After months of stonewalling, the Canadian government is finally bringing Suaad Hagi Mohamud’s needless exile in Kenya to a close by preparing travel documents for her return home. For family and friends in Toronto’s Somali community, that is a relief. But it hardly lets Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government off the hook. The shameful...Continue reading »
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A Kenyan passport officer arrested Suaad Hagi Mohamud, saying her lips were unlike those in the passport photo. - NICK WADHAMS FOR THE TORONTO STAR Using facial recognition techniques indicate Suaad Hagi Mohamud, accused of using false passport, is likely who she says she is. Raveena Aulakh (Toronto Star Staff Reporter) — On the face of it, Suaad Hagi Mohamud’s...Continue reading »
A preliminary hearing is underway today for a 22-year-old man accused of stabbing his friend to death outside a Rathburn Rd. apartment complex last summer. The purpose of the hearing is to determine whether the Crown Attorney’s Office has enough evidence against Brampton resident Tristan Landriault, to warrant a trial. The hearing is scheduled to last at least through...Continue reading »
Canadian Bashir Ahmed Makhtal, shown in this undated family handout photo, was found guilty on terrorism-related charges. (Toronto Star/Canadian Press) CBC NEWS — The Ethiopian High Court in Addis Ababa sentenced a Canadian citizen to life imprisonment Monday for being a member of an Ethiopian rebel group and engaging in terrorist activities. In a statement, the...Continue reading »
Mayor Stephen Mandel has offered some sage advice to the youths of Edmonton’s Somali community, says one young member. “He just encouraged us. He said it was up to us now,” Mariam Abdi recalled. “He said our parents are older. They did what they could to help us, but now it’s our turn to make a difference in the Somalian community,”...Continue reading »
Kenyan airport official threatened Toronto man with jail. After handing over $50, he boarded flight Seeing a woman desperately stranded in Kenya calls to mind other horror stories for Toronto Somali-born travellers. “Many people have a very bad problem there,” says Hussein Adani, a former Somali track star and owner of New Bilan restaurant on Dundas St. E. Adani...Continue reading »
Press Release July 28, 2009  The Canadian Somali Congress is extremely disappointed by the conviction of Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal in an Ethiopian court on July 27, 2009. Mr. Makhtal could face the death penalty after the court found him guilty Monday of being a member of a rebel group fighting for autonomy for an ethnically Somali part of Ethiopia. ...Continue reading »
OTTAWA — The lawyer for a woman who was stripped of her Canadian passport and is marooned in Kenya will be in Federal Court on Monday morning seeking immediate government help. Suaad Mohamud Haji has been unable to return to her Toronto home since mid-May after Kenyan airport officials said she didn’t look like her four-year-old passport picture. Despite having...Continue reading »
Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s decision to approve an eight-year retroactive promotion and financial payout to the officer who led the ill-fated Somalia mission was such a rare occurrence that military paymasters had to partially guess at the amount Col. Serge Labbe would receive, according to newly released Defence Department documents. Last summer, MacKay, acting...Continue reading »
Mohamed Asbscir with a photo of his mother, Suaad Hagi Mohamud, who is still trying to prove her identity after claims she used a false passport. John Goddard – Toronto Star – STAFF REPORTER— Strain marks the faces of family and friends as conditions deteriorate for a Toronto woman trapped in Kenya. “I would like for them to bring my mom back,”...Continue reading »
Toronto Star — Canadian officials in Kenya are keeping a Toronto woman in suspense over fingerprint results that could confirm her identity. “When you are waiting for something, it’s too much actually,” the woman said yesterday from Nairobi, where she has been in limbo for eight weeks – including eight days in jail – after being accused...Continue reading »
By Stewart Bell, National Post — A Canadian has been arrested in Somalia for allegedly plotting to bomb leaders of a moderate Islamic group, according to local media reports that identified him as a trained member of the militant Al-Shabab. But the reports could not be verified yesterday due to the lack of press and foreign diplomats in the lawless country, particularly...Continue reading »
JOHN GODDARDÂ Toronto Star STAFF REPORTER —Â If a passport, driver’s licence, OHIP card and citizenship certificate are not enough, Suaad Hagi Mohamud is ready to give fingerprints to prove who she is. The Toronto woman jailed in Kenya after being told she no longer looks like her four-year-old passport photo says proving her identity is easy. “When...Continue reading »
Ex-husband Asbscir Hussein, top left, along with babysitter Shukri Abdi, top centre, and son Mohamed Kati Asbscir Hussein, 12, says he could vouch for ex-wife Suaad Mohamud Haji's (in family handout photo, bottom) identity, but they haven't been asked. A Toronto woman says she faces jail in Kenya because she no longer looks like her passport photo. Suaad Mohamud...Continue reading »
Abdihakim Mohamed, aged 25, autistic, without his primary caregiver, denied passport, stuck in Kenya for over 3 Years  INTRODUCTION Abdihakim Mohamed is a 25-year-old Canadian citizen who is at grave risk both in Kenya and, should he be deported to his birth country, Somalia, unless Ottawa acts immediately to bring him back to Canada in order to rejoin his mother...Continue reading »
Canab Maxamed Ciise (ILGIIR) waa gabar Soomaaliyeed oo rabta in ay wiilkeeda ay kusoo celiso Canada. Canab waa gabar heysata dhalasha wadankan Canada wiilkeedana waxa uu ku dhashay wadanka Canada wuxuuna heystaa dhalasha wadankan. Canab wiilkeeda waa wiil jiran oo qaba cudurka layiraahdo ‘Autism’, Dhaqterka wiilka ayaa Canab kula taliyay inay geyso meel kahawo...Continue reading »
CBC News — The lawyer for a Canadian who has been imprisoned for more than five years in the United States for allegedly assisting al-Qaeda fears a deal to have him released may fall through because of a lack of support from Ottawa. Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, a 35-year-old born in Somalia, was charged in 2004 with five counts of supporting terrorism. The 5½ years...Continue reading »
A mentoring scheme to help young Somali-Canadians settle in Canada is being supported by Canadian immigration. Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister, Jason Kenney revealed the plans to invest some CA$473,640 in the groundbreaking scheme, which is intended to promote integration and encourage leadership skills among young people on Canadian visas. The...Continue reading »
By Alexandra Zabjek, Edmonton Journal — Ignore the potholed parking lot, faded bricks and grated windows, the empty corridor with the broken clock, and look only at the young faces in this classroom, where a homework club unlike most others is taking place, where the multicultural future of a prairie city is taking shape. A girl in a hijab as bright as her smile...Continue reading »
