By Ismail Ali Ismail
WDN Interview with Sheila Andrzejewski
By Dr. Ali Bahar
By Osman Hassan
By Mohamed I. Farah (Raghe)
By Abdalla A. Hirad
By Ahmed A. Hassan
By Johann Hari
By Dr. Georgi Kapchits
Education, Health & Social Affairs
World Bank & UNDP Project
Hingaad-saxahii ugu horeeyay ee afka-Soomaaliga
Parameters of Success and Failures By Abdulkadir Aden Jangeli
How to Perfect our Nomadic Way of Life By Adan Makina
Labo Shubho oo Dhiig loo Daadiyo oo la Qiil Tiray Waxa Tarjumay C. Cabdi
Better Chance for Islamic Parties By Dr. Terry Lacey
Does Somalia need tribal elders? By Adan Makina
Aw Daahir Diid Nabad W/C. Maxamed Hirad
Is-qarxintu ma dhaqan Somaali baa ? W/Q Muuse Yuusuf
A Mendacious Pen for Hire By Nur Bahal
Foreign Fighters Tarnished Sharia's Positive Role By S. Liban
The Common denominator between BBC and VOA By Ali Geeleh
Alshabaab Waxay Dabbaqayaan Shareecadii Yuhuudda ee...! WQ. N. Askar
Extremism is an immediate threat to our nation... By Said Liban
Outdated Somali Cultural Practices By Adan Makina
The Metamorphosis of Sheikh Sharif…….! By Mohamed Heebaan
Odayaal Tukubaaya iyo Ayeeyooyin Tahriiba WQ. Maxamed Coon
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update July 03, 2009
Muqdisho oo saaka daggen & mucaaradka oo goobo cusub qabsaday
Muqdisho, July 03, 2009 (WDN) - Xaaladda magaalada Muqdisho ayaa saaka oo Jimco ah degan. Hase yeeshee waxa jirta in kooxaha ...
Wasiirka arrimaha dibedda ee xukuumadda kmg ah oo sheegay in ay rajo wanaagsan ka qabaan in tirada ciidamada AMISOM la kordhiyo
Muqdisho, July 03, 2009 (WDN) - Wasiirka arrimaha dibadda ee xukuumadda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya Md. Mxamed C. Oomaar...
Press Release: ARS
Alliance for Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) hereby congratulates the Somali people for the independence day of Somalia, July 1, 2009; this
Leaders discuss new mandate for Somali force
Sirte, Libya - African leaders will consider a resolution on Friday to give African Union peacekeepers in Somalia a mandate to do more than just
'Fighter influx' for Somali group
An Islamist commander in Somalia has told the BBC there has been an influx of fighters from overseas joining their battle against the interim government.
The al-Shabab militant leader,..
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update July 02, 2009
Dagaal shalay iyo maanta Muqdisho ka dhacay oo khasaare badan sababay
Muqdisho, July 02, 2009 (WDN) - Ciidamada dowladda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya ayaa sheegtay inay guullo ka gaareen dagaal qaraar oo...
Wararka Maanta
Soomaali ay ciidamada ammanka ee Masar ku toogteen xadka uu dalkaasi la wadaago Yuhuudda iyo warar kale...
Somali refugees take up new roots in Greeley
GREELEY — Somali refugees who flocked to jobs in U.S. slaughterhouses — including plants in Greeley and Fort Morgan — are moving beyond cutting floors to Main Street. "We want to ...
ISMAILIA, Egypt, July 02, 2009 (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot dead two Somali migrants on Thursday who tried to slip across the Sinai desert...
Piracy off Somalia to “get worse”, warns Lloyd’s
Pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia on the rise and could cause a significant increase in the price of shipped goods, according to a new...
Somali-Americans Accused
of Al Qaeda Ties
Indicted on Terror
Charges, Sources Say
A federal grand jury has indicted a group of Somali-Americans on terror-related charges after more than 20 young men from the Minneapolis area were recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update July 01, 2009
Qorshe dhul balaadhsi hor leh oo ku soo food leh Ismaamulka
Jigjiga, Julye 01, 2009 (WDN) –Wararka naga soo gaadhaya magaalo madaxda Ismaamulka Soomaalida Itoobiya ee Jigjiga, ayaa sheegaya
Hogaamiyeyaasha IGAD oo ka walacsan xaaladda Soomaaliya & Warar Kale
Muqdisho, July 01, 2009 (WDN) -Waddamada ku bahoobay ururka goboleedka IGAD ayaa codkooda ku biiriyay walaaca laga qabo...
Munaasabadad 1da Luuliyo oo Muqdisho laga xusay xalay
Muqdisho, July 01, 2009 (WDN) - Munaasabad lagu xusayo sannad guuradii 49 aad ee ka soo wareegatay maalintii israacii ...
WardheerNews Congratulates Somalis on National
On the occasion of the Somali National Week, spanning from 26 June to 1 July, which marks the independence days of three Somali inhabited territories colonized by three different European powers, the editorial team of
Somali finance minister hopes to rebuild institutions
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somalia's finance minister hopes a deal with accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers to manage money ...
Leading Somali official visits Twin Cities
St. Paul, Minn. — The top official from one of the relatively peaceful regions in wartorn Somalia gave the keynote address at an event...
Protecting the US Homeland
The US homeland security secretary speaks to Channel 4 News about al-Qaida, closing Guantanamo and her fears of Somali Americans carrying out terrorist attacks inside the US.
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 30, 2009
Yuganda oo soo dhaweeysay tageeradii hubka ahayd ee la siiyay Soomaaliya & ciidamo tababar ku soo dhammaystay Doolow, Itoobiya & Warar Kale
Muqdisho, June 30, 2009 (WDN) - Madaxweynaha dowladda Yuganda Yuweri Musaveni, ayaa si diirran u soo dhaweeyay deeqdii hubka aheyd...
Maamulka Kismaayo: “Waxa la joogaa xilligii aan cadowga guryahooda ugu tagi laheyn”
Muqdisho, June 30, 2009 (WDN) - Maamulka Islaamiga ah ee Kismaayo ayaa waxa uu ku celiyay inay ka go’an tahay in ay weeraraan...
Somali hardline Islamists threaten Ethiopia
MOGADISHU - Somalia's Islamist rebels threatened Tuesday to attack Ethiopia after repeated witness reports that Ethiopian troops were...
Minnesota Somalis gather, reflect on Independence Day
Starting on June 27 and continuing through the next five days, many Somalis in Minnesota will celebrate the 49th anniversary ....
Kenya calls for clear vision on dealing with Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 30, 2009 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government has urged the executive council of the African Union to come up...
New Ethiopia law may criminalise opposition - group
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A draft Ethiopian law could define criticism of the government as a "terrorist act" and be used to crack down...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 29, 2009
Duqeyn Muqdisho la isku weydaarsaday oo dhimasho iyo dhaawac sababtay
Muqdisho, June 29, 2009 (WDN) –Duqeyn shalay la isku adeegsaday madaafiic xoogan gudaha Muqdisho, ayaa waxay sababtay dhimashada
Burcad dishay nin ka mid ahaa dad rakaab ahaa iyo qarax ka dhacay Baladweyne
Muqdisho, June 29, 2009 (WDN) –Kooxo dablay ah ayaa dilay ruux rakaab ahaa oo saarnaa gaari rayid ah oo maraayay meel u dhow xarunta
Burcad baddeed la xakumay iyo kuwa sii daayay markab laga leeyahay dalk Beljim
Muqdisho, June 29, 2009 (WDN) –Maxkamadda darajada koowaad ee magaalada Boosaaso ee maamulka Puntland, ayaa seddex eedaysane
SOMALIA: Somaliland in plea for food aid
HARGEISA, 29 June 2009 (IRIN) - The authorities in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland have urged the international community to come to its aid to avert severe food shortages and hunger due to a prolonged drought in the region.
