HARGEISA– A middle aged man was brought down by a hail of bullets discharged by an assailant. The deceased was accosted west of the Hargeisa main stadium at about 7pm by a lone gunman. The victim died on the spot while the gunman fled the scene of crime after the shooting. The name of the victim […]
Deputy President William Ruto welcomes Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at the Eldoret International Airport on January 27, 2016.PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday held a three-hour, closed door meeting with Kenya’s Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations in Eldoret. Sources privy to the meeting told the Nation the […]
“Hargeysa is a very beautiful and lively city right now; you see. I still feel sad when I hear the stories about how beautiful Hargeysa used to be before the war. I wish I could travel back in time and see the theatre and the museum Hargeysa used to have. There was a big theatre […]
BRILLION – None of the 53 Somali employees at Ariens Co. have been terminated since the company began to enforce its break policy Monday, but some have opted to resign, the company said. The company declined to say how many of the Muslim workers have left the company. The 53 Somali workers who practice the Muslim faith […]
Hudda Ibrahim started at St. Cloud Technical and Community College in 2007, six months after arriving in the United States. A refugee from Somalia, she felt unprepared and disoriented on campus. Still, after she earned her master’s degree last summer, there was nowhere else she wanted to be. As an instructor, adviser and a mentor […]
NAIROBI – At least five police officers died in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Kenya, police and reports said Wednesday, as troops inside Somalia pulled out of some bases after Islamist attacks. Kenyan police chief Joseph Boinnet confirmed “there was an incident where a police lorry hit an improvised explosive device” on Tuesday, but […]
The Somali government and the Islamist armed group Al-Shabab placed civilians at excessive risk from conflict-related and other abuses during 2015. There were clashes over the creation of federal states by the government with the backing of the international partners. Displaced populations remained vulnerable to sexual violence and forced evictions. And Al-Shabaab carried out unlawful, […]
The head of the Swedish police has sparked outrage by expressing sympathy with the teenage asylum seeker accused of murdering social worker Alexander Mezher. National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson, who has already admitted police cannot cope with the wave of migrant crime, said he has concerns about the ‘horrors’ and trauma the accused murderer may […]
One of Somalia’s most celebrated veteran journalists has died suddenly at a hospital in the Somali capital Tuesday, family announced. Abdi Haji Gobdon, a pioneering long-time journalist as well as a former government spokesman has died after a brief illness at Daru Shifa hospital, his brother Abukar Gobdon announced. His work largely focused on patriotism […]
Eritrean men are being threatened with jail unless they marry more than one wife, reports say. A statement allegedly issued by the government of Eritrea is reportedly ordering men to marry at least two wives due to acute shortage of men caused by enormous casualties suffered during the civil war with Ethiopia. In the statement written […]