Category Archives: Diaspora [ QURBAHA ]

A Somali woman who was handcuffed for nearly five hours during a 2006 raid at her apartment while wearing only a nightdress received $40,000 to settle a lawsuit against federal agents she says ignored pleas to allow her to cover herself in front of strangers in keeping with her Muslim faith. The settlement was the final federal claim remaining in a civil-rights lawsuit...Continue reading »

The boy accused of killing three people in a Somali convenience store sat quietly in court Tuesday as an expert and lawyers discussed what can be inferred from his wisdom teeth. Mahdi Ali’s molar development was an issue in the pretrial hearing because defense attorney Frederick Goetz claims his client was only 15 when he allegedly gunned down three men Jan....Continue reading »

After losing by three votes, 40th Missouri House District candidate sues A Missouri House candidate who officially lost — by three votes — the Democratic race to represent Kansas City’s Northeast area is suing for a new election. Will Royster cited illegally cast votes and other election irregularities in his petition filed in Jackson County Circuit...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Kampala):- Human rights activists have accused Kenya of secretly sending four terror suspects to Uganda after the World Cup bomb blasts in Ugandan capital Kampala. Kenya’s Muslim Human Rights Forum said this was a violation of Kenyan law. The group’s chairman, Al-Amin Kimathi, also said FBI agents interrogated three of the suspects illegally. The...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (UK):- TWO Somali men were arrested in a dawn raid as police attempted to smash a drugs gang in Southend. Officers stormed the flat in Longbow tower block, in Sherwood Way, at 7.10am yesterday to arrest the men, aged 20 and 23. Police found a wrap of suspected heroin, a small packet of cannabis and some weighing scales. Two passports were also found in the property,...Continue reading »

My name is Sadik Warfa and I have the great honor of running Minnesota House Representative District 61A as an independence party candidate. I am committed to bringing transparency to our state and to use my problem solving skills to address the growing deficit, our dysfunctional school systems and the rising cost of healthcare. I want the voters to know who I am and...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Hardline Islamists from Somalia are increasingly launching cross-border raids into Kenya’s remote north east despite a heightened state of alert there, local residents and officials said. Kenya has long cast a wary eye at its anarchic neighbour where first clan warlords and now Islamist insurgents have reduced government to impotence. Now in...Continue reading »

”Waa bishii Islaamkee, Inta dibada joogtiyo, Soomaalida awooda leh, Ehelkiyo qaraabada, Qaarbaan itaal iyo aan awood lahaynee, u gurmadaa dadkiinoo, Afurkooda siiyaa” London 17.08.2010: Kooxda wadaniga ah ee Qeylodhaan ayaa markale soo saartey hees cusub oo magaceedu yahay afuuraay oo lagu weynaynaayo bisha barakeysan  Ramadaanka. Heestan cusub...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Muktar Sagal knew little else about his new home until he landed at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Sagal, 27, spent most of his life in a refugee camp in Kenya before he resettled in March in St. Cloud. Since then, Sagal has gotten help from a new local office that helps refugees adapt to a new country and culture. Lutheran Social Service...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang’ula said the situation in Somalia cannot be addressed solely by an institution or an individual, “but calls for committed plan of action by the various stakeholders.” The Minister said this when he met with the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga, who...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Manchester):- Waxaa magaalada Manchester lagu qabtey koob loogu magacdarey  Somali old boys oo ay soo qabanqaabiyeen ururka  dhalinyarada cuslaatey ee Manchester. koobka  waxaa ku tartamay kooxaha kale ah Allstars, Geeska Afrika, Alraxma iyo kooxda Siinaay. Ciyaarahaan xiisaha badan ayaa waxay socdeen 31 July ilaa 8 Agoosto 2010, waxaana qabanqaabada...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (London):- Sporty Somalians from across the UK descended on Enfield last week to take part in a week of summer soccer. Eight football teams took part in the event organised by the Somali Sports Association at Oasis Hadley Enfield, in Kinetic Crescent, Innova Park. The aim of the games, which took place from July 26 to August 8, was to promote peace and encourage...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (London):- Xaflad balaaran ayaa loo qabtay soo afjarida Koobkii la dhexdhigay Kooxaha Somali Football Festival UK 2010. Waxaa lagu qabtey xaafada Waqooyiga magaalada London xaflad lagu xiriyay cayaaraha Somali Football Festival UK 2010 oo ay soo qabanqaabiyeen ururka ay isku bahaysteen ciyaartooydii hore dalkeena Soomaaliya ee loo yaqaan Seria A ama SSAUK. Xaflad...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Ottawa):- The girlfriend of an Ottawa man about to be deported to Somalia because of his criminality says he “doesn’t stand a chance” in a country he hasn’t seen since he was a child. Erin Carruthers, 26, an Ottawa child and youth worker, has been in a relationship with Abadir Ali for more than three years. The Somali-born Ali, 27,...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Canada):-Canadian Somali Congress national president interviewed by CBC News on the Al Shabaab terrorist group and the integration efforts of Canadian Somalis Canadian Somali Congress National President interviewed by Nil Koksal of CBC News as part of a television series entitled “Canadian Dream.” The series examines the successes and challenges...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Xafiiska Qaramada Midoobe u qaabilsan arimaha dalka soomaaliya ayaa soo saaray fariin dheer oo ku socotay shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Warqar ku socota Jaaliyadaha Soomaaliyeed ee qurbaha ku nool Waraaq (No. 27) Nayroobi, 12 Agoosto 2010 Saaxibayaasha qaaliga ah, Dhammaantiina iga guddooma salaam diiran. Waxaan ku faraxsanahay inaan idiin soo diro...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- An estimated 5,000 refugees troop into the country every month, according to the United Nations. Most of them find their way through the porous Kenya-Somalia border (4,000) to cap the number of foreigners seeking asylum in Kenya at 400,000. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Thursday said that a contingency plan had already been...Continue reading »

Minneapolis, MN – Waxaa maalintii shalay oo bishu ahayd 8/10/2010 dhamaan gobolka Minnesota si xoogleh uga dhacay doorashooyinkii is reeb reebka ahaa ee lagu kala dooranayay musharixiinta xisbi walba ooga qayb gali doona doorashooyinka dhacaya bisha Nofember, 2010. Haddaba doorashadda maanta dhacday oo ah mid taariikhi ah ayaa waxaa si aad ah loogu loollamayay codka...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Minnesota):- Somali Regional State Diaspora in Minnesota, USA, and Somali Regional State Government delegation led by His Honorable Abdifitah Sheik Abdullahi, the Chairman of Ethiopian Somali People’s Democratic Party (ESPDP), held a historic meeting today (08/08/2010) in Minneapolis to renew their commitment to the peace and development of Somali Regional...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi):- Speech by Ahmed Hussen, National President of the Canadian Somali Congress at the Hope for Dadaab Fundraising Event Somali civilians in Southern and Central Somalia are increasingly caught between the hammer of the Al Shabaab terrorist movement and the anvil of a weak, incompetent and corrupt federal government. I want to begin my remarks by thanking...Continue reading »