeyn jirey idaacada Shabelle ayaa lagu diley magalada Muqdisho. Dilka wariye Cabdi Xareed Cusmaan ayaa ka dhacay duleedka degmada Wadajir halkaas More...
[MUUQAAL + SAWIRO] Xasan Sheekh Oo La Kulmey Obama Iyo Clinton, Lana Hadlay Dadweyne Faro Badan Iyo Saxafada
Madaxweynaha dowlada Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud oo safar ku jooga magalada washington ee cariga dalka Mareykan-ka ayaa kulamo la qaatey dhigiisa dalka Mareykan-ka Barack Obama. Kulanka oo ka dhacay guriga More...
Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo ka hadlay Washington
Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa ka hadlay xarunta CSIS ee magalada Washington. Madaxweynaha ayaa faahfaahin ka bixiyey howsha ay hayso dowlada iyo waxa ay doonayso iney qabato. Faahfaahin More...
WATCH AND READ – Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson remarks on the Visit of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON: Thank you very much. It’s a pleasure to be with all of you this morning to talk about two issues of significant importance to the United States. Somalia first. The visit here this week More...
US to Recognize Somalia’s New Government
A senior U.S. diplomat says the United States is officially recognizing the government in Somalia, opening formal diplomatic relations for the first time since militants shot down two U.S. military helicopters in More...
World sea piracy falls to five-year low in 2012
World sea piracy fell to its lowest level in five years in 2012, thanks to a huge reduction in Somali piracy, an international maritime watchdog said Wednesday. The International Maritime Bureau said 297 attacks More...
Somalia to Minnesota: One immigrant’s perilous journey by land and sea
BY IBRAHIM HIRSI Abdullahi Elmi recently sat quietly at a Minneapolis coffee shop with a bright smile on his face. His eyes ran over the chatty young Somalis around him. It was a weekday, and he expected them to More...
Somalia’s al-Shabab ‘to kill’ French hostage Denis Allex
Al-Shabab militants in Somalia say they will kill French intelligence agent Denis Allex, who France said had already died during a failed rescue. They said France bore responsibility for his death, as well as for More...
Somali NGOs call for help to ease burden of Mogadishu street children
Overlooked by the state, children shining shoes for a living in the Somali capital are vulnerable to drugs, crime and militia gangs BY:- Hamza Mohamed in Mogadishu The muezzin calls for afternoon prayer. A small More...
UN official condemns arrest of Somali journalist for reporting on rape case
The United Nations official dealing with conflict-related sexual violence today condemned the arrest of a Somali journalist who was detained for conducting an interview with a woman who claimed she was raped by More...
Stabilizing Somalia – Now Mission Possible
OPINION Five years ago, Uganda committed troops to the African Union Mission (Amisom), backed by UN Security Council resolution 1744 13 (2007), to stabilise chaos-devastated Somalia. This was a mission, one would More...
Xasan Sheekh oo la kulmey xubno ka tirsan aqalka baarlamanka Mareykan-ka [SAWIRO]
Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud ayaa wadanka Mareykan-ka waxa uga bilowday safar uu ku joogi doono muddo maalmo ah. Maalintiisi ugu horeysay ee safarka uu ku joogo Mareykan-ka ayuu Xasan Sheekh waxa More...
AMISOM needs more time in Somalia – Katumba
The mandate that authorizes AMISOM forces to stay in Somalia should be extended to enable the young country recover from over 20 years of war, General Katumba Wamala, the Uganda Chief of Land Forces (CLF) has said. The More...
Machadkii ugu horeyay oo laga furey Muqdisho [SAWIRO]
Markii ugu horeysay, magalada Muqdisho ayaa laga dhawaaqay machad sameynaya daraasaadka faaqidaada siyaasada iyo xaaladda kale. Machadka oo loogu magacdarey Heritage, waxa furey aqoonyahano Soomaali ah iyadoona More...
SOMALIA: NUSOJ Demands Release of a Journalist held in Communicado for the Sixth Day
MOGADISHU (RBC) The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) demands the release of the Somali Journalist held in communicado at the CID detention facility following unpublished interview on rape victims. The More...
[PHOTOS] Somalia President meets members of U.S. Congress
U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, joined a bipartisan gathering of members of the U.S. Congress to welcome Somalia President Hassan Sheik Mohamud to the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, Michaud’s office reported. This More...
Qaar ka tirsan Howl-wadeenadda wasaarada arimaha dibadda oo soo dhaweyn loogu sameyay Muqdisho [SAWIRO]
Qaar kamid ah howl-wadeenadda ka howl gala safaraadaha iyo qunsuliyadaha Soomaalida ay ku leehyihiin caalamka ayaa xaflad lagu soo dhaweyay loogu sameyay magalada Muqdisho. Xaflada ayaa goob joog ka ahaa, wasiiradda More...
U.S. supported France’s failed hostage rescue in Somalia
U.S. troops lent “limited technical support” in France’s bloody and unsuccessful bid in Somalia to rescue an intelligence agent who’d been held hostage for years, President Barack Obama said More...
Dowlada oo cambaareysay weerarkii Faransiiska ee Buula-Mareer
Shir ay iskugu yimadeen golaha wasiiradda, xalayto ayaa uga hadleen weerarkii ay ciidamada kumaandooska Faransiiska ay ku qaadeen xarun ay kooxda Al Shabaab ay ku laheed magalada Buula Mareer ee gobolka Shabeellada More...
Somalia: A failed state is back from the dead
Less than two years ago, its capital was a war zone. No longer Eighteen months ago, central Mogadishu was like an African Stalingrad. The heat may have been equatorial but everything else seemed strangely familiar: More...
RW Soomaaliya oo ka warbixiyey burcad badeed lasoo daayay [SAWIRO]
Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Cabdi Faarax Shirdoon “ Saacid” oo galabta shir saxaafadeed ku qabtay xafiiskiisa ayaa ku soo bandhigay sadex nin oo ay burcad badeed afduub u haysteen More...
Somalia: Free Journalist, Others Linked to Rape Allegation
(Nairobi) – The Somali authorities should release a journalist and two other people linked to a woman who alleged being raped by state security forces. Police in Mogadishu have detained freelance journalist Abdiaziz More...
SOMALIA:- The next big mission in Kismayu
By Malkhadir M Muhumed The head of the interim administration in the Somali port town of Kismayu has called for urgent establishment of a permanent local administration to consolidate security gains that Kenyan More...
SOMALIA:- Al Shabaab’s full statement on French troops attack
Bula-Marer (12/01/2013) – At around 0200 hours Saturday morning five French helicopters attacked a location in the town of Bula-Marer, around 30 km South of Marka in the Islamic Administration of Lower Shabeelle, More...
BREAKING:- The hostage Denis Allex killed in a French attack in Somalia
French commandos failed to release the hostage in Somalia during the night from Friday to Saturday. According to our information, the French hostage Denis Allex the DGSE was killed during an attempted rescue operation More...
WAR DEG-DEG:- la heystihii Faransiiska oo la diley
Warbaahinta Wadanka Faransiiska ayaa soo tabisay in weerar lagu doonayay in lagu soo furto sarkaal sirdoonka Faransiiska u shaqeyn jirey uu fashil kuso dhamaaday. Sarkaalka oo lagu magacaabi jirey Denis Allex ayaa More...