Kenyan forces again accused of torture, rape
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Security forces tortured scores of men and raped a dozen women in a sweep against the mainly ethnic Somali population
SPDP working to speed up development, maintain good governance
Somali State, June 27, 2009 (jijiga) - The Somali People Democratic Party (SPDP) has undertaken activities enabling to speed up development
Amirah, poetry recital finalist
Very few times do we get a portal into the future, I think I just did.
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 27, 2009
Qaybtii heesaha WardheerNews oo dib loo soo celiyay
London, June 27, 2009 (WDN)- Qaybtii laga dhegaysan jiray heesaha qaraamiga ah ee Soomaalida ee asalka ah oo dadweynuhu aad u ...
Talyaaniga oo mar kale sheegay in ay kaalmo kale u fidinayaan Soomaaliya
Muqdsho, June 27, 2009 (WDN)- Dowladda Talyaanig, ayaa sheegtay inay Soomaaliya ka caawin doonto arrimo badan oo ay ku jiraan dhinaca...
Haweeney ninkeedii ku dishay Shabellaha Hoose oo gacanta
Muqdisho, June 27, 2009 (WDN)- Haweenay dishay ninkii qabay ayay kooxda Al Shabaab ku soo qabteen howlgallo ay sameeyeen. ...
Madaxda Soomaaliyeed oo u hambalyeeyay shacuubta Soomaaliya & Jabuuti
Muqdisho, June 27, 2009 (WDN)- Madaxda dowladda kmg ah ee Soomaaliyeed ayaa hambalyo u diray shacabka Soomaaliyeed ...
Somalis traders fear for their lives
Somali traders in the Western Cape are "terrified" local traders will turn against them after hundreds of residents gathered in Franschhoek ..
Amputations and kidnappings force Somali civilians to flee militant advances
First they came for his father, then they told Abdirahman Sharif Mohamed that they were coming for him. In a series of chilling telephone warnings, militants from Somalia’s notorious ...
Muslim Group Giving 100,000 Qur'ans to Elected Officials
On the premise that nothing makes a better gift than a good book, a Muslim civil liberties group is launching a campaign to hand out ...
Video: House Hearing Sub Committee
Representative Donald Payne, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 26, 2009
Ganacsato waraaqo digniin ah loogu daadiyay Baled Weyne
Muqdisho, June 26, 2009 (WDN) -
Baayacmushtarka ka soo jeeda goballada Bay iyo Bakool ee ka ganacsada magaalada Baled Weyne,
Caabud Waaq oo xalay Bandow lagu soo rogay iyo dhalinyaro la qabqabtay & Warar kale
Muqdisho, June 26, 2009 (WDN) -
Maamulka Islaamiga ah ee degmada Caabud Waaq ee Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamaacah ayaa xalay bandow...
Baaq Nabadeed oo ku wajahan beelaha Reer Abbayoonis iyo Abraahiim ee deegaanka Doollo
Kulan ay dhawaan ku yeesheen magaalada London ee waddanka Britayn taariikhdu markay ahayd 13 June 2009 ayaa odayaasha, culimaa'udiinka, waxgaradka iyo aqoonyahanka labada beelood ee reer Sh.Abbayoonis iyo Abraahim waxay
Amnesty International Condemns Amputations of Hands and Legs Carried Out on Four Somali Teenagers Convicted of Robbery
(New York) -- Amnesty International today condemned the amputations of the hands and legs of four teenagers in Somalia as punishment ...
US Congressional Hearing Examines Military, Political
The violent and unstable situation in Somalia was the subject of a U.S. congressional hearing on Thursday....
State-sponsored Sufism
After years of bemoaning official Saudi sponsorship of Wahhabism, and condemning official Iranian sponsorship of milleniarian Islam, we are...
PRESIDENT OBAMA APPOINTS 2009-2010 CLASS OF WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS
WASHINGTON, DC – The White House announced today the appointment of 15 outstanding men and women to serve as White House Fellows.
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 25, 2009
Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo codsi u diray Jaamacadda Carabta
Muqdisho, June 24, 2009 (WDN) -
Madaxweynaha dowladda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya Md. Shariif Sheekh Axmed, ayaa ka codsaday waddamada..
Itoobiya oo ku celisay in la taageero dowladda Soomaaliya
Muqdisho, June 25, 2009 (WDN) -
Raysal wasaaraha Itoobiya Meles Zanaawi ayaa mar kale ku celiyay in beesha caalamka looga fadhiyo...
Midowga Afrika oo idaacad ka furaya Muqdisho & Warar Kale
Ururka Midowga Afrika oo idaacad oo sheegay in ay idaacad ka furayaan Muqdisho; Buracd badeed Soomaaliyee oo gubay markab laga lahaa...
Portraits of Instability
Haunting images from the world's most fragile states. A window into failure: Children peek through an artillery-battered wall ...
U.S. Sends Weapons to Help Somali Government Repel Rebels Tied to Al-Qaeda
The United States has sent a shipment of weapons and ammunition to the government of Somalia, according to a U.S. official ...
The Failed States Index 2009
It is a sobering time for the world’s most fragile countries—virulent economic crisis, countless natural disasters, and government collapse. This year, we delve deeper than ..
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 24, 2009
Dagaal markale saaka ka qarxay degmada Kaaraan
Muqdisho, June 24, 2009 (WDN)- Dagaal ayaa mar kale maanta dib uga qarxay magaalada Muqdisho gaar ahaan degmada Kaaraan oo ay isku...
Wararka Maanta
Dawladda Yugaandha oo sheegtay in ay diyaar u tahay in ay ciidamo dheeraad usoo dirto Soomaaliya iyo warar kale...
Jewish and Somali Canadians join forces with government’s help on mentoring plan
TORONTO – For the Canadian government, it was a no-brainer to invest in an innovative, cross-cultural project linking young Somali-Canadians..
Somali legislators flee abroad, parliament paralyzed
NAIROBI - Scores of Somali legislators have fled violence at home to the safety of other countries in Africa, Europe and the United States,...
Family of man shot in market still wants answers
The family of a man who was shot and killed outside a downtown nightclub in the Byward Market six weeks ago told the Ottawa police services board Monday that they're still looking ...
Somalia violence displaces 159, 000 in six weeks: UN
MOGADISHU, June 24, 2009 (AFP) — Fierce fighting between forces loyal to Somalia's embattled government and a hardline insurgency...
More Muslims than Jews in Obama’s America
The dream of opportunity for all people has not come true for everyone in America, but its promise exists for all who come to our shores. And that includes nearly 7 million American Muslims in our country today
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 23, 2009
Soomaaliya oo xaalad deg deg ah lagu soo rogay & Kenya oo Soomaaliya kala hadashay arrimo badan
Muqdisho, June 23, 2009 (WDN) - Madaxweynaha dowladda Soomaaliya Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed, ayaa sheegay in dalka lagu soo rogay
Ethiopia's Meles says preparing to step down - FT
"My personal position is that I have had enough," Meles, who came to power in 1991 when his then guerrilla group ousted former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam, said in...
