The Somali Student Association at Ohio State organized its first-ever5k/one-mile run Sunday on the Oval in an effort to raise money for the victims of the famine in Somalia. Project Run for Life: Horn of Africa, was developed over the summer by SSA board members and OSU Undergraduate Student Government senate member Bilal Bajwa. Since then, Run for Life has raised $11,000...Continue reading »
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MINNEAPOLIS – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is blasting two high-profile leaders in the metro Somali community as anti-Muslim ahead of a conference with police departments to discuss Somali culture — and the public spat is testing the limits of tolerance. The controversial claim comes from a group that is no stranger to controversy itself,...Continue reading »
A former al-Shabaab leader who is now fighting alongside Kenya says Somalia can finally have a future once the militants are defeated. Sheikh Ahmed Madobe who now leads the Ras Kamboni, say Al-Shabaab has distorted the Islamic faith and must be kicked out of Somalia. NTV’s Yassin Juma who is in Southern Somalia caught up with the general in this exclusive interview. ...
The search for a woman and her two children missing from Manchester, England has led to Toronto. Anisa Ibrahim, 31, along with her two children, Khalid, 6, and Ahmed Abubakar, 4, have not been seen since April 2010. They were last seen travelling to Amsterdam from Manchester on April 9, 2010. Police are actively looking for the family and believe Ibrahim and her children...Continue reading »
James C. Swan, the new U.S. special representative for Somalia, wanted to hear from Columbus Somalis about U.S. policy in their homeland. For some in the Somali diaspora, Swan’s appointment indicates to them that the United States is willing to take a lead in helping to resolve the many problems that have fractured the war-torn country for 21 years. Abdi Issa was direct...Continue reading »
Almost a month after Kenya sent its troops over the border into Somalia, there is a growing sense of unease about whether the country is ready for the consequences of a war with the Islamist group al- Shabaab. The Kenyan public seems to be behind the military operation, but after a spate of grenade attacks and raids, people are beginning to question whether the security...Continue reading »
Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetangula has warned external aggressors and their sympathisers. Mr Wetangula said the operation against Al Shabaab insurgents on Somali soil by Kenyan forces is not disrespect to the country’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG). “We enjoy good diplomatic relationships with the Somalia government under President Shiekh Sharif and...Continue reading »
Though the United States will finally be withdrawing from Iraq at the end of this year, the War on Terror continues. Our country remains alert, careful and cautiously guards its fragile feelings of relief in a global environment rife with conflict. The battle against hatred is not an easy one to fight, and in this decade inundated with tragic and terrible acts of terror,...Continue reading »
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging torture claims against a former Somali military colonel who lives in Ohio. Defendant Abdi Aden Magan (AHB’-dee AH’-den MAH’-gen) argues the lawsuit was filed in the wrong country and too long after when his accuser says the abuse occurred. Former human rights advocate in Somalia Abukar Hassan...Continue reading »
It is the middle of the night in Eastleigh, a district of Nairobi mainly occupied by the Somali community. Jamal Sharif has not slept for 48 hours, steadily chewing miraa stems, which contain a mild amphetamine that dispels fatigue and makes people talkative. Sharif is terrified the rest of Kenya might “attack and kill” Somali residents, and even those of...Continue reading »
A group of Islamic and Somali organizations said Monday that an upcoming educational seminar on Somalia organized by former Ramsey County sheriff Bob Fletcher is anti-Muslim and anti-Somali and will lead to a rise in racial and religious profiling. The seminar, called “Understanding the People of Somalia,” will be put on Thursday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in...Continue reading »
Already facing a storm of political and economic challenges ahead of next year’s general elections, Kenya is now fighting a potentially protracted war against Islamist rebels in Somalia and risks further attacks on its soil. Here are some of the risk factors ahead: SOMALIA A series of kidnappings on Kenyan soil and persistent attacks on its security forces along...Continue reading »
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Twin Cities Somali community believes one of its own has become a suicide bomber responsible for killing 10 in Somalia. Two men blew themselves up in an attack on Saturday on an African Union base in Mogadishu. One of the suicide bombers left a recorded message and a terrorist group identifies him as a man who grew up in Minneapolis. The Twin...Continue reading »
Mahdi Hassan Ali’s path to life in prison wound to a close on Monday as the families of the three men he gunned down in a botched convenience store robbery took quiet satisfaction in the fact he will never be free again. “We got what we wanted. And he got what he deserved,” said Abdirazak Warfa, whose cousins Mohamed Warfa, 31, and Osman Elmi, 28, died...Continue reading »
Mogadishu, Somalia — The voice in the recording sounds familiar, the tenor the colloquialisms – a boy who grew up in America. The recording was a suicide message, posted online on Sunday by an Islamist militia aligned with Al Qaeda. The voice was said to be that of Abdisalan Hussein Ali, 22, who was born in Somalia but spent his formative years in Minneapolis. His...Continue reading »
Less than a week after she was convicted in a scheme to send money to a group battling Somalia’s fledgling government, Amina Farah Ali is refusing to come out of her jail cell to eat, her attorney said. The issue stems from the Rochester, Minn., woman’s belief that her religion, Islam, requires her to wear a head covering, or hijab, when in public. The Sherburne...Continue reading »
A TEENAGER on trial over the death of a young Sheffield student knocked down by a car told a jury he was left ‘shocked and confused’ following the killing and denied ‘looking for trouble’ on the evening of the fatal collision. Abdulla Awil Mohammed, aged 18, died on Coleridge Road in Darnall after being hit on the head by a road sign toppled over by a car driving...Continue reading »
Minneapolis — A federal jury in Minneapolis today convicted two Rochester women of diverting money to a terrorist group in their native Somalia. It was the first case to go to trial as part of the federal government’s broader efforts to prosecute Minnesotans charged with supporting the terrorist group al-Shabab. After deliberating for about 20 hours, the jury found...Continue reading »
Brown County has seen a sudden and unexpected surge in the number of Somalis moving into the area this year. It’s prompting law enforcement to receive a lesson on Somali culture, crimes, and drugs. “They didn’t know who to talk to, didn’t know the police could be trusted. That’s going to be a tough road for us, but this is a first step,”...Continue reading »
