Bartamaha (Canada):- It is the same every morning. Asiso Osman Abdi wakes at around 3 a.m., worried about her future and the plight of her husband Bashir Makhtal. She goes into the comfy kitchen in the home of her cousin-in-law Said Maktal and makes tea and drinks it. Her beautiful dark brown eyes are ringed with circles, recounts Maktal, who finds her in his kitchen every...Continue reading »
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The Latest News about Somalis in Canada.
Wararkii ugu danbeeyay ee Soomaalida ku nool wadanka Canada.
METRO VANCOUVER — His musical tastes were eclectic: He loved the sensual melodies of American R&B, the rhythm of reggae, the upbeat tempo of bhangra. He incorporated his wide-ranging tastes into songs he wrote himself, and into the music he taught to several bands whose songs he directed. But living in Mogadishu, Somalia, Gaandi Muhamed Sufi’s love for...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (EDMONTON): — Two men found guilty in the 2008 death of a Somali man outside an Edmonton-area casino have been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 17 years. Alexander Reid, who is 22, and Adam Brown, who is 23, were convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting of Mohammed Ibrahim. Ibrahim, who was 24, was gunned down at the River Cree Casino...Continue reading »
Two men who committed an “appalling act of gun violence” that left a young man dead outside the River Cree Casino have been handed life sentences with no chance of applying for parole for 17 years. Adam Michael Brown, 23, and Alexander Edward Colin Reid, 22, were earlier convicted of second-degree murder for the death of Mohamed Ali Ibrahim, who was shot several...Continue reading »
CBC Reporter Evan Dyer looks into the complicated process of deporting Somalis. A Somali-born man who came to Ottawa at the age of five will be deported back to his country of birth this weekend, but which part of the country he lands in can mean the difference between life and death, his father says. Omar Ahmed, 25, a former student at Ridgemont High School, has been...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Canada):- A Somali-born man who came to Ottawa at the age of five will be deported back to his country of birth this weekend, but which part of the country he lands in can mean the difference between life and death, his father says. Omar Ahmed, 25, a former student at Ridgemont High School, has been in prison for a year since signing a paper acknowledging that...Continue reading »
Bartamaha— On the eve of the verdict in the trial of two men accused of killing Mohamed Ali Ibrahim, a Somali-Canadian man gunned down two years ago, CBC radio’s Karen Horseman spoke to Ahmed Hussen, president of the Canadian Somali Congress, about the difficulties with witnesses faced during the trial and the fact that as the first trial in a string of murder...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Toronto):- Waxaa maalinki Talaadada oo ay taariikhdu ahayd November 16,2010 isugo soo baxay kuna ciiday markazka weyn ee Dar-ul-Hijra ee ku yaal magaalada Toronto,Canada dad aad u tira badan si ay u oogaan shacaa’irta weyn ee Ciid-ul-Adxada. Dadkaas Muslimiinta ah oo kumanaan kor u dhaafay wajigoodana ay ka muuqatey farxad iyo ray-rayn aad u fara badan. Salaaddii...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Alberta):- A federal jury in Seattle has rejected claims by a Somali family that their rights were violated when armed narcotics officers entered their home without announcing themselves during a 2006 federal crackdown on the illegal stimulant “khat.” Ali Dualeh, his wife and their five children were taken into federal custody by members of the Valley...Continue reading »
Please find attached to this email an invitation to the Journey for Justice event in Calgary, Alberta. You are invited to support and strengthen the voice of the Canadian Somali women who have lost 30 of their young loved ones in Alberta since 2005. These women are seeking justice and are looking for answers. They deserve nothing less than meaningful justice to enable...Continue reading »
In the 1990s, Abdinasir Dirie’s parents fled civil war in Somalia for the apparent peace and safety of Canada. Years later, G Baby, as his family called him, made his own way from the rough streets of Toronto’s St. Jamestown neighbourhood to the oilfields of Alberta looking for riches and good fortune. There, he died and his murder remains unsolved, like so...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Ottawa):- Mohamed Alaweh is reaching out to the top four mayoral candidates to discuss Somali and immigrant issues one-on-one, and so far, he says Larry O’Brien has ignored him. “Unfortunately, his campaign office has not returned our repeated invitation,” Alaweh says. “I don’t know why, maybe he thinks we’re insignificant,...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Canada):- The 10-year-long saga of a Canadian man convicted in the United States of sending money to al-Qaeda may have drawn to an end Friday as he was released from prison and returned to Canada. Over the last decade, Mohammed Warsame has been accused of fighting for the Taliban, dining with Osama bin Laden and teaching radical Islam at a school in Afghanistan. He...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Canada):- In January the Star met Ismael Khalif Abdulle inside the guarded presidential compound in Mogadishu. Al Shabab, a group of Islamic insurgents aligned with Al Qaeda, had cut off his right hand and left foot in a barbaric public amputation, as a lesson to others who refused to join. He was 17 and his story touched a network of Somali-Canadians who spent...Continue reading »
Saskatoon police have arrested and charged a 27-year-old Saskatoon man in connection with the death of a Somali man found in a parking lot in July. Ryan Waddell, 27, has been charged with manslaughter and robbery in connection with the July 20 incident. He made his first court appearance Monday and will appear again Oct. 12. Around 11:30 p.m. on July 20, Saskatoon police...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Toranto):- A Somali man deported from Canada on Sunday because of his criminal record claims he is being held for ransom by “extremists” who have threatened to kill him unless $100,000 is paid. Mohamed Said Jama, 40, told CBC News in a phone interview Tuesday he was refused entry to Somalia and is being held, in the dark, on a chartered aircraft...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Montreal):- The National Parole Board is expected to decide on Tuesday whether an Ontario man convicted of helping a terrorist group to obtain firearms should be released. Ali Dirie, currently serving a prison term at the Special Handling Unit in Ste. Anne des Plaines, 30 kilometres north of Montreal, appeared before the board Monday morning. But in a rare occurrence,...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Canada):- A controversial Somali-Canadian painter, cartoonist and activist unveiled his first Canadian exhibition in Edmonton on Sunday. Known as the voice of Somalis around the world, Amin Amir launched a series of five paintings depicting key moments in his life at City Hall. The works include an image of a young Amir in Somalia drawing with the charcoal he...Continue reading »
