The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended operations at a hospital it ran in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, amid growing bilateral tensions. (more…)
DOORO XIL. SHARIF MAXAMED CABDALLA XUSSEIN
Muqadishu-16/04/2018 (banooda)-Sharif Maxamed Cabdalla Xussein waa musharixii ugo horeyey ee shaaciyey in uu yahay musharax u taagan qabashada xilka Gudoomiyaha Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliya . Xildhibaanka ayaa muddo ku dhow 40 sano waxuu ka soo shaqeyey howlo la xiriira maamulka iyo maareynta hay’ado kala duwan. Waxaan aaminsanahay in Xil. Sharif...
Bomb blast at packed Somalia stadium kills 5 football fans
A bomb exploded at a packed football stadium in southern Somalia and killed five spectators while wounding several others, police said Thursday evening. (more…)
UN envoy tells Somali refugees in Kenya ‘things are gradually getting better’ back home
“In my opinion – as the mother of a family that is about to return just told me – things are gradually getting better in Somalia,” the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, said Thursday at the end of his visit to the refugee complex. (more…)
This bilingual Somali newspaper is beating the media at its own game
A Somali community in the north of England is using the power of the press to beat the media at its own game. Sick of seeing negative headlineafter negative headline they decided to publish Sasca News, their own bilingual newspaper, to bring the community closer together. (more…)
UAE condemns Somalia over seizing cash ‘sent to army’
Somalia said on Sunday it had seized almost $10m from a Royal Jet aeroplane that arrived at Mogadishu airport.The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denounced the seizure of what it described as a civilian aircraft carrying nearly $10m by Somali authorities at Mogadishu airport.The government of Somalia said on Sunday it had seized several bags...
Thousands Demand ICE Stop Abusing Somali Detainees in Florida
In December, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Louisiana shackled 92 Somali immigrants into airplane seats, fired the jet off toward their home country in eastern Africa, allegedly beat the men bloody and forced them to relieve themselves in their seats, mysteriously turned the plane around in Senegal, and...
Top Somali Politician Steps Down, Avoiding Showdown With President
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The speaker of Somalia’s Parliament resigned on Monday ahead of a no-confidence vote, sparing the country a repeat of the armed standoff last week that threatened to descend into violence. (more…)
Trump’s Military Escalation in Somalia Is Spurring Hope and Fear
Over the last eleven years, the once makeshift military base at the end of the runway at the Mogadishu airport has turned into a bustling mini town. Sandwiched between concrete barriers and a jagged coastline, the base hosts scores of recently returned diplomats, aid workers, and United Nations staff members, along...