Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The pirates who captured a retired British couple four months ago have dismissed growing pressure from the Somali diaspora for their unconditional release but are reducing their ransom demands. Speaking to The Times from the place where Paul and Rachel Chandler are held, a pirate leader identifying himself as Ali Gedow rejected appeals from the British...Continue reading »
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Bartamaha (London):- A Somali mother-of-four is entitled to claim about £2,500 in benefits because two of her children are attending UK schools, EU judges ruled today. Nimco Hassan Ibrahim was denied housing assistance because she and her estranged husband – a Danish national – failed to qualify for residency rights. She appealed the decision by Harrow...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Victoria):- THE Rudd government should extend its new regime of security and identity checks to everyone applying for a visa to Australia, regardless of whether their native country is considered a terror threat, a key Somali leader has said. Abdurahman Osman, the president of the Somali Community of Victoria, yesterday welcomed the move to introduce biometric...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Alberta):- Idiris Cabas oo 23 jir ah iyo Siciid Cadad oo 22 jir ah oo ah wiilal Somali ah ayay Booliska gobolka Alberta ee dalka Canada ayaa sheegay in meydadkooda laga heley degaanka Hillside Manor, oo ka tirsan Alberta. Booliska ayaa sheegay in meydadka labada wiil laga heley goob caan ku ah daroogada iyo haweenka jirkooda ka ganacsada halkaasi oo loo maleynayo...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (colombus):- Ururka SOMPED ayaa si kulul u cambaareeyey xariga degmada Wanla-weyn ee gobolka Shabeelaha Hoose loogu geystey wariye Cali Yuusuf Aadan, maalintii Axadii 21-ka February 2010. Wariyahaasi oo ka tirsanaa idaacada Somaliweyn ee fadhigeedu yahay magaalada Muqdisho. War saxaafadeed uu soo saaray ururka SOMPED ayaa sheegay in xariga wariye Cali Yuusuf...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Virginia):- Authorities are searching for 270 Somalis believed to have entered the U.S. illegally with the help of a Virginia man who admitted contacts with an Islamic terrorist group. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent said his agency had yet to locate any of the suspected illegal immigrants. According to an affidavit filed in Alexandria’s...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Columbus):- The Somali Media and Peace Developments (SOMPED) strongly condemns illegal arrest of Ali Yusuf Aden, Somali local reporter in Wanla-weyn district of Lower Shabelle region on Sunday 21st Februray 2010. Ali Yusuf Aden was a private reporter for Somaliweyn radio based in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The arrest of Ali Yusuf Aden is still unclear,...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Sydney):- In the wake of recent misuse of passports of many European countries and to counter terrorism, Australia announced Tuesday stricter security checks, including finger-printing and face-scanning, for visitors from 10 “high-risk countries.” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said his country was facing a rising threat from “home-grown terrorists”–Australian-born,...Continue reading »
The militant group attacked football fans watching the UEFA Champions League match between Milan and Manchester United last Tuesday. Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- According to a report posted on Shaaficiyah.com, the Al Shabab insurgents who have waged war against the transitional government of Somalia in the last four years attacked a cinema in Madina district in Mogadhishu...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Following a long time of Somali pirates’ attacks along the eastern African coast and the Gulf of Aden, the East African Community member states are seeking cooperation to suppress and prevent the attacks. Regional communication ministers attending a meeting in Arusha of the seventh sectoral council of ministers of transport, communications...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Last year, we had a lot of coverage on the role of the Navy SEALs in the rescue of an American captain who was held hostage off the coast of Somalia. The U.S. Navy, however, is just one of various foreign navies that patrol the waters off Somalia in order to protect passing ships from pirate attacks. The Gulf of Aden is considered as the quickest...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Garawe):- Madaxweynaha Puntland C/raxmaan Max’ed Faroole iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo ayaa maanta barqadii dib ugu soo laabtay Magaalada Garoowe e Caasimada Maamul goboleedka Puntland, waxaana garoonka ku soo dhaweeyay masuuliyiin ka tirsan Maamulka Puntland. Amaanka magaaladda Garoowe ayaa saaka ahaa mid aad loo adkeeyey,waxaana wadada laamiga dheer ee...Continue reading »
Mogadishu is a shattered city, but fragments of its old beauty remain, says Tristan McConnell. Bartamaha (Mogadishu):-Â After dark, the dull thud of mortars and the staccato popping of machine guns come more frequently. Sometimes the explosions make it hard to sleep, so I lie awake counting, learning to read the Mogadishu soundscape: one . . . two-three . . . four....Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Cardiff):- For the last 10 years, every other Saturday he’s been charged with entertaining around 20,000 fans in his role as Cardiff City’s stadium announcer. But despite his public speaking experience, Ali Yassine admits that he’s scared, as he prepares to read extracts from his Welsh-language autobiography, Llais yr Adar Gleision (Bluebirds’...Continue reading »
A Spanish Navy officer leads out a suspected Somali pirate out of a ship in Mombasa. Photo/REUTERS Bartamaha(Nairobi):- Following a long time of Somali pirates’ attacks along the eastern African coast and the Gulf of Aden, the East African Community member states are seeking cooperation to suppress and prevent the attacks. Regional communication ministers attending...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Mogadishu):- Security threats with sporadic gunshots marked the residence of Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Sunday, testifying the tension in the capital of the Horn of Africa country. Carrying heavy helmets and thick bulletproof jackets, Xinhua correspondents entered the presidential residence under the intensive protection of over 20 armed...Continue reading »
Amanda Lindhout Bartamaha (CALGARY):- A Canadian woman who was held hostage for more than 15 months in lawless Somalia says that while she can’t forgive the horrors she endured, she understands her captors have never known a life without war. Amanda Lindhout spoke publicly for the first time Sunday night at a dinner in her honour held by Alberta’s Somali community. She...Continue reading »
Off the Somali coast, pirates, terrorists and Pakistan army mercenaries make a Molotov cocktail. The toll – 43 ships hijacked, over $ 80 million ransom in just under nine months. There are clear indications that sea piracy targeted at ships of some specific countries has become a new strategic depth doctrine for the Pakistani military establishment, says Policy...Continue reading »
Madaxa Xafiiska Madaxweynaha Agaasinka Warfaafinta Republic of Somalia The Presidency Office of the Chief of Staff Directorate of Communications JS/XM/DOC/ 144 /010 Date: 02 / 20 /2010 War-Saxaafadeed Waxba Kama Jiraan Warka Ay Allpuntland.com Ka Qortay Madaxtooyada Soomaaliya (Muqdisho,...Continue reading »
Corruption is hardly a victimless crime. A major contributor to the massive death toll from the Haiti earthquake was shoddily constructed buildings that couldn’t have been erected under the oversight of professional and honest inspectors. Haiti ranked as the 10th most corrupt country in Transparency International’s most recent corruption perception index....Continue reading »
