Author Archives: sayfudiin Abdalle

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Madaxweynaha Dalka Mareykanka Mr, Brack Obama ayaa hambalyo u diray shacabka dalkaasi Ciraaq, Obama ayaa Hanbalyadana ku soo beegay xilli ay Shacabka dalkaasi Ciraaq ay u codkooda ay ka dhiibteen Doorashada Baarlamanka ee dalkaasi Ciraaq. “Cod bixinta maanta waxa ay cadeeneeysa in Mustaqbalka Dalka Ciraaq uu ku xiranyahay shacabka Ciraaq”...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- Munaasabado ballaaran oo lagu xusayo maalinta haweenka Aduunka oo ku began maanta oo ay ka qeyb galeen madax ka tirsan Dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa maanta lagu qabtay Magaalada Muqdisho. Wasiiradda Haweenka iyo arrimaha qoyska Dowladda Soomaaliya Drs. Fowsiyo Maxamed Sheekh oo ku sugan dalka Ingiriiska ayaa qadka Telefoonka ugu hambalyeysay Haweenka...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A British yachting couple seized by Somali pirates and held in separate locations have been temporarily reunited after weeks apart, a doctor who treated the two said. Paul and Rachel Chandler were suffering from severe anxiety brought on by their separation and captivity in war-ravaged Somalia, Dr. Abdi Mohamed Elmi Hangul told The Associated Press...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Frigate Nivose oo ah Markab dagaal oo ay leedahay dawladda Faransiiska looguna tala galay la dagaalanka Burcad badeeda ayaa gacanta ku soo dhigay 35 Burcad badeed Somali ah kadib howl galo ay ka sameeyeen badweynta India. Markabka dagaalka oo mudo dheer daba socday Burcadan ayaa qabtay, markii ay gudaha ugaleen biyaha caalamiga ah, oo ay aad uga...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The U.S. is considering joining a European Union effort to train a new army for Somalia, whose government is engaged in a war against al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants, a senior military official said Thursday. Maj. Gen. Richard J. Sherlock, head of plans for the U.S. Africa Command said there is considerable scope for cooperation with the EU training...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Somali pirates freed a Thai fishing vessel they held for more than four months after receiving a ransom, the European Union Naval Force said, and French officials said their navy seized 11 suspected pirates elsewhere along Somalia’s coast. The announcement from the French Defence Ministry on Sunday brought the three-day take to a record 35...Continue reading »

‘Real Life’ helping refugees adjust Ah, the American supermarket, with its 8-foot-tall shrine of soft drinks, its bubble gum as big as ping pong balls, its lucky charmed necklaces (collect all 10!). And that’s just in the foyer, before you even enter the store. A smart shopper knows what to buy and what to walk right by, which is why Jamal Omer, 14,...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- International military chiefs signalled a new, more aggressive strategy against piracy, as swarms of Somalis moved into the waters off East Africa. Commander John Harbour, spokesman for the EU Naval Force, said the military was “taking the fight to the pirates” after four shootouts showed that high-seas attacks are intensifying with the...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Washington):- US special operations forces could help the Somali government, which is preparing an offensive to dislodge Al-Qaeda militants from the capital Mogadishu, The New York Times reported. Citing an unnamed US official in Washington, the newspaper said the offensive could begin in a few weeks. “What you?re likely to see is airstrikes and Special...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Somali pirates have hijacked a chemical tanker that was travelling off the coast of Madagascar, the ship’s Norwegian owner Broevigtank says. The Marshall Island-flagged UBT Ocean has 21 crew on board, according to the Norwegian News Agency. Svenn Pedersen of Broevigtank said on Friday: “The captain of the ship called us early this morning...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Paul and Rachel Chandler, the British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates last October, could be released within weeks, a Somali official has said. Mohamed Omar Dalha, the deputy speaker of Somalia’s parliament, said Somali communities inside and outside the country have been working to negotiate the release of the Chandlers. “We are hopeful...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- Madaxweynaha dowlada ku meel gaarka Soomaaliya Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa lagu wadaa in maalinta Khamiista ee toddobaadkan uu booqasho ku tago dalka Ingiriiska. Sarkaal sare oo ka tirsan madaxtooyada Villa Soomaaliya ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in madaxweyne Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed uu safar rasmi ah ugu ambabixi doono magaalada London maalinta...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A French warship has arrested 11 suspected Somali pirates and destroyed their vessels, European Union naval forces said Friday. EU NAVFOR Somalia, the EU’s anti-piracy mission in the region, said the FS Nivose had been sent after a pirate attack group that had earlier failed to hijack a French vessel. “On arrival at the scene they found...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Somalia’s hardline Islamists have banned English and science studies in schools in the southern Afmadow town after the education centers there ignored the rebels’ call for fighters, residents and teachers say. Residents of the town near the border with Kenya said three schools had been given one month to comply with the order by al Shabaab...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Somali pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a Spanish fishing vessel, which responded with gunfire, during a hijack attempt in the Indian Ocean, European Union naval forces said Thursday. None of the crew of the Cadiz-registered Albacan were injured in the attack, which came as calm seas make it easier for pirates to operate in the Gulf of...Continue reading »

Abwaan Cabdirashiid Cumar Al khaalidi (ina cowsgurow). Waa Abwaan da’yar oo ku dhashay Magaalada Garissa Sanadku markuu ahaa 1980. Waxuuna ka mid yahay hada Hal abuurada Soomaaliyeed, Abwaanku wuxuu Gabayo ku tiriyaa Luuqadaha Igiriiska iyo Soomaaliga iyo luuqada sawaaxiliga, isagoona hada soo saaray Calajad cusub oo ka kooban Toban Gabay. Si ka gedisan abwaanadii...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The British couple held for more than four months by Somali pirates were offered their first glimmer of hope tonight. A member of the Somali government claimed negotiations for Paul and Rachel Chandler’s release were progressing rapidly and promised they would be freed ‘within ten days’. The gang have demanded a £1.3million ransom...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- NATO said Wednesday that it prevented a pirate attack this past Sunday off the coast of Somalia. “On Sunday 28 February 2010 the NATO flagship HDMS Absalon undertook direct action to disrupt the piracy in the Somali Basin by scuttling a pirate mother skiff, one of the large, open boats that pirates use to transport and support their attack...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- About a year ago, Muqtar Ali’s brother was shot dead by gunmen in the busy Bakara market of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, and his $200 in cash was stolen. Ali says that if a new mobile money transfer service unveiled by Somalia’s biggest mobile telecoms firm last month had been in place then, his brother would still be alive. Telecoms...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Washington):- The Supreme Court is questioning whether a former prime minister of Somalia can be sued in U.S. courts for allegedly overseeing killings and other atrocities. Mohamed Ali Samantar was defense minister and prime minister of Somalia in the 1980s and early 1990s under dictator Siad Barre. But he now lives in Virginia, and some of his victims have...Continue reading »