Islamist Rebel Threat Pressures Somalia's Neighbors
If there was any doubt as to the character of the state that threatens to emerge in Somalia should Islamist rebels overthrow its embattled...
SOMALI COMMUNITY METROPOLITAN
Invites you to welcome his excellency Mr. Abdirahman Mohamud
(Farole), President of Puntland State of
Somalia & his delegation...
Kenya rejects call for military help in Somalia
June 23, 2009, (CNN) -- Somalia's transitional government has
the right to request military help from its neighbors against armed militants, the African Union said Monday, but Kenya was ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 22, 2009
Xogahayaha Guud ee Ururka Islaamka & Kooxda Al Qaacida oo kala taageeray Dawladda kmg ah iyo Al Shabaab
Muqdisho, June 22, 2009 (WDN)- Xoghayaha guud ee ururka Islaamka adduunka Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, ayaa si degdeg...
Wararka Maanta
Dagaallo khasaare dhaliyay oo shalay gelinkii dambe ka dhacay Muqdisho; Maamulka degmada Kismaayo oo eedeyn usoo jeediyay..
Kenya PM hints at military solution for Somalia
Prime Minister Raila Odinga Monday hinted at a military solution to the crisis in war-torn Somalia.At a joint press conference with Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmake at his...
Save Somalia: OIC
JEDDAH/MOGADISHU — As violence rages in the Horn of Africa nation, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) called Sunday,...
Refugees move beyond wounds to celebrate
“Celebrating World Refugee Day is the celebration of a wound,” says Mona Ali, 21, a Yemeni-born Somali refugee girl, ”I hope that this time next year we will be in our country and not ...
Somali piracy problem extends beyond the reefs
To the western media and commercial
shippers, the men equipped with AK-47s riding in boats with outboard motors are the pirates
Region must act on Somalia
THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION in Somalia, which last week culminated in the murder, Omar Hashi Aden, is a matter of grave ...
College fellowship 'family' helped first-generation student, a native of Somalia, thrive at the College of St. Benedict
Frightened and knowing no one, Bibi Abdalla, of St. Paul, entered college with one thought: get in, get her education and get out.
But taking part in the Intercultural Leadership, Education and Development fellowship program at the College of ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 21, 2009
Itoobiya oo ka hadashay fara galin ay ku sameyso Soomaaliya & dhaqdhaqaaq ay billowday
Muqdisho, June 21, 2009 (WDN)- Dowladda Itoobiya, ayaa ka jawaabtay codsi dowladda Soomaaliya ka soo yeeray. Kaas oo ahaa in ...
Muqdisho oo saaka daggen
Muqdisho, June 21, 2009 (WDN)- Xaaladda magaalada Muqdisho, ayaa saaka ah mid degan, iyadoo dadkuna ay wali ka qaxayaan ...
Burcad badeed la qabqabtay
Muqdisho, June 21, 2009 (WDN)- Ciidamada badda ee dalka Ruushka ee ku sugan xeebaha Soomaaliya, ayaa qabtay koox Soomaali ah...
Shir ay ka wada qaybgalayaan Puntland, Somaliland iyo DFKMG
Washington DC , June 21, 2009 (WDN) –Wafti uu hogaaminayo madaxweynaha dawlad goboleedka Puntland. Md. Cabdiraxmaan oo uu ka mid yahay wasiirka arimaha gudaha Md. Cabdilaahi Axmed Jaamac (ilka jiir), ayaa shalay oo ku beegnayd maalin
Somalia's Lovesick Baker And The Girl He Never Had
Lovesick. That word best describes one of Somalia's most celebrated modern poets. Elmi Bodheri was a poor baker who is said to be the first most celebrated modern poets. Elmi Bodheri was a poor baker who is said to be the first Somali man to die
Somalia Seeks Emergency Military Help
Somalia's beleaguered U.N.-supported government says the country is in danger of being taken over by Islamist militants with ties to al-Qaida.
Inside Story: What next for Somalia: 18 June 09
Somalia continues to make headlines for the chaos and the battles continue to rage in Mogadishu, more innocent lives are being taken. The chaos though has expanded from the killing of innocent civilians to the killing of police chiefs and security
Ethiopia rejects Somali request
Ethiopia has refused a request by Somalia for military support to fight insurgents, saying such an intervention ...
Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Hearing On Somalia:
An open briefing and hearing of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health on Somalia ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 20, 2009
Golaha wasiirada oo xaalad deg deg ah dalka ku soo rogay
Muqdisho, June 20, 2009 (WDN) –Kullan ay maanta isugu yimaadeen golaha wasiirada dowladda Soomaaliya, ayaa waxay ku gaareen si loo
Dagaallada Muqdisho oo sii xoogeystay & Mucaaradka oo deegaano cusub isku sii ballaarinya
Muqdisho, June 20, 2009 (WDN)- Dagaal, ayaa waxa uu mar kale maanta ka soconaayaa qeybo ka mid ah degmooyinka Kaaraan, Shibis iyo
Sh. Aadan Madoobe oo codsaday in dalalka derisku ay ciidamo degdeg ugu soo diraan Soomaaliya
Muqdisho, June 19, 2009 (WDN)- Guddoomiyaha baarlamanka FKMG Soomaaliya, ayaa maanta sheegay in jiritaanka dowladdu uu ku suganyahay halis, isagoo islamarkaana ka codsaday waddamada dariska ah inay si deg deg ah Soomaaliya u soo
Golaha Ammaanka oo cambareeyay isqarxiskii lagu dilay dad badan oo uu ku jiray wasiirkii amnigu
Muqdisho, June 20, 2009 (WDN)- Golaha ammaanka ee QM, ayaa waxay cambaareeyeen falkii ismiidaaminta ahaa ee lagu dilay xubno ka...
Somali appeal for foreign troops
The speaker of Somalia's parliament has called for neighbouring states to send troops to the country within 24 hours. ...
Somalia Suicide Attack Snuffs out Promising Political Career
The suicide bomb that killed Somalia's security minister also claimed the life of a young Somali diplomat and politician who spent much ...
Who are the Gatekeepers of the Somali Community?
Omar Jamal, Executive Director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, is the go-to guy for media coverage of Somalis in Minnesota. But does he really speak for Minnesota’s Somali community?
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 19, 2009
Dagaal galabta ka dhacay degmada Kaaraan oo uu ku dhintay xildhibaan ka tirsan baarlamaanka FKMG Soomaaliya
Muqdisho, June 19, 2009 (WDN)- In ka badan 4 ruux oo uu ku jiro xildhibaan ka tirsan baarlamaanka FKMG Soomaaliya oo lagu....
Beesha Caalamka oo cambaareeyay weerarkii shalay lagu dilay wasiirka amniga iyo dad kale
Muqdisho, June 19, 2009 (WDN) – Beesha caalamka, ayaa si isku mid ah u cambaareysay weerarkii shalay lagu dilay wasiirka amniga qaranka..
Muqdisho oo maanta oo degan
Muqdisho oo maanta deggen ka dib markii dagaallo ka socdeen 3 maalmood ah; Tahriibayaal ku haligmay badda Yemen...
