COLUMBUS, Ohio — The leader of a community advocacy group says the U.S. rescue of two hostages in Somalia is uplifting news for Ohio Somalis, although the kidnappings underscored their worries about their homeland. Jibril (Juh-BRILL’) Mohamed (Mo-HAHM’-ed) heads SomaliCan in Columbus. He says he and other members of the central Ohio community are glad […]
Somalia’s growing Islamist radicalism is spilling over into Kenya. The militant Al-Shabaab movement has built a cross-border presence and a clandestine support network among Muslim populations in the north east and Nairobi and on the coast, and is trying to radicalise and recruit youth from these communities, often capitalising on long-standing grievances against the central […]
Somali pirates have started to cut off their hostages’ limbs in a bid to extract even greater ransoms from the owners of the ships they capture. The horrific new tactic was used last Friday on the Vietnamese captain of a ship being held in the Somali pirate lair of Haradhere. Chao-I Wu’s right arm was […]
American commandos raced into Somalia early Wednesday and rescued two aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man, after a shootout with Somali pirates who had been holding them captive for months. The American soldiers swooped in by helicopter, killed nine pirates and captured several others, before spiriting away the hostages, who were not […]
Qahira Jan 25,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Waxa guud ahaan dalka Masar maanta looga dabaaldegay sanadguuradii koowaad ee ka soo wareegtay kolkii dadka dalkaasi ay kacdoon shacab oo xilkii ka tuuray keligii taliyihii dunida ugu xooga weynaa. Beerta Taxriir oo ah goobta caanka ku noqotay kacdoonkaas ayaa maanta waxa buux dhaafiyay shacab kala taageersan kooxaha siyaasadeed ee kala duwan ee […]
Hargeysa Jan 25,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Dawlada KMG ah ee Soomaliya,urur goboleedka IGAD,baarlamaanka Soomaaliya iyo qaar ka mid ah dalalka reer Galbeedka ayaa ku dawakhsan ujeedada dhabta ah ee shirka London lagu wado in Soomaalida loogu qabto dabayaaqada bisha soo socota. Tuhunada ayaa laba nuuc ah,midi waa sida ku soo boodka ah ee dawlada Britain mar uun ugu dhawaaqday […]
Washington Jan 25,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Goolhayaha kooxda Boston Bruins oo heyta horyaalka Hockeyga (Xeego) ee woqooyiga America ayaa qaadacay in uu kooxdiisa u raaco aqalka cad si ay ula kulmaan madaxweynaha Mareykanka Barack Obama. Tim Thomas ayaa sheegay mar uu saxaafada la hadlay in uu xubin ka yahay xisbiga mucaaridka ah ee Jamhuuriga,isla markaana aanu qabin in madaxweynuhu […]
FARMINGTON — Maine writer and performer Cheryl Hamilton will bring her one-woman show, “Checkered Floors,” to the Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The 7:30 p.m. performance is open to the public with requests for donations at the door. “Checkered Floors” is about a recent college […]
I was surprised to read a letter published on Widhwidh Online and Allgedo Online on 23rd January 2012 and sent to David Cameron, British Prime Minister and Mark Bowden, UNDP Resident Representative for Somalia by a Gentleman who called himself only Farah-Kolley (najmaf@live.com.) Re: Somaliland Aid Accountability. Mr Farah-Kolley started the opening two paragraphs of his letter with courteous words of gratitude to donor nations for […]
Muqdisho, January 24,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Muddo 18 sano ka dib ayaa maanta markii ugu horreysey Qaramada Midoobey si rasmi ah uga furatay xafiiskeeda Siyaasadda (UNPOS) magaalada Muqdisho. Xoghayaha Guud ee Qaramada Midoobey Ban Ki-Moon ayaa 09kii December yimid Muqdisho isla markaana ku dhawaaqay in Xafiiska UNPOS loo soo rari doono Muqdisho bisha Janaayo. Ergeyga Gaarka ah ee […]