Two top Al-Shabaab figures were among the scores killed in a U.S. attack Saturday in Somalia, a senior Somali intelligence source said.The source identified the slain Al-Shabaab leaders as Yusuf Ali Ugas, a regional commander, recruiter and influential preacher, and Mohamed Mire, Al-Shabaab's governor for Somalia's Hiran region and a...
US airstrike on al-Shabaab training camp in Somalia kills 150
Weekend drone strike on ‘Raso’ training camp ordered after US intelligence indicated an imminent threat posed by the trainees, Pentagon saysThe US has carried out an airstrike in Somalia, killing more than 150 people the Pentagon said were fighters with the al Qaida-linked Islamist group al-Shabaab.The strike, followed US intelligence...
Ray Tomlinson, email inventor and selector of @ symbol, dies aged 74
Tributes flow for the American computer scientist who ‘changed the way the world communicates’“A true technology pioneer, Ray was the man who brought us email in the early days of networked computers,” Raytheon spokesman Mike Doble said in a statement confirming his death.Doble said Tomlinson died on Saturday morning but...
Somalis under threat
A group of residents in Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha closed down a Somali shop at the weekend after a protest.Residents claimed that the Somalis did not have approval from community leaders to set up the shop.But by Monday the shop was open again.Linda Mtenjwa, who rented out his place...
Somalis under threat
A group of residents in Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha closed down a Somali shop at the weekend after a protest. Residents claimed that the Somalis did not have approval from community leaders to set up the shop. But by Monday the shop was open again. Linda Mtenjwa, who...
MINNESOTA CAUCUS: ALL SOMALIAN, LITTLE AMERICAN
A journalist with the Minneapolis Star-Tribune covering the caucus from one of the region’s event facilities, the Brian Coyle Center, sent out a series of tweets remarking on the crowd size, the number of Hillary Clinton supporters on hand – and the fact that few in attendance spoke English.One tweet,...