Raadiyo Wardheer, July 29, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah af hayeenka kooxda Al Shabaab oo sheegay in aanu ururkoodu ku lug lahayn dagaaladii ka dhacay degaanka Galgala...
The ongoing FBI investigation into the July 11, 2010 bomb blasts in the Ugandan capital Kampala on the night of the football World Cup final continue to cast doubt
Ethiopia’s government will sign a peace deal with the United Western Somali Liberation Front, a rebel organization that has been fighting for independence
NAIROBI, Kenya — An insurgent commander based in the semiautonomous region of Puntland in northern Somalia has pledged his allegiance to the Shabab militant group, a move that threatens to destabilize a part of Somalia that had been relatively peaceful.
MS. BENTON: All right. Thank you very much, Laurie, and thank you, everyone for joining us here in Kampala for a briefing by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson,
Raadiyo Wardheer, July 28, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah Madaxweynaha cusub ee Somaliland Md. Axmed Maxamed "Siilaanyo ayaa ku dhawaaqay golaha wasiirada ee xukuumaddiisa hal
Madaxweynihii hore ee Somaliland Daahir Riyaale Kaahin, oo xilka ku wareejiyey madaxweynaha cusub Md. Axmed Maxamed Silaanyo, waxa lagu xasuusan doonaa inuu ahaa madaxweyne kor u qaaday magaca Soomaalida iyo guud ahaan magaca uunka geeska Afrika ku nool. Qofka ....
SA COULD play a positive role in quelling the rising terrorist insurgency in Somalia, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson said yesterday
NAIROBI, Kenya — If there is one place on the African continent that could benefit from new thinking, it is Somalia, a country that has been mired in mutating forms of civil war for nearly 20 years. But that is apparently not, many analysts contend, what Africa’s leaders are prepared to give it.
Mo Farah went from prankster to historymaker when he won Britain's first gold medal here in Barcelona last night.In the biggest race of his life, Farah led home
Hargeysa July 27, 2010 (WDN) - Xafladdii dhaarta ee ay xilka kula wareegayeen madaxweynaha cusub ee Somaliland Md. Axmed M. Maxamuud "Siilaanyo" iyo ...
The African Union asked South Africa to provide marine security to help efforts to restore peace in Somalia, where a civil war has been raging for the past two ....
HARGEISA July 27, 2010 (Reuters) - Somaliland's new leader, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, was sworn in as president on Tuesday, furthering the breakaway Somali...
A Fairfax man accused of trying to join an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Somalia poses a danger to the community and his family and will remain in jail...
MOGADISHU, July 27, 2010 (Reuters) - Somali Islamist rebels have ordered residents in areas they control to hand over televisions and satellite dishes, warning...
Yahye Wehelie, 26, born and raised in Fairfax County, was supposed to have been home this spring, telling friends and family about his 18-month stay in Yemen: the technology classes, his quest for a Muslim bride, the wedding ....
uly 27, 2010 (CNN) -- Eleven Somalis convicted of piracy-related crimes are heading to prison in the island nation of Seychelles, the archipelago's department ...
HARGEISA, July 27, 2010 (Reuters) - Thirteen militia from the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group were killed in clashes with troops of the semi-autonomous...
Raadiyo Wardheer, July 26, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon waxa ka mid dagaal dhex maray koox la sheegay in ay gacan saar la leedahay Al Shabaab oo fariisimo ku leh gobolka Bari iyo ciidamada Puntland...
IN 2006, the Bush administration declared Somalia the latest front in the war on terrorism: a newly influential movement, the Union of Islamic Courts, was ...
Madaxweynaha Puntland oo shir saxaafadeed qabtay ayaa sheegay in Puntland ay ku soo duushay argagixiso caalami ahi. Hadalkan madaxweyne Faroole ayaa soo baxay ka dib markii saaka uu dagaal ku dhex maray aagga Karin ciidamada Puntland iyo koox gacan saar la leh ururka Al Shabaab.
More than 30 African heads of state have gathered on Sunday for an African Union summit in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.
The leaders urged for a united front against al-Shabab, a Somali-based group responsible ...
Pretoria, South Africa, July 26, 2010 (APA) -The African Union (AU) Commission has requested South Africa to send troops to Somalia to join Burundian and ...
Mohamed Ali Nur, Somalia’s Ambassador to Kenya, probably has the least attractive job in the country. He represents a nation that is overwhelmingly viewed...
Minneapolis (SPR): Idaacada Somali Public Radio ayaa waxay maanta ku booqatey xafiiskiisa Sheekha reer Minneapolis ee Sh. C/raxmaan Abu-Turaab, isagoo halkaasi ku qabtey muxaadaro oo uu kaga...
