Monthly Archives: March 2014

Labour can stop the khat ban this afternoon – but will it?

The Lib Dem rebellion over the ban on khat has opened up the chance of Labour stopping the measure dead in its tracks, but after several months it’s still not clear what the party’s policy is. This afternoon there’ll be … read more »

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Puntland oo sheegtay inay gacanta kusoo dhigtay Rag katirsan Al-shabaab (Dhegayso)

Garowe_ Dowlada Puntland ayaa maanta shaacisay inay gacanta kusoo dhigtay Rag katirsan Al-shabaab  , xili ay doonayeen inay ku biiraan kooxaha taabacsan Al-shabaab ee saldhiga ku leh buuraha Galgala. Ragaan oo tiradooda lagu sheegay 20 nin ayaa lagasoo kala qabtay … read more »

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Madaxweynaha Puntland oo kaqaybgalay fadhi aan caadi ahayn oo ay Baarlamanku ku yeesheen Garowe (Dhegayso)

Garowe_ Baarlamanka dowlada Puntland ayaa maanta fadhi ka yeeshay miisaniyada ay ku shaqaynayso dowladu sanadkaan 2014-ka taasi oo ay sooo gudbisay wasaarada Maaliyada dowlada Puntland. Fadhi aan caadi ahayn oo ay isugu yimaadeen Mudanaysha Baarlamanku ayaa waxaa kaqaybgalay madaxweynaha Puntland … read more »

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Puntland oo Taageeratay Maamulka Goboleedka koonfur Galbeed (Warmurtiyeed)

Dawlada Puntland Waxay soo dhawaynasaa doorashadii sida  nabadgelyada ah ku dhacday ee loogu doortay in uu H.E Maxamed Xaaji Cabdinuur noqdo Madaxweynaha maamul goboleedka cusub ee Koonfurta Galbeed ee Soomaaliya. Dawlada Puntland waxay si diiran ugu hambalyeynaysaa shacabka koonfurta galbeed … read more »

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Madaxweynaha Xasan Sheekh oo maanta Gaaray Baydhabo

Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya Mudane Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo oo gaaray magaalada Baydhabo ee xarunta Gobolka Baay ayaa wada kulamo uu la qaadanayo qeybaha bulshada ee gobolkaasi kudhaqan, iyadoo ay halkaasi ku soo dhaweeyeen mas’uuliyiin … read more »

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Madaxweynaha Puntland ooo madaxtooyada kula kulmay masuliyin kasocda mid kamid shirkadaha utartmaya dhismaha Garoonka Bosaso

Garowe_ Madaxweynaha Puntland Dr. Cabdiweli Maxamed Cali Gaas ayaa xafiiskiisa ku qaabilay masuuliyiin ka socday shirkad laga leeyahay dalka Chaina shirkadaas oo lagu magcaabo China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation oo loo soo gaabiyo CCECC, shirkddasi oo hore Madaxweynuhu ugula soo … read more »

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Former foreign minister sworn in as Parliament Member

Mogadishu (RBC) The former foreign minister of Somalia Fawsiya Yusuf Haji Aden has been sworn in as a new Parliament Member after gaining a parliamentarian seat, RBC Radio reports. Mrs Fawsiya Haji Aden has taken her official parliament seat today … read more »

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Al Shabaab, AMISOM, and the United States

In a recent article on the Daily Maverick, Simon Allison identifies the “surprisingly perceptive” core message of al Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane’s recent propaganda audio message. In his message, Godane urges his Somali comrades to throw out their Kenyan and Ethiopian … read more »

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Four Sullivan educators raising funds for Somali trip

Two days after the end of school in June, four Minneapolis educators plan to head off to a different kind of summer school. Three teachers and a Somali-born bilingual aide from Anne Sullivan Communication Center plan to fly to Somalia in a quest to … read more »

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Nadifa Mohamed’s ‘Orchard of Lost Souls’

Daughters of Revolution Nadifa Mohamed’s second novel, “The Orchard of Lost Souls,” could have used this observation as its starting point. Setting the book in the late 1980s, she takes not one but three women who are alone and places … read more »

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Why Somalia isn’t the real piracy threat

Despite dangers portrayed in Captain Phillips, pirate attacks in Somali waters have declined drastically. It’s a different story in Strait of Malacca. BANGKOK—Maybe God has a soft spot for pirates. That would explain the Strait of Malacca, a natural paradise … read more »

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Fears over community response to khat ban

Home Office survey of people of Somali origin in Birmingham in 2005 found that 34 per cent said they had chewed khat in month before the interview. The Home Secretary has rejected calls to rethink a planned ban on the … read more »

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Somalia’s South-western State elects new president representing 3 regions

More than 700 delegates attending a three-region state formation conference in Baidoa elected Mohamed Haji Abdinur as president on Thursday (March 27th), Somalia’s RBC Radio reported. The formation of the new South-western State — comprising Bay, Bakol and Lower Shabelle … read more »

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Madaxweynaha Dowladda Puntland Dr. Cabdi-weli Max’ed Cali Gaas Oo Booqday Maxjarada Kala Duwan Ee Bosaso Iyo Qaar Ka Mid Ah Wasaaradaha Dowladda (sawirro)

Khamiis 27,03,2014 Madaxweynaha Dowladda Puntland Dr. Cabdi-weli Max’ed  Cali Gaas oo ay weheliyaan qaar ka mid ah golihiisa wasiirada ayaa booqday xarumaha lagu xanaaneeyo xoolaha nool ee Maxjarada, kuwaasi oo ay leeyihiin ganacsato Somali iyo Ajnabi ah. Masuuliyiinta kala duwan … read more »

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Magaalada Baydhabo oo looga dhawaaqay madaxweyne kale

Baydhabo_ Eragadii kaqaybgelaysay shirkii ka socaday magaalada Baydhabo, kaasi oo laguso dhisayo maamul  uu yeelanayo maamul ka kooban saddex gobal ayaa maanta madaxweyne loo doortay Maxamed Xaaaji cabdinuur. Ergada ka qaybgelaysay shirka ayaa gaarayay ku dhowaad 700 oo qof, kuwaasi … read more »

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Kenya: Plan to Force 50,000 Refugees Into Camps

HRW – The Kenyan authorities should reconsider a new plan to forcibly move 50,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers from cities to overcrowded and underserviced refugee camps, Human Rights Watch said today. News media reported that Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole … read more »

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Kenya orders all refugees into designated camps

Kenya on Tuesday restricted all refugees on its soil to two designated camps in the wake of a weekend attack on a church near Mombasa that claimed six lives. Kenyans were asked to report any refugees or illegal immigrants outside … read more »

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AU and Somali Forces seize Al Shabab’s biggest stronghold in central Somalia

Mogadishu — Somali government forces fighting alongside African Union troops said they had taken back control of a key town Wednesday, driving Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels from a major central bastion. El-Bur, some 350 kilometres (220 miles) northeast of the capital … read more »

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Arab leaders must rise to regional challenges, President declares as Arab Summit opens in Kuwait

His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today arrived in Kuwait City for the Arab League summit. The President said: “Arab nations need to rise to the challenges that collectively face us. We lag behind in terms of human development and … read more »

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Somali President arrives in Kuwait for 25th Arab summit

KUWAIT, March 24 (KUNA) — President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mahamud and an official delegation accompanying him arrived in Kuwait on Monday to participate in the 25th Arab summit, due tomorrow. Mahamud was received at the airport by His Highness … read more »

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