Bartamaha (Minnesota):- After the shocking arrest of 17 of their peers Monday, the Somali community of Minnesota is struggling to grasp the bust of a human trafficking sex ring that spanned three states. Federal and local law enforcement officials are continuing their investigation into a multi-state prostitution ring that involved members of the Minnesota Somali community....Continue reading »
Category Archives: Diaspora [ QURBAHA ]
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- The growing problem of piracy off the Somali coast demands more than just military efforts, the United Nations political chief told the Security Council today, calling for simultaneous action on three fronts – deterrence, security and the rule of law, and development – to combat the scourge. “Piracy is a menace that is outpacing...Continue reading »
Minneapolis: warbixintan waxaa soo wada diyaariyey Wargays ka soo baxa Gobolka Minnesota oo layiraahdo WCCO iyo Bartamaha, Kadib markii shalay la soo qabqabtay Dhalinyaro badan oo Soomaali ah oo lagu soo eedeyey in ay ka Ganacsanjireen Suuqgayanta Gabadhaha yar yar oo qaarkood jiraan 16 sano. sheekanadan oo ay qarxishay laanta FBI du waxay sheegeen in gabadhan yar yar...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Westham):- Ciyaaryahanka Ahmed Abdulla waa wiil Soomaaliyeed oo ka tirsan kooxda West-Ham London oo ka mid kooxaha heerka koowaad ee dalka Ingiriiska. AHMED ABDULLA waxa uu ku dhashey 12 Nov 1991 dalka Sacuudiga, islamarkaana waxa u haystaa dhalashada dalka Sacuudiga balse waa Soomaali waalidkiis ay halkaasi yimadeen mudo hore, waxana uu ku hadlaa Soomaali,Carabi...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- Federal agents have arrested 26 people in Minnesota and Tennessee for running an alleged prostitution ring that authorities said shuffled girls across state lines. The wide-reaching sex-trafficking operation, controlled by Somali gangs, preyed on girls from the Twin Cities, including some who were 13 or younger, according to an indictment unsealed...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- On the heels of the highest ransom ever paid to Somali pirates, civilians recently kidnapped in the Indian Ocean reportedly have been taken to Somalia where they are being held onshore. The European Union Naval Force Somalia announced Monday it had rescued off the Somali coast the captain of a yacht that had been hijacked by pirates. The EU’s...Continue reading »
*** SCROLL DOWN FOR THE NAMES*** Those charged in the indictment are identified as: Abdifitah Jama Adan, aka “Shorty,” aka “Faleebo,” aka “Kuzzo,” 28; Abdullahi Sade Afyare, aka “Forehead,”19; Ahmad Abnulnasir Ahmad, aka “Fabulous,”23; Yahya Jamal Ahmed, 23; Abdikarim Osman Ali, aka “Homer,” aka “Big...Continue reading »
*** SCROLL DOWN FOR THE NAMES by Sasha Aslanian, Minnesota Public Radio, Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul, Minn. — Twin Cities girls, including some who were 13 and younger, were shuffled across state lines to work as prostitutes in a wide-reaching sex-trafficking operation controlled by Somali gangs, according to an indictment unsealed Monday in federal...Continue reading »
On Friday 29 October the Somali Radio Sweden has interviewed a Somali lady and a member of the Moderat (M) political party, Rahma Dirie. She has travelled to Minnesota as part of a Swedish delegation whose main objective was to learn from the experiences of the Somalis in America in terms of integration and business. Somalis in America are successful entrepreneurs who...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- A Kenyan court on Friday freed 17 Somali men detained by the U.S. Navy at sea and accused of piracy, saying the Navy didn’t provide the necessary evidence to convict the suspects. The decision has left authorities in a dilemma over what to do with the Somali men since the court did not order them repatriated back to their country, the men’s...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- The Minneapolis City Council Friday unanimously approved the financing and assistance for the stabilization and revitalization of Riverside Plaza. The City approved $1.9 million in assistance and the issuance of up to $80 million in tax-exempt multifamily housing revenue bonds, according to a city news release. The Council also approved a neighborhood-development...Continue reading »
Members of the Somali community say they are outraged by an officer-involved shooting in Bloomington. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner says 50-year-old Billie Lobahanow died from multiple gunshot wounds after a scuffle with police Thursday afternoon. He was shot by an officer outside his apartment complex on Lyndale Avenue South just after 2:30 p.m. Bloomington Police...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- Xaflad Balaaran oo lagu soo dhaweeyay Guushii Balaarnaa ee uu gaaray Xuseen Samatar oo ku guulaystay xil uu isku sharaxay. Xuseen Samatar ayaa waxa uu u tartamayay Golaha Waxbarashada Ee Gobolka Minnesota waxaana uu ku guulaystay Xubin ka mida Golaha Waxbarashada Ee Gobolkaasi Minesota oo uu guul ka keenay musharaxnimadiisa. Xaflad balaaran oo lagu...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- Four days later, in 1991, the war began. Samatar did not want to leave Somalia. He had a college degree and a bright future. “But what do you do when your own country becomes nuts and people start killing each other?” he said. He fled with his family to Kenya, where they found themselves living in a refugee camp with thousands of others. He...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Implement the Western organizations of a humanitarian nature missionary activities among the refugees in Kenya Somali exploited the difficult circumstances they face, the center of the absence of an official to the Somali authorities. And lead the horse in cooperation with the U.S. “Somali Christian believers,” headed by Ahmed Ali Ahili...Continue reading »
Minneapolis — Minneapolis voters have elected the first Somali-American to hold public office in Minnesota, and likely the nation. Hussein Samatar fled the civil war of his East African homeland nearly two decades ago, with basic survival as his only concern. Last night, the nonprofit leader won a seat on the Minneapolis school board. At his victory party last night,...Continue reading »
In the 1990s, Abdinasir Dirie’s parents fled civil war in Somalia for the apparent peace and safety of Canada. Years later, G Baby, as his family called him, made his own way from the rough streets of Toronto’s St. Jamestown neighbourhood to the oilfields of Alberta looking for riches and good fortune. There, he died and his murder remains unsolved, like so...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Minnesota):- With his election Tuesday to the Minneapolis school board, Hussein Samatar became the first Somali immigrant elected to public office in Minnesota and possibly the United States. The founder and CEO of the African Development Center, who came to the United States as a refugee in 1993 and learned English in less than a year, in part by watching soap...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (London):- The spiritual leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula, Anwar al-Awlaki, has featured heavily in the coverage of the latest Islamist bomb plot against the West. He also radicalised Roshonara Choudhry, the East London Bangladeshi who has today been convicted of attempting to murder a Labour MP in protest at the Iraq war. These are just the latest...Continue reading »
Bartamaha ( Britain):- A BAN on air freight from Somalia could leave Britain facing a chronic shortage of crazy pirates, experts have warned. Home secretary Theresa May said cargo flights from the former African country would be suspended until further notice after a suspected Arab stuck some gaffer tape to a printer cartridge. But Professor Tom Logan, head of Somalian...Continue reading »