Munyonyo, Uganda (CNN) -- Heads of 35 African nations observed two minutes of silence Sunday to honor more than 70 people killed in terrorist bomb blasts
An appliance manufacturer said Friday that it has changed policies at its freezer plant in St. Cloud that will make it possible for its Muslim employees to observe....
President Abdirahman Mohamud Farole of Putland State of Somalia is facing security challenges that his predecessors did not face: Security forces are targeted in the commercial city of Boosaso, a city that has acquire...
STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. forces will step up efforts to train and equip African Union peacekeepers engaged in a fight against Islamic militants in Somalia
KAMPALA, Uganda — Guinea has agreed to send hundreds of troops to Somalia to bolster the African Union’s peacekeeping force in the country after Somali...
Raadiyo Wardheer, July 23, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah sarkaal ka tirsan ciidamada dawladda Yuganda oo sheegay in dalal kale oo ka tirsan Afrika ay u dirayaan Soomaaliya saraakiil sidii
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali officials acknowledged on Thursday that members of Somalia’s presidential guard had defected to the Shabab, the radical Islamist...
KAMPALA, Uganda - Four African nations have sent army officers to Somalia before deciding whether to commit troops to the Horn of Africa nation, where rebels...
The Hague, July 23, 2010 (Reuters) - In a 9-5 nonbinding ruling on Thursday on the 2008 secession, the Hague-based court said it considered "that general...
Abuja, Nigeria, July 23, 2010 (APA) - The Nigeria Government on Thursday denied the involvement of its citizen in the July 11 bomb attack which claimed 76 lives...
Zachary Chesser, 20, of Oakton, Va., makes an initial appearance in court on charges of providing material support to the al-Shabab terror group, which earlier this month claimed responsibility for a bombing in Uganda ...
ERIGAVO, Somalia — A notorious warlord and arms dealer is training Islamist fighters in the remote mountains of northern Somalia and setting up what local officials...
"We don't collect information on religions, but we do know, obviously, that the Muslim religion is growing in the western part of the county," said Teresa Tudor,...
Somali man rescued by an army patrol boat is alleging that his pregnant wife was transferred to a Libyan coastguard vessel during the joint operation...
KAMPALA, Uganda — “Sometimes I get these bad dreams,” said Ahmed Uleh, his eyes hidden behind shiny aviator sunglasses. “Like they are trying to cut off my
Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction for months, facing Somalia when they should have been facing Saudi Arabia, the country's highest religious authority said today.
Raadiyo Wardheer, July 21, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ah degmada Boondheere oo dadkii koobnaa ee ku dhaqnaa ay ka qaxeen; ciidamo ka tirsan kuwa la yidhaa GSU ee dalka Kenya oo lagu...
Top officials of Al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamist movement vehemently opposing the Transitional Federal Government, opened a radio station in the central ....
A LARGE police contingent was called in to deal with an unruly, stone-throwing mob of about 400 who attacked a Somali-owned shop in Port Elizabeth last night.
Residents had earlier threatened to kill a Somali owner...
KAMPALA — African leaders gathering in Kampala days after Somalia's Shebab carried out deadly suicide attacks in the Ugandan capital are expected this weekend...
MOGADISHU, 21 July 2010 (IRIN) - As Islamist insurgents battle it out with government troops backed by African Union forces (AMISOM) in Somalia’s capital, civilians face continuous danger from above in the form of the mortar shells used by most parties to the conflict.
More and more Mayan and Tzotzil people in the Mexican state Chiapas are becoming Muslims. It's fifteen years since the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas and the...
Alle ha u naxariistee suxufigii Soomaaliyeed ee caanka ahaa Axmed Cumar Azhari oo ku geeryooday dalka Kenya ayaa 12 July 2010 lagu aasay magalada Nairobi...
Shirweynihii labaad ee ururka NSUM ayaa lagu qabtay magaalada Minneapolis gobolka Minnesota, ee dalka Maraykanka, maalmihii Sabtida iyo Axadda ee July 17/18, 2010. Kaas oo ay ka soo qayb galeen Gudiga fulinta NSUM oo ka kala yimid adduun weynaha dacaladiisa, xubnaha...
MOGADISHU, July 20, 2010 (Xinhua) -- As the African Union (AU) Summit is underway in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, discussions are likely to be dominated by the ...
Rome, Italy, July 20, 2010 -President of Somalia Sharif Sheikh Ahmed had a long discussion today with the President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano. President Sharif gave a full account of the current security, humanitarian...
Kampala — AT LEAST 20 Somalis have been arrested in connection with the twin bombings in Kampala that left 76 dead and over 50 injured. Security sources....
Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction for months, facing Somalia when they should have been facing Saudi Arabia, the country's highest religious authority said today.
Raadiyo Wardheer, July 19, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid dad rayid ah oo tiradoodu kor u dhafayso illaa 15 qof oo ku dhintay magaalada Muqdishu ka dib markii dagaallo u dhexeeya ciidamada..
Boston, July Fri-Sat,
23th-24th, 2010,
Time: 12:30 PM – 8:30
PM;
Venue Boston:
Islamic Society of Boston
Cultural Centre;
Address: 100 Malcolm X Blvd
(At Tremont St.)...
Amoud Foundation of Dallas, Texas, held a benefit dinner at the Ramada Plaza hotel in Minneapolis on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The fundraising dinner was held as...
Several Pakistanis are among those detained in connection with Al Shabab's Uganda bombings during the World Cup final on July 11. The Al Qaeda-linked Somali group claimed responsibility for its first terroris...
He was the man behind the Ugandan bombings. Now it is feared the leader of Somalia's Shebab extremists, a former accountant, will wage war in the West..
Images of two men police believe carried out deadly bombings in Uganda a week ago have been released. Interpol is circulating reconstructions of what the two might have looked like.
The U.S. State Department has issued a warning to American citizens traveling or residing in Uganda to maintain a high level of vigilance as a major African....
Uganda has long provided a sanctuary for Somali refugees fleeing unrest between al-Shabab fighters and the government in their home country.
But following last week's deadly bomb attacks in Uganda, claimed by...
Muslims throughout Temecula and Murrieta have saved up for years to build a mosque to replace the plain white industrial building, tucked between a pipeline company and packaging warehouse, where they now gather to pray.But as the Islamic Center of Temecula Valley moves ahead with
The cash-strapped Somali government is searching to recover funds locked in bank accounts around the world, in an attempt to stave off bankruptcy and fund ...
A new armed group is threatening to launch a violent campaign for the reunification of Somalia. The group is known as SSC, the initials of the Sool, Sanaag and...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the Uganda bomb attacks that killed 76 people watching the World Cup final on television, an
CNN) -- The African Union summit started in Uganda on Saturday, nearly a week after triple bombings in the nation's capital killed more than 70 people.
NAIROBI, July 17, 2010 (Reuters) - Almost two-thirds of Kenyans intend to vote for a new constitution next month although just as many say it will need some ..
ANNANDALE, Va. - Disorder and chaos continue to be a part of everyday life in Somalia. The lack of government oversight has led to a future of uncertainty...
Raadiyo Wardheer, July 16, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid ra'iisal wasaaraha Itoobiya oo sheegay in loo baahan yahay in la tirtiro ururka Al Shabaab ee dagaalada kula jira xukuumadda kmg ...
A man from Virginia who frequently travels to Yemen managed to get the notice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which landed him on the “no-fly” list and...
NAIROBI — Kenyan police arrested more than 100 Somalis in an overnight crackdown in the capital Nairobi on illegal immigrants, an official said Friday. ...
In early April 2010, members of the Gadabursi Community drew a line; making a clear departure from the traditional way of fixing and plastering the cracks ...
KAMPALA — Deadly bombings in Kampala have made Somalia an issue in Uganda's election campaign, with veteran President Yoweri Museveni vowing to go for broke
At least 20 young American men of Somali background left their homes in Minneapolis to return to Somalia and fight alongside a militant group called al-Shabab. Among them Shirwa Ahmed the first American suicide bomber...
San Diyeego July 13, 2010 - Waxaa magaalada San Diyeegu ee dalka Maraykanka ka dhacay bishan July 12 dii shir si wacan loo soo agaasimay oo lagu soo ...
Al Shabaab has now taken credit, taken responsibility for this atrocity, and we are going to redouble our efforts, working with Uganda, working with the African Union
Shebab chief says Uganda bombings 'just the beginning'
AMPALA — Uganda can provide 2,000 more troops needed to bring the African Union force in Somalia to its full strength if no other nation volunteers, the army's...
Center for Somali Peace and Justice ( CSPAJ) strongly condemns the cowardly terrorist attacks which caused the loss of 74 civilian lives in Kampala, Uganda,
Emotions ran high Tuesday at a meeting of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission. The vote, however, won't be held until later this summer.
At issue: whether to grant landmark status to a building ...
RIYADH: There has been no explanation, apology or refund given to Majed Shattai Al-Dhafairi, a Saudi man who was mistreated by immigration officers in the US...
Young Muslims are planning to publish their own magazine, the first issue of which will appear in August. The magazine dubbed Umma is the first of its kind in Finland....