Puntland Diaspora Forum
Waxa jaaliyadda Soomaliyeed ee ku dhaqan Minnesota lala socodsiinaya in Golaha Puntland Diaspora Forum, faraciisa Minnesota uu u qabanayo shir jaaliyadda Puntland ee ku dhaqan gobolkaas bishan aynu ku jirno 20 keeda...
Somalia licking wounds
Mogadishu, June 19, 2009 - Somalia's government was reeling on Friday from an insurgent suicide bombing that killed its security minister
Statement of the Government of Somalia on the murder of the National Security Minister Colonel Omar Hashi Aden
MOGADISHU, Somalia, June 19, 2009 (WDN) — The Government of Somalia condemns in the strongest possible terms the cowardly murder ...
Behind the Suicide Bomb in Somalia
Weeks of heavy fighting in Somalia took an even deadlier turn Thursday when a suicide bomber drove a car...
Kenya to intervene in Somalia crisis
Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetang’ula made the remarks after a crisis meeting with envoys from the European Union over the growing control of insurgents. Addressing a news ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 18, 2009
Wasiirkii ammaanka Soomaaliya, safiirkii hore ee xukuumadda kmg ah u fadhiyi jiray Addis Ababa iyo odayaal lagu dilay
Muqdisho, June 18, 2009 (WDN) - Qof ismiidaamiyay ayaa magaalada Baled Weyne ku dilay wasiirkii ammaaka ee dowladda kmg ah ...
Wararka Maanta
Nin dablay ah oo magaalada Boosaaso ku laayay boolis; Dagaal maalintii seddexaad ka socda Muqdisho...
EU's Solana Condemns Somalian Suicide Bombing Which Killed Somalia's Security Minister
BRUSSELS, June 18, 2009 (AFP)--European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana condemned Thursday a suicide bomb attack that ...
Somalia's president says al-Qaida is behind attack
Somalia's president says al-Qaida is behind a suicide bombing that killed the national security minister in a western Somali town. ...
Somalia minister killed by bomb
Somalia's Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden has been killed in a suicide car bomb attack north of the the capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials say.
Somali diplomats were also ...
20 killed in explosion in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A medical official says 20 people have been killed in an explosion in a western Somali town. ...
Ethiopia: Three-State Solution for Peace, Freedom and Democracy
This article will propose the creation of a three-state solution to the political standoff in Ethiopia.The creation of a three-state solution will
Somali mosque blast 'kills many'
At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others injured by a mortar bomb blast at a mosque in Mogadishu. ...
Top Somali warlord: willing to talk?
Johannesburg, South Africa - After weeks of fighting, Somalia's moderate Islamist government and its militant rivals appear close to starting peace talks. This week, top militant Islamist leader...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 17, 2009
Taliska cusub ee ciidamada badda “Dunida wey ka nasan doontaa burcad badeedda, haddii taageero nala siiyo”
Muqdisho, June 17, 2009 (WDN) –Taliska cusub ee ciidamada Badda Soomaaliya, ayaa sheegay inay rajo wanaagsan ka qabaan dib u
Ku dhawaad 15 ruux ayaa ku dhimatay 40 kalena way ku dhaawacmeen dagaal qaraar oo Muqdisho ka dhacay
Muqdisho, June 17, 2009 (WDN) - Dagaallo saacado badan socday, ayaa waxa ay xalay illaa saaka ka socdeen magaalada Muqdisho....
AMISOM oo beenisay warar laga faafiyay oo ku saabsan askar kaga dhimatay Muqdisho
Muqdisho, June 17, 2009 (WDN) –Afhayeenka ciidamada AMISOM Major Barigye Bahuko, ayaa beeniyay warar dhawaantan ay warbaahinta qaar
Battle kills Somali police chief
Mogadishu's police chief has been killed as government forces attacked insurgent bases in the Somali capital. Witnesses saw the bodies of at
African Child Day: The dreadful condition of
Mogadishu (WDN) - Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia is full of citizen's who are plighted with endless wars, droughts, diseases and poverty. The children in this war ravaged city are no exception to those ...
SOMALIA: Just another day for Hargeisa's street children
HARGEISA, 16 June 2009 (IRIN) - For the children living on the streets of Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared independent republic of ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 16, 2009
Dagaal ka dhacay duleedka Muqdisho
Muqdisho, June 16, 2009 (WDN) – Kooxda hubeysan ee Al Shabaab ee dagaalka kula jirta xukuumadda kmg ah ayaa sheegtay in ay saaka...
Wararka Maanta
Odayaal ku baaqay in lka joojiyo dirirta ku dhexamaraysa laba beelood gobalada Sh/Dhexe iyo Hiiraan iyo warar kale....
From corporate America to the Horn of Africa, money makes the world go around
The dusty, potholed streets of Hargeysa in Somaliland are filled with battered cars and ambling pedestrians. The tangled birds' nests of wires that cling to every telegraph pole are...
'I feel sick with myself when he touches me'
My name is Ayan and I’m 18 years old. I’m from Somalia but life there was hard for me and my family. My mother was killed in the war ...
Inquiry into Somali food aid sale
The UN World Food Programme in Somalia has launched an inquiry into a report that thousands of sacks of aid were being sold on the open
Formal opening of Roxbury mosque, two days of
The Muslim American Society, which is operating the new Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, or ISBCC, has scheduled two days of events to celebrate the completion of the building. ...
Minnesotta Somali Community Rallies to Support CAIR-MN
Representatives from more than a dozen Somali civil, religious and political organizations gathered Saturday to rebut allegations that ...
Video: CAIR Director Discusses Double Standard on Terrorism (CNN)
Rick Sanchez explores whether we treat suspected domestic terrorists differently from suspected Muslim extremists. ...
Q&A: Return to Somalia
Sudia Musa is a British journalist of Somali origin who recently returned to Somalia to film a documentary on piracy for Al Jazeera. She spoke to Fatma Naib.
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 15, 2009
Burcad badeed mar kale markab ka qafaashay xeebaha Cumaan
Muqdisho, June 15, 2009 (WDN) -
Kooxo burcad badeed Soomaaliyeed ah ayaa ka qafaashay biyaha dalka Cummaan markab laga leeyahay ...
Hay'adda WFP oo baareysa raashin ay ugu deeqday shacabka ka barakacay Muqdisho oo la sheegay in la gatay
Muqdisho, June 15, 2009 (WDN) -
Hay'adda Barnaamijka Cunnada Adduunka ee WFP ayaa sheegtay inay baaris ku sameyneyso raashiin ...
UN food is stolen from the starving in Somalia fake camp fraud
One of the UN’s largest international relief efforts is under investigation after it emerged that thousands of sacks of food aid were being diverted from starving refugees and openly sold ...
AU extends Somalia peacekeeping mission
The African Union on Monday extended by seven months the mandate of its peacekeeping force (AMISOM) which is struggling to contain ...
Refugees leave for the US
A group of 10 refugees from Somalia and Eritrea left Malta today to begin a new life in the United States. Since the U.S. Embassy began its...
Minneapolis assembly sends message to Obama on
“It’s only fair to expect the party that won the election to carry out its commitment,” Congressmember Luis Gutierrez told a cheering crowd...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 14, 2009
Iska horimaad dhex maray ciidamada dowladda oo
Muqdisho, June 14, 2009 (WDN)- Seddex ruux ayaa ku dhimatay iska horimaad maanta barqadii ku dhex maray agagaarka Ex Control ...
