Booliiska Minneapolis ayaa sheegay in shilku uu la xiriiro fal burcadnimo, oo la doonayay in xalay lagu dhoco goob ganacsi oo ay lahaayeen labada wiil ee isla dhashay. Dilkan ayaa argagax ka abuuray jaaliyadda Soomaalida ee gobolka Minnesota, oo ah tan ugu ballaaran dalka Mareykanka. Warar aan la xaqiijin ayaa VOA-da u sheegay in dhagar-qabayaasha ka dambeeyey falkan ay...Continue reading »
Category Archives: Diaspora [ QURBAHA ]
Waxaa noo suurta gashay in aanu waraysi ka qaadno gabadh Soomaaliyeed oo Hidaha iyo Dhaqanka Soomaalida ku lifaaqday Dhaqanka Maraykanka. Maya Haaji oo ku nool Magalada Minneapolis waxay Samaysaa dharka welibana waxay xayaysiisaa isla dharkaas ay iyada iyo saxiibadeed sameeyaan waraysigoo dhan halkan ka daawo. Maalinta sabtida ee bishu tahay 01/09/2010 bay badhig faneed...Continue reading »
By Louisa Taylor, Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — Members of Ottawa’s Somali community say their youth were targeted by security officials in the run-up to the inauguration of Barack Obama, and the targeting continues more than a year later, causing deep mistrust in the community. Community activist Mohamed Sofa, 27, says he knows of 10 separate cases from the past...Continue reading »
The Secret Service was on alert for alleged Somali extremists from Canada. (Jan. 20, 2009) WASHINGTON–The storybook inauguration of Barack Obama played out with Washington on high alert for a major terror plot from Canada, security officials on both sides of the border have confirmed. The plot, later revealed as a false alarm, forced the incoming president’s...Continue reading »
Over the last few years, nearly two dozen young men from a Somali community in Minneapolis have ended up in an Islamic militia in Somalia called al-Shabab. In the U.S., a dozen people have been arrested so far. Guest host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR’s counterterrorism correspondent Dina Temple-Raston about what 2010 is likely to bring for one of the biggest...Continue reading »
MONTREAL – A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to a 30-day jail term after becoming involved in an mid-air altercation with a fellow passenger aboard an Air Canada flight en route from Toronto to Frankfurt that forced the plane to land in Montreal on Wednesday evening shortly after takeoff. Montreal police spokesperson Daniel Lacoursière said that Khodr Ahmad...Continue reading »
DET, Mich. — Canada’s investment in U.S. automaker General Motors has saved more than 9,000 jobs in Ontario, provincial officials said. To keep those jobs, Canada made loans of $9.5 billion to GM, becoming the first foreign government to hold a seat on the board of directors of the iconic American company, The Detroit News reported Friday. The provincial Ontario...Continue reading »
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The family of an unarmed black woman who was shot and killed by a white police officer during a drug raid has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the city for $2.5 million. The death of Tarika Wilson, 26, ignited protests and debate about race relations in Lima, a northwest Ohio city where one in four residents is black. Wilson was holding...Continue reading »
An economist for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture says the state’s agriculture industry is healthy and strong. Economist Su Ye is certain that data will show that agriculture remained the state’s second biggest employer in 2009, despite the financial crisis that shook the economy. “Absolutely, we will maintain that position,” she said. She...Continue reading »
Homicides in Minneapolis have fallen sharply in 2009 amid an extraordinary trend of less violent crime nationwide, a ray of good news at the end of a year darkened by crippling recession and high unemployment. Following a pattern seen from New York City to Los Angeles, the city has logged only 19 homicides so far this year. Should that number hold through Thursday, it...Continue reading »
UPDATE: SEARCHERS have found the body of a 13-year-old boy who disappeared in floodwaters at Bulimba Creek at Wishart in Brisbane’s south yesterday. The young Somali immigrant was last seen clinging to a broken tree branch in the creek but when his brothers returned with help he had disappeared. Police have confirmed his body was found about 2.30pm (AEST) on Wednesday,...Continue reading »
Suaad Hagi Mohamud came home to frenzied enthusiasm in mid-August, vindicated by DNA results that prompted Canadian authorities to repatriate her from Kenya. Since then, the Toronto woman of Somali origin who became one of the summer’s top newsmakers has disappeared from public view, resolutely declining all interviews. She was last heard from in late September,...Continue reading »
Source AP KAILUA, Hawaii — President Barack Obama abruptly ended his golf outing and sped in his motorcade to his compound today after he learned a child of a friend was injured while playing on the beach. Members of the first family were fine, a White House official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of a reluctance to discuss personal matters...Continue reading »
Transport Canada continues to tighten security at airports, which were thrown into chaos as a result of stricter security regulations in place in the wake of the attempted bombing of an airplane on Christmas Day. Effective immediately, passengers headed to the United States will not be allowed to travel with carry-on bags, Transport Canada said in a statement . Allowed...Continue reading »
Bartamaha News Desk. Source: Cleveland leader If you’re using your windshield wipers, your headlights better be on. Under a new Ohio law, motorists are now required to turn on their headlines whenever the weather is bad enough to necessitate the use of windshield wipers. A previous version of the law said that headlights should be on during “unfavorable atmospheric...Continue reading »
Source Associated Press (AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio Ohio has plenty of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package left to spend in 2010, but it’s the big prize that hangs in the balance: the prospects of landing funds for a marquee train project. For now, the state, will give rebates to people who buy new, energy-efficient appliances; it will begin work on...Continue reading »
A curious thing has happened to the Minnesota Vikings late in the season. Not only is there a sudden power struggle between Brett Favre and Brad Childress, the Vikings are being pressed by Arizona for the first-round bye in the playoffs. Oddly enough, the New Orleans Saints have given them a shot at the number-one seed in the NFC after losing to the Bucs in overtime. The...Continue reading »
Irregards to the daily struggles of life in a new country and the revelation of Somali youth leaving Minnesota to fight alongside a designated terrorist group, Somali-Minnesotans continue to show a tremendous strive to adjust life in Minnesota. Among the many graduating students of this year from Minnesota State University were Mohamed-Rashid Mumin and Hussein Wehelie. Neither...Continue reading »