A campaign to stop racial profiling is gaining momentum across America after experts revealed that discrimination is becoming "increasingly prevalent" in the continent. Concerted efforts are underway to convince Congress...
Center for Somali Peace and Justice ( CSPAJ) strongly condemns the cowardly terrorist attacks which caused the loss of 74 civilian lives in Kampala, Uganda,
A proposed pay hike agreed to by Kenya’s lawmakers that would increase their annual salary beyond that earned by a member of the US Congress has been met
Raadiyo Wardheer, July 13, 2010 (RWD) - Wararka ugu doorka roon maanta waxa ka mid kooxda Al Shabaab ee ka talisa qaybo badan oo ka mid ah koonfurta Soomaaliya ayaa si buuxda u sheegatay in ay ka dambeeyeen..
KAMPALA - Police in Uganda counted on an unexploded suicide vest on Tuesday to help them track down suspects in the double bombings that killed at least...
Cape Town - There has been little change in the environment that gave rise to the xenophobia attacks of 2008, the SA Institute of Race Relations warned on Tuesday...
Ugandan police have discovered a suicide vest and explosives laced with ball bearings in a discotheque in the capital, Kampala, suggesting that the plotters of Sunday's terror attacks may have planned to strike at more venues.
On a police base in this war-scarred capital, the players in the Somali under-17 national football team practise in mismatched attire for a match against Egypt....
CAIR has issued an advisory to American Muslims — whether citizens, permanent residents or visa holders — warning of the risk of “forced exile” when traveling overseas or attempting to return to the United States....
Two co-ordinated bombs exploded at two locations in the Ugandan capital Kampala, targeting crowds watching the World Cup. Is Uganda paying a price for contributing to the peacekeeping force there? And is the Somalia...
Islamist insurgents from Somalia's al-Shabab group are suspected of carrying out twin attacks on people watching the World Cup final in Uganda's capital, ...
CNN -- The death toll from bombings in Uganda rose to at least 74, authorities said Monday, a day after explosions ripped through two venues where crowds....
If, as expected, it turns out to have been Somali Islamic militants who carried out the twin suicide bombing in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Sunday night .
Jigjiga,Julay 11, 2010 (WDN) - Wararka aan ka helayno magaalada Jigjiga ee caasimadda Deegaanka Soomaalida Itoobiya ayaa xaqiijinaya in shir lagu qiimaynayay waxqabadka xukuumadda Deegaanka Soomaalida oo ay ..
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA -- On a police base in this war-scarred capital, the players on Somalia's under-17 national soccer team practice in mismatched attire for ...
A family of former asylum-seekers from Somalia are living in a £2.1million luxury townhouse in one of Britain's most exclusive addresses at a cost to taxpayers of £8,000 a month. Abdi and Sayruq Nur and their seven children moved into their three-storey property in a fashionable area of London ...
Mussa Farah knows how important education can be for young Somalis living in Columbus. Many have ended up in jail after slipping down a path through drugs and gangs, he said. Almost always, the first step on that path...
MOGADISHU, July 10, 2010 (Reuters) - Somalia's embattled president urged regional powers to step up the fight against the growing number of foreign fighters he said are joining the ranks of Islamist insurgents in the Horn of
ST. CLOUD, Minn. July 09, 2010 - Early Thursday morning Hared Jabril arrived to open up his market in St. Cloud and discovered his business had been vandalized.
The picture of starvation in Africa is one we think we know.“We tend to think of it as a lonely child in the middle of nowhere with a vulture hanging over her,”
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali clerics who are worried that their country could become a launching pad for global jihad are stepping up efforts around the globe to stop
As the nearly two-decade-old political turmoil continues in the troubled East African nation of Somalia, Jeffrey Brown has a rare look into the failed state's in the world. For nearly two decades, Somalia has been plagued
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's biggest opposition bloc, the Muslim Brotherhood, has set up a website to help potential presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei gather
He is pragmatic and uncomplaining as he explains how he manages to subsist beyond the fringes of society, hand to mouth, on meals of bread and tuna bought with Red Cross food vouchers. He has noticed, however, that...
HEBAH AHMED assessed the weather before she stepped out of her minivan. “It’s windy,” she said with a sigh, tucking a loose bit of hair into her scarf. Her younger sister, Sarah, watched out the window as dust devils danced...
In the Somali capital Mogadishu people love their football, especially the World Cup. So imagine the frustration of some soccer fans who aren’t allowed to watch..
To 15-year-old Abrar Salad of St. Louis Park, the novel reflected familiar faces and placessumming up and tying together the many stories of Somalis in Minneapolis," she said