Soomaaliya iyo Itoobiya oo labaduba beeniyay in ay ciidamada Itoobiya soo galeen goobo ka mid ah Soomaaliya & warar kale
Muqdisho, June 14, 2009 (WDN)- Dowladdaha Itoobiya iyo Soomaaliya ayaa beeniyay in ay ciidamada Itoobiya ay gudaha u galeen ...
SOMALI BOOK FAIR Bandhigga Buugaagta Soomaaliyeed
Waxa magaalada Torornto lagu qaban bandhigga buugaagta Soomaaliyeed bisha July 4 teeda. Halkaas oo lagu soo bandhigi doono kutub kor u dhaafaysa 140 oo kala duwan. Waxa weheliye muxaadarooyin ay soo jeedin doonaan ...
Yemen Denies Infiltration of Al Qaeda Elements From Pakistan into its Lands
An informed official source denied allegations that speak of dozens Al-Qaeda elements leaving Pakistan for Yemen, following intensive ..
Somalia gets new navy force after years of absence
Drilling in the open ground of the dusty and dilapidated Old Port in the north of Mogadishu are nearly five hundred young men recruited to...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 13, 2009
Baaq Nabadeed oo ku wajahan deegaanka Wardheer
WardheerNews, 06/13, 2009 - Shir wadajir ah oo ay iskugu yimaadeen waxgarad, cuqaal iyo culumaa'udiin ka kala tirsan labada beelood ee ee degan waqooyiga Amerika ( Kanada iyo Marayakanka) taariikhdu markay ahayd Jun 7, 2009, ayaa..
Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo soo galay Galgaduud
Muqdisho, June 13, 2009 (WDN)- Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah, ayaa la sheegay inay soo galeen degmada Ballanballe ee gobalka Galgaduud...
Mareykanka oo sheegay inaysan jirin sabab ay Al Qaacidda ugu guurto dalka Soomaaliya & Warar kale
Muqdisho, June 13, 2009 (WDN)- Mareykanka ayaa sheegay inaysan jirin sabab ay Al Qaacidda ugu guurto dalka Soomaaliya & warar kale..
Muslim charities, mosques get lessons on fundraising
In an auditorium at Elmhurst College, more than 100 leaders of area mosques and Muslim non-profits looked to an unusual mix of sources...
Some in Qaeda Leave Pakistan for Somalia and Yemen
WASHINGTON — American officials say they are seeing the first evidence that dozens of fighters with Al Qaeda, and a small handful of the terrorist
Minister Kenney Announces Support for the Somali-Jewish Canadian Mentorship Project
TORONTO, ONTARIO, June 12, 2009 (Marketwire) - The Government of Canada is investing in an ambitious and groundbreaking project that will bring together young Somali-Canadians with established Jewish-Canadian mentors in an effort to improve cross-cultural...
New free clinic to open one afternoon per week:
FLINT, Michigan -- A group of Flint-area physicians will band together to open the Muslim Outreach Free Clinic later this month, offering ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 12, 2009
Ciidamo Kenyan ah oo xadka oo xadka uu dalkeedo la wadaago gobalka Gedo la soo dhoobay & Warar kale
Kenya oo soo dhoobtay ciidamadeeda xadka ay la wadaagto Soomaaliya iyo Alqaacida oo la sheegay in ay ku soo qulqulayso dalalka Soomaaliya..
Xasan Daahir oo shacabka ugu baaqay in ay dagaallada u dulqaad u lahaadaan
Muqdisho, June 12, 2009 (WDN) - Madaxa ururka Xisbul Islaam Sh. Xasan Daahir Aweys, ayaa ugu baaqay shacabka Muqdisho in ay u ...
Ogeysiis Shirkadda Dahabshiil
Shirkadda Dahabshiil waxa ay macaamiisheeda iyo dadweynaha ku dhaqan dalka
Netherlands la socodsiinaysaa in ka bilowday adeegyadii dalkaas, gaar ahaan magaalooyinka.....
NATO extends anti-piracy mission off Somalia
BRUSSELS – NATO will retain a long-term naval presence off the Horn of Africa , where its anti-piracy flotilla has been key to the international..
Ban of Somali meat extended
Dubai, Jun 11th, 2009 (WAM)--The ban slapped on importation of Somali frozen and chilled meat has been extended for another year,
Puntland: Statement on Anti-Piracy Campaign
The government of Puntland reiterates its strong commitment in the fight aganist pircay and highlights its unwavering ....
To counter intense drone attacks, terrorists moving between Pak,Yemen and Somalia
Washington, June 12, 2009: A small handful of the terrorist group's leaders, are moving frequently between Pakistan, Somalia ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 11, 2009
Wararka Maanta
Maxaakiimta oo beeniyay in maleeshiyaad ka goostay ay u galeen Xisbul Islaam; Maamulka Kismaayo oo u hanajabay Kenya & warar kale
Warmurtiyeed ka soo baxay kulankii Rooma
Muqdisho, Jun2 11, 2009 (WDN) - Magaalada Roome ee dalka Talyaaniga ayaa waxa lagu soo gabogabeeyay shirkii kooxda xirirka caalamiga...
Kenya charges 17 Somalis with piracy
MOMBASA, Kenya - Kenyan prosecutors charged 17 Somali men with piracy on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Navy handed them over ...
Covered life gives new perspective
I first noticed Spencer Wall in my religion and society class toward the end of last semester. She wasn’t particularly outspoken, but the shawl that covered her hair, neck and.....
Somalia Thrives With Government Gone
While the anarchy in Somalia conjures up images of everyone living a Mad Max kind of life, the economy, and some living standards,...
ROME, June 10, 2009 (Xinhua) -- An international gathering on Somalia, chaired by the United Nations, wrapped up in Rome on Wednesday...
Italy first in West to reopen embassy in Somalia
ROME, June 10, 2009 (Reuters) - Italy will become the first Western country to reopen its embassy in Somalia, in a gesture of support...
New plea from abducted Sylvan Lake woman
TORONTO -- CTV News says it has received a phone call from a woman claiming to be Amanda Lindhout, a freelance Canadian journalist ...
Mogadishu carnage devastates lives
Cradling her baby brother in stick-thin arms, eight-year-old Halima Mayow says little about the incident which wiped out their family in Mogadishu. But, at a camp on the outskirts of the ....
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 10, 2009
Talyaaniya oo sheegay in ciidamo ay u tababari doonaan xukuumadda kmg ah ee Soomaaliya
Muqdisho, June 10, 2009 (WDN) – Dolwadda Talyaaniga ayaa ku baaqday in dowladda kmg ah loo tababaro ciidamo isugu jira....
Ereteriya oo beenisay in ay taageerto mucaaradka Soomaaliya
Muqdisho, June 10, 2009 (WDN) – Dowladda Ereteriya ayaa ku celisay inaysan taageero u fidin kooxaha mucaaradka ah ee dalka ...
Death of Somali teen a mystery to Minneapolis family
MINNEAPOLIS — He was an infant when he left his homeland of Somalia. He grew up an American, a bright student with dreams of becoming a doctor or lawyer. But those dreams ended when 18-year-old Burhan Hassan returned to Somalia months. ..
Immigration rose in 2008, reversing trend
But their effect was being offset by new arrivals from Iran, Somalia and Afghanistan who 'did not always come to marry the most emancipated
Mosque's 1st female leader tackles stereotypes
Toledo mosque Masjid Saad has elected a female president, the first woman to hold the leadership position at the 30-year-old mosque. Salmenna Sediqe, a businesswoman and mother of five,..
