Canadian Somali Congress The shooting death of 21-year-old Abdulaziz Osman Isse in Edmonton, Alberta on Friday, November 13, 2009, has shattered 11 months of peace in Alberta’s Canadian Somali community. Between August 2008 and last May, the community mourned the deaths of six young men — five in Edmonton and one in Fort McMurray.  All of them were shot...Continue reading »
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By Tom Weber Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN — The arrest in the Netherlands of a Somali man with a Rochester connection is “heart-breaking” for local Somalis, said a local Somali community leader. “It gives a bad image to our community,” said Abdifattah Abdinur of Rochester. “As American Somalis, we don’t condone any kind of violence...Continue reading »
Sources in the Twin Cities and the Netherlands confirmed the identity of the man jailed overseas as a former Minneapolis resident, Mohamud Said Omar, 43. A Somali man from Minneapolis being held in a Dutch jail on suspicion of bankrolling terrorist activities has been identified by sources in the Twin Cities Somali community as Mohamud Said Omar, 43. Government officials...Continue reading »
Minnesota:-Sh C/raxmaan Sh Cumar Axmed Imaamka Masaajidka Abuubakar Sadiiq ee Gobolka Minnesota Magaalada Minneapolis ahna Gudoomiyaha Golaha Imaamyada Waqooyiga America ayaa laga saaray liiska No Flight list ga ama Duulimaad ma samayn kartid oo Dowladda maraykanku ku soo rogeen Sanadkii Lasoo dhaafay ee November 29/2008 Sh C/raxmaan ayaa wakhtigaas laga soo celiyey...Continue reading »
Minnesota: TV ga Fox9.com ayaa shaaciyey in Imaam American ah lala xiriiriyey Weerarkii Saldhiga Maraykanka ee Fort Hood Nov,5 teedii ka dhacay Imaam Anwar Alwaki waxaa lagu eedeeyey in uu website kiisa oga duceeyey Nidal Malik Hasan oo ahaa Nin kii gaystay weerarkii Saldhiga Fort Hood ka dhacay Imaamka ayaa ku tilmaamay in uu Caan yahay (Hero) Nidal Malik Hasaan...Continue reading »
A 43-year-old Somali man from Minneapolis was arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly financing the recruitment of up to 20 young Somali men from Minnesota to train and fight with terrorists in their homeland. A 43-year-old Somali man from Minneapolis was arrested this week in the Netherlands for allegedly financing the recruitment of up to 20 young Somali men from...Continue reading »
Mucamar al Qadaafi baddiisa ayaa laga xoogay ama lagu xadgudbay 1986kii waxaana uu aaminsan yahay in haddii badda Soomaaliya la dhaafo tiisana la dhaafi doono. Haddii sharciga caalamiga ee badaha la ilaaliyo tiisana la dhaafi doonobaddiisa ilaa 200 oo Nautical Mile.  Qaddaafi weli waxaa uu ku jiraa dagaalkii xoreynta baddiisa qudbaddanna waxay u ahayd aar gudasho...Continue reading »
Xaflad sagootin ah oo loo sameeyay Xujayda Soomaaliyeed ee sanadkan soo xajinaysa. Xafladdan ayaa waxaa soo qabanqaabiyay wakiilka iibka ee shirkadda socdaalka ee Al Birri Tours & Travel. Wakiilkan oo magaciisa la yiraahdo Cumar Shiikh Aadan ayaa wuxuu Bartamaha u sheegay in socdaalka xujayda uu bilaaban doono todobaadkan. Daawo: xujaydii oo lasii sagootiyay qadona...Continue reading »
A woman who killed her unborn twins by injecting herself with drugs to induce their birth was jailed today after going on the run. Faiso Sahil’s babies were due to be taken into care after birth, so to avoid social services she decided to try to make them arrive three weeks early. Sahil, who trained as a midwife in her native Somalia, was taken into hospital on 8...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Columbus) —Mahdi Warsame oo ka mid ah maamulka Masjid Salaama ayaa mar uu noogu yimid Bartamaha Studio nooga xog waramay sidii ay ku dhamaatay maxkamaddii la saaray maamulka masjidka Salaama taariikhdu markay ahayd 3dii Nofeembar iyo wixii lagu xukmiyay saddexdii dacwadood ee uu Maxamed Xassan kusoo oogay. Arrintan oo ahayd mid in muddo ah soo socotay...Continue reading »
Rochester, MN (KTTC-DT) — A few months ago, we told you about Abdiaziz Maahay who has brought Somalian women and children with severe medical conditions to Rochester. Of course, he can’t help everyone, but now he’s bringing the help to them. Monday afternoon, Maahaay and some volunteers loaded up a 40 foot truck with donated medical supplies, equipment,...Continue reading »
Minneapolis (AP) — A 25-year-old St. Anthony man has pleaded guilty to perjury in an federal investigation into why a string young men have traveled to Somalia from the Minneapolis area. As many as 20 young men have left, possibly to fight with terrorist groups. Authorities say they may have been “radicalized” in Minnesota. On Monday, Adarus Abdulle...Continue reading »
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner William Elliott arrives to testify at the Senate defence committee in Ottawa, Monday June 1, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA — Islamic radicalization of Canada’s Somali community is becoming a national security concern, RCMP Commissioner William Elliott said Friday. The potential of Somali-Canadians adopting...Continue reading »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health will air a program simultaneously on television and radio to inform Somalis about sexual health issues. Saint Paul, Minn. – Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health will air a program about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) on Tuesday November 10th at 7:30 p.m. on KFAI FM 90.3/106.7 and at 7:00 p.m....Continue reading »
With the backdrop of Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed’s speech to nearly 4,000 people at the University of Minnesota in September, three ministers from the government of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeast Somalia arrived in Minnesota for a week in October to address local politicians and members of the Somali Diaspora about the state of...Continue reading »
A man watched in horror as his wife was struck by a car and killed as she rushed to catch a TTC bus in Scarborough yesterday morning. The couple began crossing together from the south to the north side of Finch Ave. E. at Blackbird Gt., just east of Nielson Rd., around 7:15 a.m., Toronto Police say. But the man hurried ahead to stop the bus. He looked back just in time...Continue reading »
MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis police are investigating an overnight murder after finding a man shot multiple times inside a car. Officers responded to the area of Groveland and Nicollet around 1 a.m. Monday on a call of shots fired. They found a man shot multiple times in a car in a parking lot. Ali Yassin Ismael, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe...Continue reading »
 Columbus, Ohio Banks close accounts used by local refugees to send money to homeland For months, Somalis living in Columbus have complained that it has become increasingly difficult to send money home to family members because of banking-industry fears that the funds could end up with terrorists. Huntington, JPMorgan Chase and Charter One are among the banks that...Continue reading »
Police found a man early Monday morning shot to death inside a car in the popular eat street area of Minneapolis. Police say they got a 911 call around 1:00 a.m. that there had been a shooting in the parking lot of Gangchen Bar and Restaurant. The lot sits near Nicollet and Groveland Avenues. That’s where police say they found the man’s body inside...Continue reading »
Bartamaha (Columbus) Xafalad lagu xusayay sanadguuradii 40aad ee ka soo wareegtay kacaankii 21-ka oktoobar ee uu hogaamiyaha ka uu ahaa AUN Madaxweyne Maxamed Siyaad Barre ayaa caawa ka dhacday magaalada Columbus, Ohaayo. Xafladdan waxaa soo qabanqaabiyay Dahir Cali Dhuux iyo Jibriil Xirsi, mar aan weydiinay waxay u sameeyeen xafladdan waxay noo sheegeen inay ugu talo...Continue reading »
