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Iman Omar Yousef arrives at Sutton Coldfield Magistrates' Court yesterday. She has been charged with the murder of her three-year-old daughter Bartamaha (Nairobi):-This is the first picture of the mother accused of murdering her three year old daughter as she arrived for court this morning. Iman Omar Yousef appeared before magistrates at Sutton Coldfield Magistrates court...Continue reading »

17.02.2010 18:24:53 (live-PR.com) – A better-than-expected performance of the Australian economy has compelled us to revise our full-year growth forecast for 2009 upwards to 0.3%, from -0.8% previously, while retaining our 2010 forecast of 1.9% growth. A key risk to our outlook is a renewed Chinese downturn, which could adversely impact on Australia’s economy. Australia’s...Continue reading »

A Somali man convicted of attempted murder is seeking a new trial because the prosecutor in his case allegedly posted derogatory comments about Somalis on her Facebook page. Ahmed Ali’s lawyer filed a motion Tuesday seeking a hearing on several grounds including prosecutorial and juror misconduct. Early this month a jury convicted Ali of first-degree attempted...Continue reading »

Ibrahim Mwathane 15 February 2010 At a recent FAO meeting on governance of land tenure in London, I went on alert when the session moderator suddenly averred that Kenya’s liberal real estate market could be a boon to the Indian Ocean pirates. This wasn’t easy for a mixed audience with only a handful of chaps from eastern Africa. But it’s easy to see...Continue reading »

Bartamaha (Nairobi)- Alexandre Bilodeau won Canada’s first gold medal on home soil, lifting the host nation’s spirits on the third day of the Winter Olympics that have been marred by rain, race cancellations and the death of an athlete. “The party is just starting for Canada,” said Bilodeau, 22, who ended the country’s home medal drought...Continue reading »

  The kidnap of Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler by pirates of the coast of Somalia has shocked the world – and the British Somali community is keen to show the couple their support. Sensitive to their homeland’s reputation for civil war, piracy and lawlessness, Somalis across the UK have mobilised behind a campaign to release the pair. TV and radio stations...Continue reading »

  He travelled all the way from the little known village of Dandu in Mandera to Nairobi because he was convinced it was the only way the world could learn from his experience. At his birth 25 years ago, Shukria Abdi Issak had a genital abnormality known as undescended testicles or cryptorchidism – a condition in which the testes are missing or they may be felt...Continue reading »

Minnessota (Bartamaha) Maxamud Wardheere ayaa shaaca ka qaaday inuu u tartamayo xubinimada aqalka congress-ka dalka Mareykanka. Maxamud Wardheere oo 42 jir ah waxaa uu ku nool yahay Minnesota, waxaana toddobaadkan uu shaaca ka qaaday inuu u taagan yahay xubinimada congress-ka, waxaana uu ololihiisa ka bilaabay degaanka labaad ee Minnesota. Kursiga uu u tartamayo Maxamud...Continue reading »

By Matt Russell The Post-Bulletin, Austin MN MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota Rochester is focusing on 10.5 acres next to Soldiers Field Memorial Park as “a preferred site” for its downtown campus, Chancellor Stephen Lehmkuhle on Thursday told a Board of Regents committee. The presentation to the regents’ facilities committee marked the...Continue reading »

Qooqane ma qalaysay mase Qaniintay maanta Sixniga ga uu Chef Jamaal inoo soo bandhigayo waa shrimp oo af Soomaali loo yaqaan Qooqane waa barnaamij loogu talagalay in aad ka barataan karinta cunada oo casriyaysan caafimaad ahaana loo kariyey waa barnaamij wiig walba soo geli doona ee la qabsada. ...

This could be the handy work of a left over from the Tea Bagger Convention, or some self-styled Knights Templar Crusader. The message is clear: “Muslims Go Home.” That is essentially the message preached by Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller and their fascist friends in Europe. Nashville Mosque Vandalized State, local and federal officials are investigating vandalism...Continue reading »

Debra Black Staff Reporter (Toronto Star)  — Canada’s Transport Minister John Baird has travelled to Ethiopia to lobby on behalf of a detained Canadian citizen. Baird, MP for Ottawa West-Nepean, is in Addis Ababa for a mere 24 hours Wednesday to meet with Ethiopian officials about the case of Bashir Makhtal, a former Toronto man who has been convicted...Continue reading »

It’s a little tricky finding the East African Women’s Center, housed as it is in a one-story building in a winter-cloaked courtyard engulfed by high-rise apartments in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. Tricky that is until to you see red and yellow playground equipment and a walkway worn clear of snow by the feet of mothers and their children....Continue reading »

African Union forces in Somali and Somali government forces are geared for combat against militants in the capital city Mogadishu. Eyewitness reports claim that hordes of rebels, loyal to al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab, have stormed into Mogadishu with truck-loads of weapons. The UN and U.S backed Somali transitional government of president, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed recently promised...Continue reading »

Mahamoud Wardere knows his story is interesting. “Can you imagine?” he asks. “An anti-war GOP candidate who is an immigrant from Somalia, an African-American, too, and Muslim.” Wardere describes his candidacy as one that will be “different, with fresh ideas and a world class of understanding.” He plans to run for U.S. Congress in Minnesota’s...Continue reading »

COLUMBUS, Ohio  – Baraf badan ayaa ka da’aaya magaalada Kolambas ee gobolka Ohaayo kaasoo sababay in iskooladii iyo shaqooyinka dowladda la joojiyo, Barafkan oo ilaa iyo maalinta arbacada da’aya sida la saadaaliyay ayaa waxaa lagu qiyaasayaa inuu gaari doono ilaa iyo 10″ (inch). Hoos ka daawo sawiro aan idiinkaga soo qaadnay jidadka magaalada...Continue reading »

Toronto — Waxa magaaalada Toronto Qolka shirarka ee Huteelka Days Inn una dhow Masaajidka Daariq lagu qabtay  kulan ballaaran ay ka soo qaybgaleen xubno ka tirsan Jaaliyadda Soomaaliyeed ee halkaas deggani. Kullanka waxa lagu soo bandhigay daraasado iyo film ku saabsan dadaalada nabadaa ee dadka Somaliyeed ay ayagu ku qabsadaan gobalada, degmooyinka iyo degaanada...Continue reading »

Bartamaha(Nairobi):- Xildhibaano ka tirsan barlamanka ku meel gaarka ee Soomaaliya ayaa saaka dib looga celiyey garoonka diyaaradaha ee magaalada Nairobi xilli ay ku wajahnaayeen caasimada Somalia ee Mogadishu. Waxaana xildhibaanadan saaka aroortii hore ay gaareen garoonka diyaaradaha ee Jomo Kenyatta hase yeeshee waxaa xildhibaanada markii ay gaareen garoonka loo sheegay...Continue reading »

Heestan waxaa ku looqaynaha kana muuqada Fanaan Dayar oo Kucusub Fanka (Faysal Jawaase) oo wiigii ugu horeyeyba Youtube ka gaadhay dad badan oo aad ugu riyaaqay in aanu wiigan idin la wadaagnona aanu door bidanay ee nala daya waxaa heesta Qoray oo laxameeyey Saalax Nuur Saalax, Musig waxaa Tumay Mukhtaar Oromo, ...

The Alberta Somali Community Center and the Canadian Somali Congress recently hosted an advocacy awareness event for the Canadian Somali community in Alberta.  This event was meant to present three urgent tasks that the community will focus on in order to deal with some of the challenges that it is facing in Alberta. Advocacy tools presented by the Canadian Somali Congress...Continue reading »