Polymorph devises communication system for international
Polymorph has designed a communications system that has been adopted by an international naval fleet patrolling waters off the coast of Somalia...
Spreading the education: Somali association formed
Yasin Ali, a 17-year-old senior at Grand Island Senior High School, filed the incorporation paperwork with the Secretary of State’s Office ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 09, 2009
Ogeysiis: Bandhig Dhaqameedka Mooge iyo Carwada Caalamiga ah ee “Hargeisa Internationl Book Fair"
Waxa magaalada Hargeysa ka dhacaya bandhig dhaqameed aan noociisu hore uga dhicin Somaliland oo la yidhaahdo Bandhig Dhaqameedka...
Wararka Maanta
Md. Cumar Cabdirashiid oo kulan ka dhacaya Rooma ka qayb galaya; Amnesty International oo dlabatay in baaritaan lagu sameeyo ...
Wariyeyaal ka tirsan saxaafadda Muqdisho oo
Muqdisho, June 09, 2009 (WDN) – Qaar ka mid ah wariyayasha ka howl gala magaalada Muqdisho, ayaa sheegay in ay ka tanaasuleen shaqadii la xiriirtay saxaafadda ee ay ka hayeen halkaas. Arrintaas ayay weriyeyaashu ku sheegeen...
Mother mourns Ayoob Adam, fatally stabbed on weekend
He was the last male in the family to be killed but the first Canadian. Ayoob Adam, 16, was visiting his aunt on the weekend on Dixon Rd.,
Dealers revel in Somali war business
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Sitting on a mat at home between taking orders for arms on his two mobile phones, Osman Bare gives thanks for the riches flowing from Somalia's war.
"I have only been in the weapon business five years, but I have erected three villas. I have also opened shops for my two wives," said the
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 08, 2009
Sheekh Xasan Daahir oo saxaafadda ka soo hormuuqday, sheegeyna in dagaalku socon doono
Muqdisho, June 08, 2009 (WDN) – Hogaamiyaha Xisbul Islaam Sheekh Xasan Daahir Aweys oo saxaafadda qaar ay hadal heysay in uu dhintay ama dhaawacmay, ayaa maanta markii ugu horeysay ka soo hor muuqday saxaafadda isagoo bad qaba
Xasan Daahir Aweys oo ka hadlay caafimaadkiisa iyo warar sheegayay in uu dhintay dagaalkii Wabxo
Muqdisho, June 08, 2009 (WDN) – Hogaamiyaha ururka Xisbul Islaam Sh. Xasan Daahir Aweys, ayaa beeniyay warar ay warbaahinta qaar faafisay
Wararka Maanta
Duqeyn ka dhacday magaalada Muqdisho; Dilkii loo geystay agaasimihii idaacadda Shabeelle oo ay isku eedeeyeen ....
Somali Islamist leader not killed
Hardline Islamist opposition leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has scoffed at claims he was killed in fighting between rival Islamist groups. "You see that I am physically healthy and fit. ...
Somali Bantu Struggle for Freedom
The Somali Bantus' legacy of slavery and persecution in Somalia, their situation worsened during the Somali civil war. The Somali Bantus were
Gabon leader Omar Bongo 'is dead'
Africa's longest-serving leader, President Omar Bongo of Gabon, has died at the age of 73, French media say. Mr Bongo had been treated in a clinic
SOMALIA: Plea to help IDPs near Kenyan border
NAIROBI, 8 June 2009 (IRIN) - Officials in Somalia's border town of Eil Waq, Gedo region, have appealed for urgent help for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who need ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 07, 2009
Ahlu Sunnah oo sheegatay in ay dileen Sh. Xasan
Muqdisho, June 07, 2009 (WDN)- Dariiqada Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jameecah oo la dagaallanta kooxaha mucaaradka dowladda Soomaaliya, ayaa sheegatay in dagaalkii ka dhacay deegaanka Wabxo ee gobalka Galgaduud uu ku dhintay hogaamiyaha ...
Bandhig Dhaqameedka Mooge iyo Carwada Caalamiga ah
Waxa magaalada Hargeysa ka dhacaya bandhig dhaqameed aan noociisu hore uga dhicin Somaliland oo la yidhaahdo Bandhig Dhaqameedka Mooge
Wararka Maanta
Agaasimihii TV ga Universal oo maanta la sii daayay; Qarax ka dhacay degmada Shibis oo dad rayid ahi ku dhinteen.....
Kooxo hubeysan oo dilay agaasimihii Shabelle,
Muqdisho, June 07, 2009 (WDN)- Kooxo hubeysan ayaa barqadii maanta ku dilay suuqa bakaaraha agaasimihii idaacadda iyo Tv-ga Shabelle ...
Group Linked to Al Qaeda May Have Killed Minnesota Man Recruited in Somalia
A Minnesota man recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group overseas may have been assassinated in Somalia by the very terrorist group he went there to help.
Forceful Words and Fateful Realities
BAGHDAD — Barack Obama’s speech in Cairo last Thursday was “soft spoken and eloquent,” said Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical Iraqi cleric,
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 06, 2009
Maamulka Al Shabaab ee Bay iyo Bakool oo sheegay in ay difaacayaan goballadaas
Muqdisho, June 06, 2009 (WDN)- Iyadoo dhawaannahan ay soo baxayeen dhaqdhaqaaqyo ciidan oo ay wadaan maamulkii hore ee goballada Bay
Kulan ay QM u soo qabanqaabisay saraakiishi hore ee ciidamada Soomaaliya oo ka dhcay Washington
Muqdisho, June 06, 2008 (WDN) - Kulan gogal xaar u ahaa shir bisha dambe ka dhici doona dalka Maraykanka oo ay wasaaradda....
Wararka Maanta
Israsaaseyn xalay fiidkii ka dhacday magaalada Baled Weyne; Yaaqshiid oo maanta dagen iyo barakac ka socda ....
While Mogadishu burns UN envoy fronting oil exploration in Somalia
Where there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY, anything can happen with impunity. It started with Kofi Annan. But during Ban Ki-moon's tenure, Special Envoys have practically taken over the role of the Secretary General, particularly if they feel they have support
CAIR Welcomes AG Holder’s Statement on Muslim Muslim Civil Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 20009 - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcomed a statement by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder committing the Justice ...
Cops flayed over their views on xenophobia
Somali Association of South Africa (Sasa) national director Ahmed Dawlo said 12 Somalis had been killed in South Africa since the beginning ...
Commentary: Political Pizzas From Palestine To Pakistan
President Obamas Cairo speech was intended to awaken Arabs and Muslims and invite them to a reconciliation with a new America.
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 05, 2009
Guri dumay oo dad ay ku dhinteen, dagaallo Muqdisho ka qarxay & Sh. Shariif oo sheegay in dagaalka uu socon doono
Muqdisho, June 05, 2009 (WDN) -
Shan ruux ayaa ku dhintay, kuwo kalena way dhaawacmeen ka dib markii guri ay deganaayeen qoys ka kooban..
Mucaaradka oo sheegtay inay la wareegeen Wabxo iyo qaraxyo ka dhacay Baled Weyne
Muqdisho, June 05, 2009 (WDN) -
Kooxaha mucaaradka ah ee hubaysan ayaa sheegtay in ay dagaal kula wareegeen deegaanka Wabxo...
