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About Chief Editor

Abdirizak Yonis is a senior chief editor at Bartamaha Media (a SMO "Somali Multimedia Organisation" Company), where he oversees the Bartamaha News outlet. Abdirizak was previously the National news editor of Bartamaha dot com. He has written for the site since the late 2012

Kulankii Baarlamaanka oo soo xirmay kaddib buuq iyo sawaxan hareeyay

Muqdisho (Bartamaha) Waxaa goor dhawayd soo xirmay fadhigii baarlamaanka Soomaaliya ay maanta lahaayeen,kaddib buuq iyo sawaxan hareeyay furitaankiisii. Kulanka baarlamaanka ee maanta ayaa ahaa mid lugu doonayay in looga doodo mooshin ka dhan ah ra’iisal wasaahara. Mooshinka oo ay dhawaan soo … read more »

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US pulls out of summit over Somali power struggle

The United States said Tuesday it was deeply concerned over a worsening power struggle between Somalia’s president and prime minister, and pulled out of a international summit on the war-torn country. Washington urged leaders to “rise above the political differences … read more »

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Parliament speaker makes last mediation efforts before the motion against the PM goes into debate

Mogadishu (Bartamaha) Somali national assembly speaker Professor Mohamed Osman Jawari had called upon members of the parliament to give him the last chance to mediate the deepened unrest in the Somalia federal government top leaders before they use other means. … read more »

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New Deal conference commences in Mogadishu amid dispute between top leaders

Mogadishu (Bartamaha) A New Deal conference attended by Somali federal government top leaders, United Nations, European Union and International community officials had commenced in Mogadishu’s highly guarded Adden Adde International Airport. The Conference on the New Deal program for Somalia intended … read more »

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Freelance Journalist Seriously wounded in Car Bomb Explosion in Mogadishu

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the attack on the freelance journalists’ car, wounding him seriously on Sunday evening on November 9, 2014, the latest attack in a series of attacks against the journalists and the media in … read more »

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President Abdiweli Gaas attends the funeral prayer for the late Ugas Ahmed Ugas Mohamed in Gal-dogob

Gal-dogob (BARTAMAHA) The President of Puntland Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas along with a delegation have reached Today Goldogob town in Mudug to attend the funeral service for the late  community leader Ugas Ahmed Ugas Mohamed, May His Soul Rest in Peace. … read more »

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Michigan State Students offer introduction to often-overlooked Somali culture

As music and laughter swirled around students on Friday night, knowledge about one country in the Horn of Africa passed between them. Student members of the Somali Association of Michigan hosted their annual Somali Cultural Night at the Eppley Center, … read more »

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Shaikh Nasser of the Royal Charity Organisation (Bahrain) honoured

Mogadishu — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud presented the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa with a State Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of his great support for the brotherly … read more »

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Scores killed as Al-Shabab captures town in Somalia

MOGADISHU — At least 50 people were killed and more than 40 others wounded after Al-Shabab fighters took over Kudha town in the Southern Somalia from the Raskamboni militia, officials confirmed Sunday.The coastal town of Kudha, which is close to … read more »

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Parliament speaker makes last mediation efforts before the motion against the PM goes into debate

**SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS** Mogadishu (Bartamaha) Somali National Assembly speaker Professor Mohamed Osman Jawari had called upon members of the parliament to give him the last chance to mediate the deepened unrest in the Somalia federal government top leaders before they … read more »

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TACSI: Ugaaska guud ee beesha Tanada Daarood Ugaas Axmed oo goor dhawayd ku geeriyooday degmada Galdgob ee gobolka Mudug

Galdogob (Bartamaha) Goor dhawayd waxaa degmada Galdogob ee gobolka Mudug ku geeriyooday ugaaska guud ee beesha Tanade Daarood (Layl kase) oo maalmahan ku jiray cisbitaal ku yaal degmadaasi. Ugaaska oo arrimo caafimaad loogu qaaday dalka dibaddiisa ayaan dhawaan lagu soo … read more »

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Jawaari oo la shiray xildhibaannada kala taageersan madaxda dowladda uguna baaqay inay faraha kala baxaan khilafka madaxda DFS (Sawirro)

Muqdisho (Bartamaha) Guddoonka Golaha Shacabka Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa laga soo bilaabo xalay oo ay taariikhdu ku beegneyd 07-November,maanta ilaa caawa fiidkii waxa uu kulammo wadatashi ah oo la xiriiray xasilinta siyaasadda dalka si kala gaar gaar ah ula qaatay Xildhibaannada … read more »

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Kenya and Somalia could go to war on territorial row

On August 28, this year, Somalia took Kenya to the International Court of Justice to resolve a long-standing dispute over the maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean. Kenya’s view has been the maritime boundary should run east from the point … read more »

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Bahrain inaugurates Artesian Wells Project in Somalia

Mogadishu, Nov. 8. (BNA) – Following directives from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and under the patronage of the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Board of Trustees Chairman Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, RCO Secretary-General Dr. Mustafa … read more »

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Review: ‘Hiding in Plain Sight,’ by Nuruddin Farah

When we left Mogadiscio, in Naruddin Farah’s novel “Crossbones,” it was to the sound of a character crying, “What a dastardly city!” And of Somalia: “What an accursed country!” In Farah’s new work, “Hiding in Plain Sight,” we’re back in … read more »

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Book on apostasy in Islam earns writer the moniker ‘Somalia’s Salman Rushdie’

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Somali scholar is stoking Muslim anger after he published a book questioning the concept of the death penalty for apostasy in Islam. Now, he is being branded as “Somalia’s Salman Rushdie” a reference to the British–Indian … read more »

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Somali PM to face ‘no confidence’ vote, donors fear instability

MOGADISHU (Reuters) Somalia’s prime minister will face a ‘no confidence’ vote next week, a lawmaker said on Friday, as frustrated donors voiced concerns over another bout of political infighting which could slow an economic recovery from more than two decades … read more »

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UN report: Leader’s death won’t end al-Shabab

Confidential report says US killing of Ahmed Abdi Godane will not halt attacks by the armed group in East Africa. Nairobi, Kenya — The killing of Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of Somalia’s al-Shabab group – although significant – will … read more »

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VIDEO: Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya oo ku kala qaybsan mooshin la sheegay in laga keenay ra’iisulwasaaraha

Muqdisho (BARTAMAHA) Magaalada Muqdisho ee caasimadda Soomaaliya waxaa ka socda guux siyaasadeed oo ku dhex jira mudanayaasha baarlamaanka Soomaaliya, kaasoo ku aaddan mooshin la sheegay in laga keenay ra’iisulwasaare C/wali Sh. Axmed. Xildhibaan Daahir Amiin Jeesow ayaa mar uu la hadlay warbaahinta … read more »

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Madaxweyne Obama uu si qarsoodi ah warqad ugu diray hoggaamiyaha ruuxiga ee ee jamhuuriyadda islaamigaa ee Iran

Washington, DC (BARTAMAHA) Wargays aad uga faalooda arimaha siyaasadda reer galbeedka oo ka soo baxa dalka Maraykanka ayaa maanta daabacay warar ku saabsan in madaxweyne Obama uu si qarsoodi ah warqad ugu diray hoggaamiyaha ruuxiga ee ee jamhuuriyadda islaamigaa ee Iran, … read more »

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