Badr Sharif PORTLAND - The Republican primary race for the state House seat in District 116 pits a traditional constitutionalist who has concerns about the Islamic faith against a Somali immigrant who is Muslim and wants to promote opportunities for small businesses. Kenneth Capron, 59, faces Badr Sharif, 21, in the June 8 primary race for the seat held by Charles Harlow,...Continue reading »
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Bartamaha (London):- She has just become the first female Muslim cabinet member in history. And Baroness Warsi was determined an inconvenient coat wasn’t going to spoil her moment of glory. Faced with an eager bank of photographers, the Tory peer slipped off her mac – and hung it on a Downing Street railing. She then posed on the steps of No10 in a pink and...Continue reading »
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) – The St. Cloud school district has confirmed some allegations that Somali students were harassed by its non-Somali students. The St. Cloud Times reports the investigation began in March after a Muslim advocacy group complained of harassment and discrimination at high schools in St. Cloud and Owatonna. The district investigated 14 incidents,...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):- They both set out this morning looking calm and professional. But there is no doubting that Samantha Cameron and Miriam Clegg now have a very different role to play as fully signed-up members of the First Wives’ Club. Samantha, 39, celebrated her first day as First Lady, hiding her growing baby bump in a maternity dress she borrowed from a...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Alberta):-Somali-Canadian families in Toronto say they will not give up until police and government officials in Alberta take steps to solve the violent deaths of 30 young men from their community that have occurred since 2005. The men from Toronto’s Somali community all died in Alberta after moving west for jobs in the lucrative oil and gas industry. The...Continue reading »
Over a hundred members of the Ottawa Somali community braved a rainstorm on the evening of Saturday, May 8th, 2010 to attend an information and registration session at Carlton University’s Minto Center. The Canadian International Peace Project and the Canadian Somali Congress invited potential mentees from the Somali community in Ottawa to be part of a groundbreaking...Continue reading »
Adam Boulton’s interview with Alastair Campbell on the prospects of a Liberal Democrat-Labour deal without Gordon Brown as PM turned into something of a spectacular bunfight. In the video you get to see the tone deteriorating through their talk of coalitions to the point 4 mins 30 secs in where Boulton starts jabbing at Campbell: “I’m fed up...Continue reading »
Conservative leader David Cameron is the new UK prime minister after the resignation of Gordon Brown. Mr Cameron, 43, entered 10 Downing Street after travelling to Buckingham Palace to formally accept the Queen’s request to form the next government. He said he aimed to form a “proper and full coalition” with the Lib Dems to provide “strong,...Continue reading »
Bartamaha — Waxaa warqadan iyo video-gan noo soo gudbiyay Soomaali lagu dhibaateynayo garoonka dayuuradaha ee Phoenix, Arizona waxayna ka codsanayaan dhamaan Soomaalida inay daawadaan video-gan in badan, si ay Youtube-ka u tagto halka u saraysa isla mar ahaantaasna ay TV-yada Maraykanku qaataan video-gan warkuna uu u wada gaaro meel walba. Fadlan daawo video-gan...Continue reading »
Mr Brown, prime minister since 2007, said he wanted a successor to be in place by the time of the party’s conference in September. Mr Brown announced his intention to quit in a statement in Downing St in which he also said his party was to start formal talks with the Lib Dems. The Conservatives won the most seats and most votes in the election and have been in talks...Continue reading »
MINNEAPOLIS – While many mothers are enjoying mother’s day, one mom in Minneapolis is recovering from a vicious attack. The victim is a 54-year-old Somali woman, who does not want to be identified and does not speak English. Her brother translated as she described what happened after hearing a knock on her door around 6 p.m. Saturday evening. “Somebody...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi) Even by the jaded standards of the failed state of Somalia, this week’s news was enough to raise eyebrows: one of the country’s two competing Islamist factions, Hizbul Islam, stormed into the coastal city of Harardhere and drove out the pirates who have run amok in the waters off the Horn of Africa, wreaking havoc on global shipping and...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (london):-In 1974, Ted Heath famously asked the question: “Who governs Britain?” It is not a bad question to ask the day after the 2010 general election. The first decision has come from Gordon Brown. Despite losing seats, despite coming second, he has chosen not to resign. Having initially paved the way for cross-party negotiations to begin by allowing...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Nairobi):-Even after the votes are counted, it will still be unclear who will govern Great Britain. The real losers are the Liberal Democrats and the opinion polls. The exit polls indicated straight after the polling stations closed that the Conservatives were the big winners. But the win was not big enough to form an absolute majority. Confusion The results...Continue reading »
British Election 2010: UK Election Results – Today, May 6, 2010 is the General Election 2010 and also known as the British Election 2010. After four taxing weeks of heavy campaigning, Brits head to the poll Thursday to determine the historic results of the 2010 elections. Although the results of the British election of 2010 are not yet released, analysts think...Continue reading »
CBC radio interviews Ahmed Hussen, national president of Canadian Somali Congress about the Canadian Somali-Jewish Mentorship Project launch in Ottawa. The internship program will help young Somali college and university students as well as young professionals to find mentors in desired proefessions. Those individuals that are interested in joining this initiative...Continue reading »
LONDON — Britain was weighing a beleaguered yet experienced incumbent against an untested but charismatic Conservative rival — along with a surprise upstart contender — in an election Thursday that was so close it could yield an uncertain outcome and prolonged political turmoil. Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown was trailing in the polls against...Continue reading »
30 Somali-Canadians killed in province since 2005 Mohamed Abdi is at school early Tuesday, looking for extra chemistry help. The 18-year-old Edmonton high school student said he struggles with financial pressures all the time in his hopes of becoming an engineer. The lure to make a fast dollar through illegal activity is everywhere in the city, he said. “Nobody...Continue reading »
Minneapolis: Wiigii aan soo dhaafnay waxaa Albaabka Saxaafada soo jebiyey Magazine Cusub oo ma gaciisa la yiraahdo Mashriq waa magazine soo baxaya sanadkii afar (4) jeer oo daboolaya dayactirka saxaafada waraaqda ah ee Bariga Africa haday noqoto dhaqan iyo wixii ay u leeyihiin hido iyo caado intaba iyo weliba dhaqamada cusub ee ku soo biiray bulshada intay u soo hayaameen...Continue reading »
By providing a rental car for friends fleeing the country, Abdow Munye Abdow found himself pulled into one of the country’s largest counterterrorism investigations since 9/11. On Tuesday, the Chanhassen man closed the book on his chapter, pleading guilty in federal court to obstruction of justice. Abdow, 26, rented a car used by some Twin Cities men of Somali...Continue reading »