Kenya has no choice over Al-Shabaab
With fighting raging in Somalia, pirates running amok in the Indian Ocean and the internationally recognized government about to fall, it would....
Obama’s Address in Cairo
Thank you. I am honored to be in this timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years Al-Azhar has stood a beacon of Islamic learning, and for ...
Canada's 'gutsy' forgotten hostage
Few cut as glamorous a figure as the freelance journalist in a conflict zone, especially when she is a long-legged beauty....
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 04, 2009
Maxkamadaha oo muddo kooban Mahadday la wareegay & dagaallo wali Muqdisho ka jira
Muqdisho, June 04, 2009 (WDN) - Ciidamada Maxaakiimta Islaamka, ayaa saaka dagaal kula wareegay degmada ee gobalka Shabellaha Dhexe. ...
R/Wasaare Cumar C/rashid oo IGAD ka codsaday dhaqan galinta go’aanno ay dhawan gaareen iyo warar kale
Muqdisho, June 04, 2009 (WDN) - Raysal wasaaraha Soomaaliya Cumar Cabdi Rashiid Cali Sharma’arke ayaa ugu baaqay waddamada IGAD
SOMALIA: Desert locusts invade Somaliland
HARGEISA, 4 June 2009 (IRIN) - Food security in eastern and western regions of the self-declared republic of Somaliland is under threat following an invasion of desert locusts, which have ...
Merciful storekeeper changes robber's mind, religion
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A potential victim became a compassionate counselor during a recent robbery attempt, changing the would-be criminal's ...
Leaked document: Ethiopian Goverment's Somalia
23 January 2009 (EMF)
This leaked document eveals Meles Zenawi’s military and logistic support to the newly formed Islamist
Ahlu Suna Wal Jamea group, aiming at destabilizing...
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Defiant, Determined
espite threats and condemnation, the Somali insurgent group Al-Shabaab continues its push to overthrow what's left of the country's ...
New State Department Brochure on Being Muslim in America
being a Muslim in America. mmigrants have come to America from every
corner of the globe. The people are diverse
AFRICA: Camel farming could be the answer
JOHANNESBURG, 3 June 2009 (IRIN) - Camel farming could be an option for some 20 million to 35 million people living on semi-arid land in Africa, who will soon be unable to grow crops ....
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 03, 2009
Dagaallo maalintii 4 aad ka socda qaybo ka mid ah Muqdisho
Muqdisho, June 03, 2009 (WDN) - Dagaallada ka soconaya magaalada Muqdisho, ayaa maanta sii xoogeystay khaasatan kuwa ka dhacaya...
Wafdigii xukuumadda kmg ah ee gaaray Balad Weyne oo ka hadlay ujeedada socdaalkooda & Warar Kale
Muqdisho, June 03, 2009 (WDN) - Wafdi uu hogaaminayo wasiirka amniga ee xukuumadda kmg ah Md. Cumar Xaashi Aadan oo shalay gaaray ...
Somalia: UPDF go months without pay
Discontent is brewing within the Ugandan peacekeeping contingent under the African Union (AU) Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) ....
President Obama, Political Islam And Progress
In Cairo President Barack Obama has to show if he can make a break with the illusions of the Bush legacy as far as the Muslim world is concerned. Arief Munandar, recently reviewed The Illusion of an Islamic State: Expansion of Transnational ....
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update June 02, 2009
Dagaallo maalintii 3aad Muqdisho ka soconaya
Muqdisho, June 02, 2009 (WDN) –Dagaal ayaa markale waxa uu ka soconayaa magaalada Muqdisho, kaasi oo u dhaxeeyay ciidamada
Wasiirka amniga oo abaabul ka wada gobalka Hiiraan
Muqdisho, June 02, 2009 (WDN) – Ciidamo uu horkacayo wasiirka ammaanka qaranka ee xukuumadda kmg ah Col. Cumar Xaashi Aadan
The Big Picture: Fighting for control of Somalia
While Somalia recently has been in the news for its notorious pirates, back on-shore the country continues to struggle through a ...
Somali government forces seize ground in capital
MOGADISHU, June 2, 2009 (Reuters) - Somali government forces drove Islamist insurgents from two districts of the capital Tuesday in another
Young Somali men escape homeland, but not violence
A federal terror investigation into about a dozen missing Somali men from Minnesota has dominated recent headlines. But gang-related street violence remains a much more common trap ...
No Winner Seen in Somalia’s Battle With Chaos
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia is once again a raging battle zone, with jihadists pouring in from overseas, preparing for a final push to topple
INTERVIEW-Eritrea sees CIA behind Somalia arms accusations
ASMARA, Eritrea - Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki said renewed accusations that Asmara is arming Somalia's Islamist rebels was the work of CIA agents in the region bent on blackening...
INTERVIEW-Somali PM says little hope of talks with insurgents
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's prime minister said on Wednesday there was little hope of negotiating with hardline Islamist insurgents because..
In Rexdale, all praise to Allah
Abdul Rahim Popalzay, the Afghani owner, says business is booming with all the Muslims in Rexdale -- from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Bosnia. ...
Call to blockade Somali Islamists
Somalia's neighbours have called for the UN to impose a blockade on air strips and sea ports to prevent Islamists getting weapons and fighters. ...
Piracy: Mapping a Shift
Two maps from the International Maritime Bureau clearly depict a shift in the worldwide battle against piracy. ...
Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold at a Hearing on Developing a Coordinated and Sustainable
Last month, the problem of piracy off Somalia's coast hit home for a lot of Americans with the attack on the Maersk Alabama and the capture of Captain Richard Phillips after his courageous actions to ensure the safety of his crew. I was pleased that Chairman ...
Wanted al Qaeda man flew in Kenyan plane
Sheikh Aweys and six other Somali nationals took the flight on April 22, 2009, and now the government in Mogadishu is accusing Kenya of...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update May 20, 2009
Maxamed Dheere oo ka hadlay ku soo noqoshadiisa Muqdisho & Warar Kale
Muqdisho, 20, 2009 (WDN) - Guddoomiyihii hore ee Muqdisho Maxamed Cumar Xabeeb "Maxmed Dheere" oo dhawaan Muqdisho dib ugu soo laabtay magaalada ayaa beeniyay ....
Jaamacadda Carabta oo ka deyrisay xaaladda Soomaaliya
Muqdisho, May 20, 2009 (WDN) -
Xoghayaha guud ee Jaamacadda Carabta Camar Muusaa, ayaa ka dayriyay xaaladda Soomaaliya iyo dagaalladii
Xaflad lagu xusayay goonni isu
taagga Somaliland oo xalay ka dhacday qabtay Brussels
May 20, 2009 (WDN) - Xaflad si heer sare ah loo soo agaasimay oo lagu xusayay 18 ka May oo ah maalintii lagu dhawaaqay gooni isu taagga ...
UN wants cartoonist for Somalia
The UN Development Programme is looking for a cartoonist in Somalia. No kidding. The Terms of Reference specify the details..
Australia's Range oil shrugs off Somali pirates
NAIROBI, May 20 (Reuters) - Australian explorer Range Resources said piracy will not deter it from exploring for hydrocarbons off chaotic ...
Teen piracy suspect indicted
NEW YORK, May 20, 2009 - A Somalian teenager whose role in the commandeering of an American cargo ship thrust him into the international spotlight has been indicted on multiple criminal...
Goat prices, the FT and predicting the crash
Who saw the crash coming? Well, careful readers of the FT would have recieved some warning. I refer not to the work of Gillian Tett ...
