Daily Archives: March 28, 2014

Nadifa Mohamed’s ‘Orchard of Lost Souls’

March 28, 2014 by Chief Editor

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

March 28, 2014 by Chief Editor

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

March 28, 2014 by Chief Editor

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

March 28, 2014 by Chief Editor

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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