Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The police have now enlisted the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to probe twin incidents in which three police officers were killed in the line of duty in separate attacks. Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere said on Saturday that investigations are currently underway to establish the identity of the assailants, their motives and...Continue reading »
Category Archives: Diaspora [ QURBAHA ]
Bartamaha (Canada):- A Somali-born man who came to Ottawa at the age of five will be deported back to his country of birth this weekend, but which part of the country he lands in can mean the difference between life and death, his father says. Omar Ahmed, 25, a former student at Ridgemont High School, has been in prison for a year since signing a paper acknowledging that...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- When the jarring sounds of explosions that twice broke the eerie calm of two Nairobi estates seven hours apart went silent, three officers had been robbed of their lives. And last night, a nation was left in shock and consternation at the motive of the dastardly Rambo-style attacks, the level of sophistication, and whether the two incidents were linked. In...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- An attacker hurled an explosive device into a police van in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Friday and it blew up, killing one officer, a police commander said. The attack took place in a predominantly Somali suburb of city. “The doctors have confirmed it, he is dead,” Francis Mburu, the Nairobi provincial administrative commander, told...Continue reading »
Bartamaha —-That’s what the Somali visitor got when he went to the Texas Department of Public Safety office to replace his driver’s license after it was stolen. The denial stemmed from the man’s relatively obscure immigration designation: temporary protected status. TPS, as it’s known in the alphabet soup of U.S. immigration jargon, refers to the type of...Continue reading »
By Laura Yuen Minneapolis — An alleged plan to blow up a Christmas-tree lighting festival in Portland is reverberating nearly 2,000 miles away, in the nation’s largest Somali-American community. Twin Cities Somalis say there’s no escape from the spotlight these days. News stories about gangs, prostitution and religious indoctrination are filling the airwaves...Continue reading »
BARTAMAHA (NAIROBI ): - Kenya wants a special Somali court to try suspected pirates set up in a third country, its prime minister said on Wednesday. The east African nation says it has helped to take the burden of prosecuting pirates seized by international warships in the busy shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia. “We will be asking for … establishment...Continue reading »
BARTAMAHA (MINNEAPOLIS): - 19-year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud is accused of trying to bomb a tree lighting ceremony in Portland but his lawyers claim it was entrapment. The failed plot is causing concern among Somali leaders in the Twin Cities. He is pleading not guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. Last Friday, he drove a van to a crowded tree-lighting...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- During the World Aids Day celebrations on Wednesday, gays and lesbians held a silent march asking Mr Odinga to withdraw orders to arrest them. They described the statement as ‘dangerous’ and could instigate violence. Prime Minister Raila Odinga has denied that he ordered the arrest of gay couples but maintained that such unions were unlawful. The...Continue reading »
Minneapolis: Maanta waxaa Albaabada u furay Deriska ku dhow masaajidka weyn ee la yiraahdo Daarul Hijra masajidkan oo ku yaa xaafada Soomaalidu ugu badantahay Minneapolis oo la yiraando Cedar wuxuu galbta soo casuumay dadka deriska la aha masajidka oo degan xaafada masaajidku yaal. Dadkaas oo isugu jiray Cadaan iyo madoowba Muslin iyo Gaalo, Soomaali iyo weliba Dadka Marayakanka...Continue reading »
Bartamaha— On the eve of the verdict in the trial of two men accused of killing Mohamed Ali Ibrahim, a Somali-Canadian man gunned down two years ago, CBC radio’s Karen Horseman spoke to Ahmed Hussen, president of the Canadian Somali Congress, about the difficulties with witnesses faced during the trial and the fact that as the first trial in a string of murder...Continue reading »
BARTAMAHA (SEATTLE, Wash): -- These have been trying times for Puget Sound Somalis. The Seattle-area has the fourth largest Somali population in the country. Somali Americans are trying to cope with the bad press related to the arrest of a Somali teen, who is accused of plotting to bomb a Portland tree lighting ceremony. “In general, our community is feeling scared,...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (SAN DIEGO ): — A San Diego woman charged with helping a Somalia-based terror group will remain behind bars for the foreseeable future. The defense did not ask for bail because of the woman’s immigration status. Defense attorney Charles Rees said it would have been futile to request bail for Nima Ali Yusuf because she is not a U.S. citizen. Even if federal...Continue reading »
BARTAMAHA (PORTLAND, Ore.):- Late Monday evening, Portland city leaders and dozens from the Somali community filed out of City Hall’s Rose Room. For nearly two hours both sides discussed the tension in the metro area in the wake of this weekend’s foiled bombing at Pioneer Courthouse Square. “It was an excellent meeting,” said Somali community...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- Kulan lagu taageerayay Mashruuc loogu magac daray taageerida Maktabada Galdogob ee dalka Soomaaliya. Qurba joogta dagan Gobolka Minnesota ee dalka Maraykanka ayaa waxa ay kulan ka yeesheen taageerida dhismaha Maktabad laga furo Gobolka Mudug gaar ahaan Magaalada Goldogob ee dalka Soomaaliya. Dhalinayro Soomaaliyeed oo ku fikirtay samaynta Mashruucan...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Washigton):- A federal judge in Virginia sentenced a Somali man to 30 years in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to his role in an April attack on a US Navy vessel off the coast of Africa. Jama Idle Ibrahim was sentenced on three charges related to the April 10 attack on the USS Ashland amphibious dock landing ship: attacking to plunder a vessel, engaging...Continue reading »
SEATTLE – The Somali community in Seattle is on high alert – in fear of a backlash after an attempted terror arrest at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore. Seattleites with a Somali background are concerned that people will think all Somali Muslims are potential terrorists. “It’s a little bit shocked us – our community,”...Continue reading »
Masaajidkii uu ku tukan Jiray Wiilkii loo xiray falka argagixiso ee la hakayiya maalintii jimca ahayd ayaa maanta oo ah Axad 28-ka bisha Nofember, 2010 lagubay. Masaajidkan oo ah xarun Islaam, looguna magac daro Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center ayaa waxaa dab la qabadsiiyay qayb kamid ah, ahna xafiiska masaajidka. Sida uu sheegay Imamka masaajidku, dabku wuxuu si xun...Continue reading »
Mohamed Osman Mohamud. Mohamed Osman Mohamud oo ah ah 19 Jir Soomaali ah, haystana dhalashada dalka Mareykanka ayaa lagu xiray Gobalka Oregan gaar ahaan Magaaladda Portland Maalintii Jimcaha 26 Nofembar, 2010 saacadu marka ay aheyd 5:42 P.M fiidnimo. Ciidanka Amaanka, kuwa danbi barista iyo booliska magaaladda Portland ayaa wiilkan Soomaaliga xiray kadib markii ay...Continue reading »
