Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Discussions between the Kenyan Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, founded by Microsoft’s Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, could see a large camel milk processing plant set up at Isiolo. On its part, the government plans to construct a mini processing plant for...Continue reading »
Category Archives: Diaspora [ QURBAHA ]
Waxaa taariikhdu markay ahayd January 15, 2011 shir ay isugu yimaadeen dhamaan qaybaha kala duwan ee bulshahda reer Maakhir kuwaas oo ka kala yimid Yurub, Waqooyiga Amerika, iyo Afrika. Kuwaas oo isuga jiray qaybaha kala duwan sida culimada, aqoonyahanada, siyaasiiinta, ganacsatada,dhalinyarada, haweenka iyo ardayda waxku barata Jaamadacadaha wadanka Maraykanka....Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Canada):- We invite you to join Canadian Somalis in a peaceful demonstration to show our support for the Makhtal Family and to demand that the Canadian Government bring Bashir Makhtal back to Canada When: January 20, 2011 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Where: Outside the Prime Minister’s office and right across the Canadian parliament at 80 Wellington...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Canada):- Interview of Ahmed Hussen, national president of the Canadian Somali Congress on Alberta radio. The interview covered the topic of the deaths of 32 young Canadian Somali men in Alberta, Canada. Other issues that were discussed included the level of cooperation between the Alberta Somali community and the police, and the absence of mainstream political...Continue reading »
They face huge barriers of language, culture and poverty – but Manchester’s Somali children have achieved an astonishing breakthrough in their exam results. Just eight years ago, barely 14 per cent of pupils in the city gained the government’s GCSE benchmark. Today, that figure has rocketed to 46 per cent. Experts put the rapid improvement down to huge commitment...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Sweden):-A woman who lied about being gang raped in Somalia to claim more than £250,000 in benefits had moved to Britain after boasting it was the ‘land of easy money’. Ayan Abdulle was jailed this week after investigators discovered that the story she used to win asylum – and later UK citizenship – was a pack of lies. Now the Daily Mail can reveal...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Harstan-Norway):—Ismail Khalif Abdulle stared at the map of Norway for much of the two-hour flight from Oslo to this city 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, trying to imagine what a day with only a couple hours of winter twilight would be like. “It’s okay,” he shrugged eventually. “The sun in Mogadishu used to drive me crazy.” The skinny...Continue reading »
A deputy trainee who was shot in the face by a reputed gang member during a shootout in East Los Angeles was recovering from surgery Thursday, with doctors remaining hopeful. “Looking at the big picture right now, he is exceeding all of our expectations,’‘ Dr. Kenji Inaba said at a news conference Thursday. “We’re very pleased with his...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Los Angelos):- Mohamed Ahmed was new to the streets. Nestor Torres was a far more familiar, some say infamous, presence when their lives collided at a dark East Los Angeles intersection. Ahmed was a deputy in training, just a few weeks on the beat, learning the ropes in a rough stretch of the Eastside with a veteran deputy. A Somali immigrant, the 27-year-old...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Mombasa):- At 35, Farah Hussein has seen it all and gunshots no longer send a cold shiver down his spine. Since the fall of former Somali dictator Mohammed Siad Barre’s government in 1991, his country has known nothing but bloodshed and hopelessness. He has witnessed some of the gory war scenes he will not forget in his life. He has witnessed rebels rout successive...Continue reading »
Wariye Cali Xaraare ayaa magaalada Minneapolis ee gobolka Minnesota ka sii daayay war saxaafadeed uu uga hadlayo musuqmaasuqa iyo qabiilaysiga uu maamulaha idaacadda VOA Yabarow ku hayo shaqaalaha Idaacadda Afka Soomaaliga ee VOA. Yabarow ayaa sanadahan dambe lagu eedeynayay inuu u kala eexdo shaqaalaha idaacadda qaarna uu ku eryay qabiilka ay u dhasheen daraadiis. (Hoos...Continue reading »
Gulet Mohamed is an 18-year-old American citizen whose family is Somalian. His parents moved with him to the U.S. when he was 2 or 3 years old, and he has lived in the U.S. ever since. In March, 2009, he went to study Arabic and Islam in Yemen (in Sana’a, the nation’s capital), and, after several weeks, left (at his mother’s urging) and went to visit...Continue reading »
Qoys degan dalka Maraykanka, ayaa helay abaalmarin sare oo la xiriirtay dhinaca waxbarashada caruurta iyo sidoo kale daryeelka caruurta ee waalidka. Fardowsa Yuusuf Maxamed, ayaa ku guulaysatay abaalmarin heer wanaagsan ee dhinaca waxbarashada ay ka gaartay, oo uu ku abaalmariyay iskuulka dowladda ee Minneapolis. Waxay ka mid noqotay shanta ardayda ee ugu waxbarashada...Continue reading »
Prof,Abdi Farah,Yaasin ,Dahir Ali Kamiin iyo ka qeybgalayaashii shirka. Shir weyne ay soo uu soo qaban-qaabiyey Ururka Hirda Foundation ee ka shaqeeya waxbarashada dalka Somalia,laakiin fadhigiisu uu yahay dalka Holland ayaa waxa uu ka dhacay Magaallada Amsterdam,kaasi oo warbixin dhinaca waxbarashada Somaliya ku saabsan looga dhageysanayey Guddoomiyaha Jaamacadda Muqdisho...Continue reading »
An Edmonton man who pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon missed his sentencing Monday. And that’s because Mohamud Mohamed Jama died after being shot in Edmonton’s first homicide of the year. Jama, 23, had been celebrating the new year with friends at the Papyrus Restaurant and Lounge near 112 Street and 107 Avenue when he was gunned down about 3 a.m. on Jan. 1. Jama...Continue reading »
Her harrowing account of being brutally gang-raped by armed militiamen in Somalia won Amina Muse refuge in Britain. The mother-of-six, whose asylum application graphically described her brothers being shot dead in front of her, was later given UK citizenship because of the ‘appalling atrocities’. But the terrifying ordeal, like her identity, was completely bogus –...Continue reading »
Minneapolis: Weriyaasha loogu jecelyahay qaybta raadiyaasha ayuu ka mid ahaa Cali Xaraare mudo Afarsano ahan wuxuu ka soo shaqaynayey Idaacadii cusbayd ee Maraykanku u ufray Soomaalida Ee VOA da, wuxuu wiigaan sheegay in shaqadiisii loo cusbonayn waayey taas oo ay ka danbaysay khilaafyo soo dhex maray isaga iyo madaxa raadiya Yabarow oo uu sheegay in aanu cid wax uga oglayan...Continue reading »
Bartamaha ( America):- Asha Omar, a native of Somalia, spent almost a year looking for safety, away from the Islamic militants who murdered most of her family. Late last year, she found it in El Paso. In November, a federal immigration judge granted Omar’s application for asylum based on her fear of being persecuted in her home country. “I feel safe now,”...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Faribault):- Tucked behind Pawn Stars on Central Avenue, a nondescript metal door leads to a room sparsely furnished with a few tables, a pair of Somali and American flags carefully intertwined and a small collection of people waiting to be helped. Somali Community Services Inc., a non-profit offshoot of the Faribault Welcome Center, is open for business. Like...Continue reading »
Bartamaha( New Nork):- ON May 5, just after sunup, 750 militants surrounded Dr. Hawa Abdi’s hospital. Mama Hawa, as she is known, heard gunshots, looked out the window and saw she was vastly outnumbered. “Why are you running this hospital?” the gunmen demanded. “You are old. And you are a woman!” They did not seem to care that Mama Hawa, 63, was one of the only...Continue reading »
