Bartamaha (PORTLAND, Maine):-A Portland man is hoping to be the first Somali immigrant to join the Maine legislature. Mohammed Dini announced his candidacy as a Democrat for District 119 Friday. That’s the district that includes Portland’s Parkside, Bayside and Kennedy Park neighborhoods. He’s running to replace Herb Adams, who is leaving his seat because...Continue reading »
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Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Suspected members of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militias have for the second time this month raided Kenya’s border town of Liboi. The heavily armed gunmen barricaded and attacked several positions within the remote settlement, some 18km from Somalia’s porous-ragged border, witnesses told Saturday Nation. Northeastern provincial commissioner...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Virtually all of Europe’s major airports remain closed as a huge plume of volcanic ash drifts south and east across the continent from Iceland. Millions of air travellers are stranded across Europe after some 16,000 flights were cancelled on Friday. Britain and Ireland have re-imposed flight bans, warning of “worsening” conditions...Continue reading »
Idacadaha ku yaala qeybaba ay mucaaradka ka taliyaan ee magalada Muqdisho ayaa joojiyey dhawaqa Musik-ada dhamaan, waxa kale oo hawada ka maqan idacadaha BBC-da oo laga dhageysaneen FM-yadii qeybo badan oo Koofurta Somaliya, casimadane ay ku jirto. Xayiraadahaan cusub ayaa waxa soo rogey Al-Shabaab iyo Xisbul-Islam oo sida muuqata doonayo “iney afka qabtaan xoriyadda...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):-A song by Colombian pop star Shakira and South African band Freshlyground has been chosen as the official anthem of this summer’s World Cup. The song, Time for Africa, is expected to be released to radio stations from next week and will be available for download from 26 April. Shakira and Freshlyground will perform the song at the pre-tournament...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Many of the attendees, including Presidents Obama and Sarkozy, could have their plans disrupted by the Icelandic volcano The volcanic ash cloud engulfing northern Europe is seriously disrupting arrangements for one of the most high-profile funerals ever staged in Poland. President Obama, President Medvedev, a dozen other heads of state, the Prince...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed iyo wafdigii uu hogaaminaayay ayaa tababar ugu soo xiray Ciidamo loo tababaraayay Dowladda Soomaaliya, tababarkaasi oo ka socday Dalka Uganda. Ciidamadaasi tababarka loo soo xiray ayaa tiradooda la sheegay inay tahay ilaa 2000 oo askari, waxaana tababarka ciidamadaasi siinaayay saraakiil ka socota...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Ciidamada Amaanka ee magaalada Boosaaso ee xarunta gobolka Bari ayaa wax ay gacanta ku dhigeen in kabadan boqol ruux oo Tahriibayaal ah kuwaasi oo u dhashay dalka Ethiopia. Arrintan ayaa timid kadib how galo ay sameeyeen Ciiidanka Amaanka magaaladda Boosaaso. Shir jaraa’iid oo ay si wada jir ah maanta ugu qabteen Saldhiga dhexe ee magaalada...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) Thursday condemned the order issued by an armed insurgent group, Hisbul Islam, to shut down indefinitely a radio station in Mogadishu. Militias from Hisbul Islam stormed the premises of GBC radio on 14 April 2010 and ordered the radio to go off air without advance notice. NUSOJ said the action was...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- FOUR youth workers who fled war-torn Somalia were stabbed by a gang of youths while they played football in Finsbury Park. Amin Husein, 23, Omar Abdullahi, 20, Abdirahman Ali, 22, and Mohamed Jama, 21, were attacked as they supervised a weekly youth training session of the Jubba football team on Friday. It took place just weeks after Mr Husein and...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Commercial ships traversing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean should be armed to defend themselves against marauding Somali pirates because international warships can’t do the whole job and won’t be there forever, a top U.S. Navy admiral said on Thursday. Seaborne gangs of pirates have stepped up hijack attacks on vessels in recent...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Somali pirates scooped up by U.S. and European warships are sitting in legal limbo on the high seas. Bringing them to the lawless Somali capital for trial is not an option and Kenya says it won’t take any more, though diplomats wonder if the government in Nairobi may be trying to wring more cash from the international community. Among the more...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (London):- Waxaa safar shaqo ah ku imanayo Madaxwaynaha Ximan iyo Xeeb Mudane Mohamed abdullahi iyo Wafdi uu hogaaminaayo Dalka Ingiriiska Magaala madaxdeeda – London maalinta khamiista taarikhduna tahay 16 .04.2010. Maalinta sabtigana wuxuu safakiisa Madaxwaynuhu tu tagi doonaa Dolland, halkaas oo uu kula kulmi doono Ximan iyo Xeeb Diaspora forum ee...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):-The painful Somalia scandal influenced how Canadians handled detainees in Afghanistan, focusing efforts on ensuring prisoners were free from abuse while in Canada’s custody rather than what happened after their transfer to Afghan jails, an inquiry heard today. A soldier who served as a senior military policeman at Canadian Forces headquarters...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- fter five days in a sweltering lifeboat with Somali pirates, Captain Richard Phillips refused to give up hope even when the crazy one with “Charlie Manson eyes” aimed his pistol at Phillips’ head and dry-fired it. Phillips had been trying to outwit four armed pirates since April 8, 2009, when they seized the cargo ship he commanded,...Continue reading »
Baratmaha (Moorhead, Minn):- Refugees living in the Fargo-Moorhead area are trying to draw attention to what they say is genocide happening in their home country of Ethiopia. A documentary film about the war, called “Silent Cry,” is showing Wednesday evening at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Violence is familiar to the people of Ogaden, a small area...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The President of Somali football federation Said Mahmoud Nur has termed the president of world’s football governing body, FIFA Joseph S. Blatter as the “rescuer†of Somali football which is rapidly growing in the horn of African nation. The president said in a press conference on Wednesday that with out the constant assistance...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Ururka Caawiye Foundation Trust ayaa maanta Deeqo Lacageed iyo dharba gaarsiiyey Barakacayaasha ku Nool Deegaanka Galgalato iyo Sh. Cali Cabdulle,ee Duleedka Waqooyi bari ee magaalada Muqdisho. In ka badan 400-Qoys oo ku Nool Deegaanka Galgalato iyo Sh. Cali Cabdulle, isla markaana ku noolaa xaalad Nolol Xumo oo aad u liidata, ayaa maanta markii...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Singer and TV presenter Charlotte Church has got engaged to Wales international Gavin Henson, she has told celebrity magazine OK!. Henson, who is currently on indefinite leave from rugby, proposed to Church the day after they celebrated her 24th birthday in February. The rugby star flew his girlfriend by helicopter to Cornwall and proposed on one...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A GROUP of Somali friends were attacked with knives as they played football in Finsbury Park on Friday following a petty row over a ball. Up to four of the young men, in their late teens and early 20s, were stabbed at 6.30pm in the park, near Manor House Tube station, after being set upon by a gang armed with dangerous weapons. Injuries included...Continue reading »
