Toronto, Oct 3Â A Canadian Muslim, who was part of the 18-member terrorist plot to carry out mayhem in Canada three years ago, was Friday jailed for seven years. A court in the Indian-dominated city of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto sentenced Ali Mohamed Dirie, 26, for his role in the so-called Toronto-18 terror plot. The plot was unearthed in June 2006, with...Continue reading »
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The Latest News about Somalis in Canada.
Wararkii ugu danbeeyay ee Soomaalida ku nool wadanka Canada.
From left, soccer coach Mahamed Osman, soccer player Mahamed Osman and Winnipeg Somali Confederation Union president Abdi Muuse say gender-specific recreational facilities would cut down on gang crime by keeping young people active. THE president of a Winnipeg Somali organization is trying to get refugee boys and girls off the street and into the pool — but separately,...Continue reading »
Educational initiatives are helping local Somali youth stay focused on school and keeping them away from a life of crime and violence, according to a new organization that supports Somali families. “We are seeing improvements. The Somali community is working hard to mobilize youth, holding different meetings and gatherings, and keeping youth away from gangs,â€...Continue reading »
“Quiet diplomacy” is a Canadian fixation, but does it work? The government and diplomats like it because it keeps the media off their backs, but when Canadians are in danger in foreign lands, does it help or hurt? The answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no. Yes, in the case of diplomat Robert Fowler kidnapped to Mali and eventually freed. And CBC reporter...Continue reading »
An Ottawa mother expects good news when her autistic son meets with the Canadian High Commission in Kenya this week after being trapped there for several years because Canada wouldn’t give him a passport. Anab Issa said years of working to get her 25-year-old autistic son, Abdihakim Mohamed, back to Canada now seems to be over. “I called him today (Saturday)....Continue reading »
The lawyer for Suaad Hagi Mohamud, the Toronto woman trapped in Kenya because federal officials didn’t believe she was Canadian, says an independent probe is needed to find whether she was treated that way because of her Somali ethnicity. Six days after she got home thanks to genetic tests proving her identity, Ms. Mohamud is suing Ottawa for $2.5-million, saying...Continue reading »
From Mexico to Nairobi, they wait in vain for help from ‘amateur-hour’ Canadian officials Canadians travel at their own risk Anab Issa’s 25-year-old autistic son, Abdihakim Mohamed, is stuck halfway around the world in Nairobi, Kenya, stateless and without proper care, while she fights to prove he’s a Canadian citizen so she can bring him home. Sound...Continue reading »
Harper catching up on details IQALUIT–Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he’s happy Suaad Hagi Mohamud is back in Canada but admits he’s waiting for answers about her nightmare at the hands of Canadian officials. Harper suggested he became aware of the case only last week, even though her well-publicized plight of being stuck in Kenya had begun 11 weeks...Continue reading »
The Canadian diplomat who officially disowned Suaad Hagi Mohamud as an “imposter” has been recalled from Kenya. Liliane Khadour has “concluded” her posting, a consular official at the Canadian High Commission said yesterday from the capital, Nairobi. “Her tour of duty is over,” he said, explaining that Foreign Affairs employees rotate...Continue reading »
In an east African country rocked by violence and instability, a young, kidnapped Central Alberta woman has languished for nearly 365 days. Sunday marks one year since freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout, 28, of Sylvan Lake, and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan, 38, were abducted at gunpoint near Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, as they worked on a news story about...Continue reading »
The corruption present in Kenyan institutions suggests that the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi may need to be more forceful with Kenyan officials when embroiled in situations similar to Suaad Mohamud’s. This proposed investigation will shed light on the cases of stranded Canadian Somalis like Abdihakim Mohamed. The recommendations emanating from this investigation...Continue reading »
Somali-Canadians are often singled out by border and immigration officials in Kenya as vulnerable people from a wealthy country who are perfect for a shakedown, community activists say. “And they’re constantly asked for bribes,” said Ahmed Hussen of the Canadian Somali Congress. “If they refuse, they run the risk of having the same ordeal as Suaad...Continue reading »
Suaad Hagi Mohamud, centre, her ex-husband Hussein Asbscir, bottom left, and their 12-year-old son Mohamed Hussein, right, are surrounded by friends, family, and journalists upon Mohamud's arrival at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, August 15, 2009. (Darren Calabrese / THE CANADIAN PRESS) CTV — A woman who was reunited with her son in Toronto...Continue reading »
John Goddard (Toronto Star) Suaad Mohamud spent her first full day back in Canada undergoing hospital tests for an ailment nagging her since an unjust stint in a Kenyan jail. “She’s really sick,” her lawyer Raoul Boulakia said yesterday of the woman who arrived home to a hero’s welcome after spending three months trying to prove her identity to...Continue reading »
Star journalist John Goddard broke the story of Suaad Mohamud’s plight and relentlessly pursued it Aug 16, 2009Â | John Goddard |Â Staff Reporter With as much poise as anyone could muster, Suaad Hagi Mohamud walked a gauntlet of cameras toward her 12-year-old son at Pearson Airport’s Terminal 3 yesterday, and warmly wrapped her arms around his head. Dignified...Continue reading »
Suaad Hagi Mohamud walked through customs into a crush of television cameras and cheering friends and neighbours today at Pearson International Airport, and wrapped her arms around her 12-year-old boy she expected to see three months ago. Mohamud, who was visiting her mother in Kenya, was unable to leave the country after authorities said her lips did not match her four-year-old...Continue reading »
Nairobi — For a Somali, Suaad Hagi Mohamud – the young woman who has spent nearly three months stranded in Kenya because of false accusations of passport fraud – has led a preternaturally peaceful life. With a mild-mannered optimism and more than a few happy turns of fate, she managed to slip past the famines and wars that would destroy so many of...Continue reading »
Accounting ordered of role played by Border Services Agency in case of Canadian woman stranded in Kenya for nearly three months Watch Video here Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today the Canada Border Services Agency will have to answer for its role in the plight of a Canadian woman marooned in Kenya for nearly three months. “Our first priority as a government...Continue reading »
McGuinty joins growing chorus slamming Ottawa for ignoring Canadian stranded for three months OTTAWA–The federal government continued its foot-dragging yesterday, leaving Suaad Hagi Mohamud to languish yet another day in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Her lawyer said he wants the Toronto woman on a flight home tomorrow and Canada has asked Kenya to clear the way...Continue reading »
