Bartamaha (Ottawa):- The voice of Canadian Somali women Ottawa stop in the Journey for Justice You are cordially invited to support and strengthen the voice of the Canadian Somali parents who have lost 32 young men in Alberta since 2007. These families are looking for answers and seeking justice. They deserve nothing less than meaningful justice to enable them to...Continue reading »
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St. Paul, Minn. — The BBC’s program “Africa, Have Your Say” broadcasts live from the UBS Forum as part of a worldwide call-in based in St. Paul and London. The program features young Somalis in St. Paul and London who’ve never known peace in their homeland. They discuss perceptions of their homeland, the prospects for the future of Somalia and...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- Jaaliyada Soomaalida Ogadiniya Ee Magaalada Minnesota ayaa banaanbax balaaran ka dhigtay Magaalada Minneapolis Ee Dalka Maraykanka. Banaanbaxayaal caraysan oo ka soo jeeda Deegaanka Soomaalida Ethiopia ayaa isugu soo baxay Magaalada Minneapolis ee dalka Maraykanka kuwaasi oo si gaar ah u diidana booqashada Madaxweynaha deegaanada Soomaalida u...Continue reading »
The 26th January marks 20 years since the fall of Somalia’s last President Mohamed Siad Barre. Since then the country has been reduced to a battle zone with its image overshadowed by war and conflict. To mark this anniversary BBC Africa Have Your Say is asking what role young Somalis hope to play in their country’s future. The programme will be broadcast...Continue reading »
Two men were wounded in a drive-by shooting Monday outside a bustling community center in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. About 5:30 p.m., the two were standing near the entrance of the Brian Coyle Community Center when a car drove by “and opened fire,” said Tony Wagner, president of Pillsbury United Communities, which runs the center. Minneapolis...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- Madaxweynaha Deegaanka Soomaalida ee dalka Ethiopia ayaa gaaray Magaalada Minnesota halkaasi oo si diiran loogu soo dhaweeyay. Madaxweyne Cabdi Maxamuud Cumar iyo xubno la socday ayaa waxa ay gaareen Minnesota halkaasi oo si weyn ay ugu soo dhaweeyen Soomaalida dagan dalkaasi Maraykanka oo munaasabad balaaran ugu sameeyay magaaladaasi. Madaxweynaha...Continue reading »
Minneapolis: Abdi mahaxamed Ilay oo ay doolada Itoobiya u dooratay Madaxweynaha Kililka Shanaad ayaa booqashadiisii ugu horeyey Ee Maraykanka ka bilaabay goblka Minnesota oo ay Soomaali baaxd weyne degan tahay isagoo raba in uu ka helo kaalmo wada shaqayan dadka ka soo geeda Soomaali Galbeed ama Ogadeeniya. Wuxuuse kala kulmay Diidmo xoogweyn oo ay dadku ku soo bandhigeen...Continue reading »
COLUMBUS OHIO MUXAADARO DIINI AH Wuxuu masjidka Abu Hurairah idinku marti qaadayaa inaad ka faa’ideysataan muxaadaro diini ah oo uu inoo soo jeedinayo Sheikh Abdirizaq Hashi oo nagu soo booqday magaalada Columbus, Ohio. Muxaadaradu waxay dhici doontaa. Isniinta beri ah Jan 24, 2011 Bacdal Maghrib 5:55pm Masjid Abu Hurairah. Fadlan kasoo qaybgala walaalahana...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Fleeing Somalia may mean an end to dodging bullets and living in fear, but for many Somalis who manage to cross the border into Kenya, it is also the start of a long and difficult journey as a refugee. “We have refugees who have been in Kenya since 1991,” said Salam Shahin, registration officer with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Dadaab,...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- Several hundred Somalis from the Twin Cities, St. Cloud and other communities protested a visit to Minneapolis Sunday by Abdi Mohamud Omar, president of the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, where ethnic Somalis have been fighting for more than a decade against Ethiopian rule. Shouting and carrying signs across S. 7th Street from the Radisson City Center...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Washington):- An American teenager has been reunited with his family after being held in Kuwait for a month because he was allegedly place on the U.S. government’s no-fly list. Gulet Mohamed, 19, who claims he was beaten and tortured in the Gulf state, was greeted family members at a terminal of Washington DC’s Dulles International Airport. The Muslim,...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Mombasa):- Somalia legislators have been working without pay for the last six months, a member of parliament has revealed. Prof Mohamed Omar Dalha who is a MP of Lower Shebele, said 550 MPs who serve in the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia are a miserable lot owing to the refusal of the international community to pay their allowances. Prof Dalha added...Continue reading »
Bartamaha–The attack was savage. Two people set upon Shane McClellan in the early morning hours one day last May as the 16-year-old was walking home from a friend’s house. “They burned him with lit cigarettes, they urinated on him, they beat him, his teeth were chipped, his face was swollen almost beyond recognition when the police arrived several hours...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Munaasabad balaaran oo lagu xusayay maalinta saxaafada Xurta ah Ee Soomaaliya ayaa ka dhacday Magaalada Nairobi Ee Dalka Kenya. Wariyayaasha dibad jooga ka ah dalka ayaa shalay Munaasabad ay si weyn ugu xusayeen Maalinta saxaafada waxa ay ku qabteen gudaha Magaalada Nairobi gaar ahaan Hotel ku yaala xaafada Soomaalida dagan tahay Ee Caasimada Kenya. Wariyayaasha...Continue reading »
On January 11th, two employees at the Vollintine Market in North Memphis — Haider Mohammed and Sameer Murshed — were arrested and charged after police found a drug called khat and a loaded pistol behind the counter. Khat, a flowering shrub that can be used as a stimulant, is fairly new to Memphis, but the drug dates back to at least the 15th century in its native East...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Kenyans in drought-stricken areas were thrown a lifeline on Wednesday when the President directed immediate purchase of food for them. Food will be bought from areas with surplus for distribution to those without and for building strategic food reserves. This was one of the measures outlined by President Kibaki on Wednesday to bail out drought-hit...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Denmark):- A Somali man accused of trying to kill a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has gone on trial Wednesday in Denmark. Danish intelligence police say they believe he is close to the Islamist movement al-Shabaab. The prosecutor in the case, Kirsten Dyrman, spoke outside the court on Wednesday. She said the defendant is accused of...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minesota):-Back in July of 2008, MinnPost.com reported a troubling finding, that first generation U.S.-born Somali-speaking children in Minneapolis schools were being disproportionately identified as having autism. Today, theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it will be conducting a study as to whether or not there are unusually high...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- National researchers plan to investigate whether there are higher rates of autism among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis, a move that will likely be applauded by Somali parents eager for answers. In a plan announced Tuesday by the advocacy group Autism Speaks, the National Institute of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will...Continue reading »