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update May 19, 2009
Indha Cadde iyo Hubkiisa oo dowladda ku biiray & Madaafiic Muqdisho ka dhaceysa
Muqdisho, May 17, 2009 (WDN)- Waxa si lama filaan ah xalay ugu biiray dowladda Soomaaliya gaadiid iyo maleeshiyaad uu lahaa
Wararka Maanta
Dagaala mar kale ka dhacay deegaanka Maxaas oo dad badani ku dhinteen; Al Shabaab oo weeraray Jawhar ...
Nin Soomaaliyeed oo dhacay hanti gaadhaysa $ 9.2 Milyan
San Diego, May 16, 2009 (WDN) - Nin Soomaali ah oo horey ugu shaqayn jiray shirkada biyaha ee magaalada San Jose oo ku taala waqooyiga gobolka Kaliforniya ee dalka Maraykanka, ayaa la sheegay in lagu soo oogay dhicid hanti dhan 9.2 milyan
A former water-company employee is being sought on a federal warrant on charges that he fled the country after wiring $9 million of the firm's
MARTIN BELL: After a lifetime's travels I've found the end of the world... Somalia's pirate coast
I was on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Aden earlier in the year. I was probably the only passenger faintly disappointed that we weren't attacked by pirates. But if the Somalis wouldn't come to me, I could always go to them. ..
Islamist insurgents capture key town in central Somalia
MOGADISHU, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The hardline Islamist Al-Shabaab movement in Somalia has seized Jawhar, a provincial capital in....
Not All Somalis Are Created Equal
Somalia, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) - When I've gone to Somalia, the first question I've had to grapple with, ...
Watchdog condemns amputations in southern Somalia
NAIROBI, May 15, 2009 (AFP) - Islamist armed groups controlling Somalia's southern city of Kismayo have carried out amputations
WardheerNews (WDN) Update May 06, 2009
The recent agreement between Somalia & Kenya on
April 13, 2009 ( WDN) - WardheerNews has obtained a copy of the original document of the recent agreement between the government of Kenya and the Transitional Government of Somalia on maritime boundary.
'A voice for the voiceless' in Somali autism debate
A mother in Burnsville who once hid her son's autism is now acting to bring to the public's attention the high number of Somali-American kids in autism classes. Until a few months ago, Idil Abdull avoided taking her 6-year-old son out in public
Keys to the kingdom: Inside Saudi Arabia's royal family
A dispute over Saudi Arabia's royal succession burst into the open yesterday, revealing a power struggle in which one of the most senior princes in the oil-rich kingdom is reported to have disappeared. The prospect of instability in a country that is not
Muslims seeking greater influence
In a bid to get more Muslim Americans working in the Obama administration, a book with resumes of 45 of the nation's most
Tansaaniya :Dab baabi'iyay laba Hoteel oo ay lahaayeeen ganacsadayaal Soomaaliyeed
San Diego, March 23, 2009 (WDN) - Dab xoogan ayaa gabi ahaanba la sheegay in uu baabi'iyay laba Hotel oo ahaa kuwa fasaxyada lagu tago oo ku yaalay magaalada xeebta ah ee Bagamoyo oo ku taala wadankaTansaniya. Labadaas Hotel
Obama on 60 Minutes
The president discusses the most pressing issues of his first two months in office the economy, the bailouts, his budget and America's involvement
Somali News Update
WardheerNews (WDN) Update March 23, 2009
Fire guts two beach resorts
Two popular beach resorts in Bagamoyo, Coast Region, Paradise Holiday Resort and the Ocenic Bay Hotel and Resort were today reduced to ashes in less than fifteen minutes due to a fire that began in the kitchen of the former. Hundreds of the fast growing
Beacon of stability in a land of upheaval
HARGEISA, Somalia - Drive through the streets here, and you will find signs of development and stability not seen anywhere else in Somalia.A construction crew is busy laying the foundation of the seven-storey glass and steel headquarters for a
WQ. Maxamed Maxamuud
Waa dooddii Miisaanka Maansada ee dhex martay bare sare Cabdilaahi Diiriye (Carraale) & bare sare Maxamed xaashi Dhamac (Gaarriye) oo maqal iyo muuqaal ah. Dooddaasi oo ah mid aad xiiso u leh Qeybta I & Qeybta II
By Faisal A. Roble
Prof. Cabdillaahi Diiriye
By Yasmeen Maxmuud
By Abdelkarim A Hassan
By Faisal A. Roble
Cabdiraxmaan C. Barwaaqo
Siciid Saalax
By Sir Richard Burton
A. S. Faamo
By Faisal A. Roble
Waxa diyaariyay
Wareysi ay idaacadda BBC la yeelatay guddoomiyaha Qorahay Education Foundation Dhageyso
Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame "Hadraawi"
Somali Region is one of the four least developed regions of
A snap shot of the work that 'The Center for Bridging Communities' (C4BC) is doing in San Diego.
By Rashid Yahya
By Yasmeen Maxmuud
Mohamed Dalmar Abdurahman
WardheerNews Profile
News from afar Disseminating Somali news through Web site is brothers' mission By San Diego Tribune
Chronology of Events The following is a chronology of recent events in Somalia leading up to the establishment
Buugaagta & Gorfayntooda /Book Review s
Waxa Gorfeeyay
Taana waxaad ka arki kartaa sida farshaxinimada ah ee uu maansooyinka sidii tusbax isugu xiriiriyey, raatub iyo dhextaalna uu uga dhigay dhacdooyinka iyo wakhtiga ay maanso waliba ka waramayso. Waxa intaa dheer eray bixin iyo sharaxaad macnaha erayada tirada badan ee ku jira gabayada Xaajiga,
Waxa Gorfeeyay
Halkee ayeynu ka bilawnaa? Waxaynu ka bilaabaynaa meeshii ay wax waliba ka soo bilawdeen. Waa Soomaaliya oo mid ah xilli ku beegan badhtamihii 80-nadii. Waa dawladnimo ismoodsiis ah iyo ismoodsiis dawladnimo ah. Waa car iyo wir iyo keeb-la-yuurur. Waa askari iyo jabhad; faqash iyo qurmis.
Waxa Gorfeeyay
Buugga quruxdiisa iyo midabada lagu xardhay jeldiga buugga ayaa dareen hummaageysan kugu abbuuraya. Jeldiga waxa ku sawiran “DACAR”, kaba sii daranne waxa ku hoos qoran weedh aad u qaali ah. Oo maxay ah?
Reviewed by B. Goth
Shamis opens her arguments with a premises that all wars in the 21st century must have been presumably fought in search of justice and equality, but she quickly asserts that “…each age presents its strata of domination…”, .
Waxa curiyay Maxamuud Axmed Cabdalle
Waxa curiyay Ibraahin Hawd
Waxa curiyay Maxamed Hirad
Waxa curiyay Maxamed Hirad
Waxa curiyay
Waa maanso uu curiyay Abwaan Maxamed Hirad
waxaa curiyay Deeq Aadam Diirye
Waxa curiyay Maxamed Hirad
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By Cabdiraxmaan Faarax "Barwaaqo"
This book offers to Somali and English speaking readers 115 Somali folktales, representing perhaps the best of Somali narrative folklore.
A chronology of key events: 600s - Arab tribes establish the sultanate of Adel on the Gulf of Aden coast. ..
