WASHINGTON – Federal authorities this morning charged a Boston area man with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists as part of a plot to “kill, kidnap, maim or injure” persons — including a U.S. national — in a foreign country. The complaint alleges that from 2001 to 2008, Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Mass., and Ahmad Abousamra...Continue reading »
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VICTORIA University is hoping to attract Somali women to a new course designed to help them start their own businesses. Haefa Adam is the coordinator of the university’s New Enterprise Incentive Scheme, a Federal Government initiative that helps unemployed people start their own businesses. Ms Adam is hoping to extend the program to reach out to Somali women in the...Continue reading »
MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio—Fire crews battled a large commercial building fire that closed a Northeast Side road Monday morning. The report of a fire at 3296 Westerville Rd. was dispatched around 4 a.m. Monday. Fire crews found the building’s front portion heavily involved. Watch Video: The roof of the building showed signs of collapse, and firefighters were...Continue reading »
Bartamaha Columbus, Ohio — Dhisme Soomaaliyeed oo hadda ka hor uu buuq ka taagnaa ayaa gubtay maanta aroornimadii markay saacaddu ahayd 4:00 am. Daawo Video-ga (hoos kasii akhri, sawirana ka daawo) Dhismahan oo Soomaalida reer Ohio ay u yaqaaneen Capital Cafe ayaa waxaa ku yaalay meel coffee ah (biibito), maktabad, meel canshuurta lagu xareeyo, timajare iyo...Continue reading »
Somali refugee Hussein Samatar is the founder and director of the African Development Center, a local organization that aims to make the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood more economically stable. By Lolla Mohammed Nur — Sixteen years ago Hussein Samatar was a refugee from Somalia trying to learn English; now as the executive director of the African Development Center...Continue reading »
WINNIPEG — A Somali refugee with a violent criminal history in Winnipeg has lost a lengthy legal battle to avoid deportation to his homeland, where he fears his family’s ties to the country’s former military regime will compromise his safety. Mohamed Said Jama, 39, found himself at the losing end of a federal court application to block his deportation...Continue reading »
The Canadian government has decided to go on the offensive and tell its side of the story in connection with allegations that its officials mishandled the case of Suaad Hagi Mohamud, the Canadian of Somali origin who was detained in Kenya on suspicion that someone else was using her passport to travel to Canada. Such a move by Ottawa is relatively rare. In the case of...Continue reading »
A Minneapolis man who had been on the lam for nearly four years was sentenced Tuesday for preparing false tax returns, the U.S. attorney’s office said today. Yahya Muhumed Shakal, 40, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to 72 months in prison and one year of supervised release. In April, he pleaded guilty to four counts of aiding and assisting in the...Continue reading »
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The FBI investigation into young Somali-American men leaving the Twin Cities to fight in their homeland continues, while community leaders look into why it’s happening. There’s an open forum Wednesday night at the Rondo Library and something that’s sure to be on the agenda is the arrest of a Minnesota man last week. The FBI arrested...Continue reading »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Metro police are searching for a woman who hasn’t been seen since last week.Amina Lugundi left the Cohn Adult Learning Center in west Nashville last Tuesday afternoon. Police said her normal routine was to ride an MTA bus from school to her home on South 7th Street.They’re hoping someone saw something that day that might help them find...Continue reading »
The small Canadian cattle-ranching city of Brooks, in south-eastern Alberta, is preparing to celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. Painted murals depicting a proud western heritage of cattle farming, cowboys, ice hockey and the oil and gas industry have appeared throughout the city. A century ago, immigrants cried when they reached Brooks because the landscape was...Continue reading »
The Government has ‘quietly’ relaxed immigration rules to help clear a backlog of asylum claims, it emerged last night. Ministers have changed Home Office guidelines in a move which could see 40,000 previously ineligible foreigners being given indefinite leave to remain in the UK. Three years ago, Labour promised to have dealt with the growing backlog of 450,000...Continue reading »
The president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, held a dialogue Wednesday with the media, central Ohio leaders and members of the local Somali community at Ohio State’s Longaberger Alumni House. He encouraged the U.S. to bring peace to Somalia and offered his views on higher education. fter attending the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New...Continue reading »
Bartamaha Ohio — Waxaa habeenkii xalay ahaa ka dhacay magaalada Columbus ee gobolka Ohaayo xaflad lagu soo dhoweynayay madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo oo socdaal ku marayay dalka Maraykanka. Xafladdan oo ay soo qabanqaabiyeen jaaliyadda Soomaalida ee magaalada Columbus ayaa waxay ahayd mid aan usoo tabinaynay si toos ah...Continue reading »
St. Paul, Minn. — The president of Somalia said today he believes that recruiters who lured Minnesota men to fight with a terrorist group remain in the United States. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has been meeting non-stop this weekend with Somali-American community leaders in Minnesota as well as elected officials, including Gov. Tim Pawlenty. Ahmed arrived...Continue reading »
Minneapolis, Minn. – Kaaliyaha xoghayaha arrimaha dibada ee Mareykanka ee arrimaha Afrika Johnnie Carson ayaa kulan uu shalay la yeeshay qaar kamid ah hogaamiyayaasha ururada Bulshada Soomaaliyeed u adeega, aqoonyahaniinta, Xildhibaano hore iyo dhalinyaro Soomaaliyeed oo iyagu degan gobolka Minnesota u sheegtay in dawlada Mareykanku ay si buuxda u taageersantahay...Continue reading »
Toronto, Oct 3Â A Canadian Muslim, who was part of the 18-member terrorist plot to carry out mayhem in Canada three years ago, was Friday jailed for seven years. A court in the Indian-dominated city of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto sentenced Ali Mohamed Dirie, 26, for his role in the so-called Toronto-18 terror plot. The plot was unearthed in June 2006, with...Continue reading »
It’s all about being part of the mosaic. At the Somali Day event this past Saturday, Mohamud M. Diriye, director of the Somali Cultural and Research Center, succinctly expressed the idea behind multi-cultural connections in America. Every nationality brings a different story, and it is the diversity that brings each culture together, forming the melting pot of America,...Continue reading »
