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Swedish journalists sentenced to 11 years in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Tuesday sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in jail for supporting terrorism and entering the country illegally, sparking widespread condemnation. “The sentence should be punishment of 11 years imprisonment,” Judge Shemsu Sirgaga … read more »

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Minn. bank must close hawala accounts if no remedy

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The bank that handles most of the wire transfers Minnesota’s Somali community send to relatives back home says that without legal relief, it must close its accounts with the money transfer companies next week. Sunrise Community Banks … read more »

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Ka bogo Gabdhaheena Xulka Qaranka ee K. Koleyga ciyaarahoodii oo lasoo aruuriyay (VIDEO)

(Ka Yimid Soomaalo.com Blogs) Hadaan idin sheego waxa aan maanta ku faraxsanahay waxa ay tahay, Waa guulahii ay soo hooyeen Xulka Gabdhaha Kubadda Koleyga ee Qarankeena. Ciyaar wanaag, xirfad iyo Karti ayay ka muujiyeen ciyaarihii Pan Arab Games ee ka socday … read more »

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Video: Baroordiiqii Adduunka (Hadaad N. Korea joogto maanta oodan Ooyn….))

Maanta waxaa ku dhintay dalka waqooyiga Kuuriya madaxweynahoodii Kim Jong Il, Dhamaan dadweynaha reer W.Kuuriya ayaa naxdin lasoo toosay iyo tiiraanyo. Daawo baroordiiqa loo dhigay Kim Jong Il, Waxaad moodaa in meel kore laga daawanayo dadka oo kii aan si … read more »

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Somali journalist killed in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU — A man in Somali military uniform shot dead a local TV journalist in the streets of the capital Mogadishu Sunday, a security official said, adding that they were investigating the killing. The attacker shot Abdisalan Sheikh Hassan, who … read more »

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Struggle and progess: 10 years of Somalis in Lewiston

LEWISTON — Virtually all of the Somalis who have come to Lewiston since January 2001 are legal residents of the United States. The vast majority arrived with refugee status, meaning they had lived in refugee camps in Kenya or other countries … read more »

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Waa inaan Badbaadinaa Qaranimadeyna

Dr. Cabduraxman Baadiyow Ruuxii aan ogeyn ha ogaado, ruuxey ka dahsoontahay ha u cadaato, ruxii ka ilduufsan haku baraarugo, dalakeyna Somaaliya kuma taagna waddadii qaranimada, umana jeedo qibladii dawladnimada!! Muddo 10 sano ka badan waxaan ku jirnay maaweello iyo meel … read more »

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The evolution of Political Islam

By Ismail A Mohamed (Geyaandiid) Politics is dynamic that often re-invents with times endlessly to exhibit the fears, hopes, apprehensions and appreciations of the society, in the wake of September 11 the Bush administration initiated a project to democratize the … read more »

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Mogadishu dares to dream of a new future as militants are driven from Somali capital

A gunshot echoed across the jagged shells of homes pulverised by battle. Obeying orders to “watch and shoot”, a soldier had taken aim with his heavy machine gun down a road bleached white by the sun, spotted a target and … read more »

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Kenya ‘waxaan weerareynaa Afgooye’

Dowladda Kenya ayaa sheegtay inay ku weerari doonto al-Shabaab meelo fog oo ka mid ah koonfurta Soomaaliya. Afhayeen u hadlay ciidanka militeriga ee Kenya, Colonel Cyrus Oguna, ayaa sheegay in weerarrada meela ay ku qaadi doonaan ay ku jirto magaalada … read more »

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Macdonald apologizes for election-night comments

LEWISTON — Mayor-elect Bob Macdonald apologized to the city Thursday for his election-night comments — but his apology wasn’t enough for some members of the city’s immigrant community. Abdifatah Ahmed, a local landlord and pharmacist, said Macdonald ought to apologize … read more »

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Shortchanging Somalia

It’s hard to imagine what could make the situation in Somalia, a desperately poor failed state that hasn’t had a functioning government since 1991 and is in the midst of a deadly drought,even worse. But a Minnesota bank may have found something. … read more »

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Somali pirates get life for deadly hijacking of US yacht

WASHINGTON — Two Somali pirates were sentenced in US federal court to life in prison Thursday for killing four Americans while hijacking a yacht in February. Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali, a 32-year-old also known as Sanadaaq, pleaded guilty to piracy … read more »

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Somalia’s Insurgents Embrace Twitter as a Weapon

NAIROBI, Kenya — Think of it as the Battle of the Tweets. Somalia’s powerful Islamist insurgents, the Shabab, best known for chopping off hands and starving their own people, just opened a Twitter account, and in the past week they … read more »

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Dhagayso: Shariif Xasan oo Diiday Xil-ka-qaadistii lagu sameeyey

Wareysi gaar ah oo uu siiyey Idaacadda VOA ayaa Afhayeenka Baarlmaanka DKMG ee Somalia uu sheegay in talaabidaasi ay tahay sharci-darro. Afhayeenka ayaa ka hadlay in aanu ogeyn in Madaxweynaha ama Ra’iisal Wasaaruhu ay ku lug leeyihiin tallaabadan la sheegay … read more »

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12 Days of Caring: Somali Association of Central Pennsylvania helps refugees

Every year over the holiday season, The Patriot-News presents 12 Days of Caring, highlighting a dozen charities that provide needed services in our community. Each of the organizations depends on donations to help underwrite its operations. Today’s story about the Somali … read more »

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Punches fly in chaotic Somali parliament session‎

MOGADISHU — A rowdy parliament session in war-torn Somalia degenerated into fistfights and kicks Wednesday after disagreements over the sacking of the speaker, lawmakers said. Supporters of speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, who was dismissed on Tuesday by 280 MPs, … read more »

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UN-backed invasion of Somalia spirals into chaos

People who have endured civil war, oppression under a brutal religious sect and starvation now find themselves caught between the lines of a border conflict that is entering a new and dangerous phase. Kenya’s invasion of Somalia, hailed by the … read more »

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Tweeting with al-Shabab

Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri “twinterviews” the hardline fighters who want to replace the Somali government with an Islamic state. The group began tweeting on December 7 under the handle HSM Press Office – an acronym for Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen, or … read more »

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Kulankii Barlamaanka KMG oo Goordhow Dhamaaday iyo Gudoomiyihii Barlamaanka oo Xilkii laga Qaaday

Waxaa goordhow soo dhamaaday kulan aan cadi ahayn oo maanta qayb ka mid ah mudanayaasha barlamaanka KMG Soomaaliya ay ku yeesheen magaalada Muqdisho. Kulankan ayaa sida ay sheegeen ka qeybalayaasha waxaa saaka looga hadlayey mooshin ka dhan afhayeenka barlamaanka kaasoo … read more »

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