Witnesses say three gunmen have stormed a mosque in an eastern Somali town and have killed five foreign preachers. Ismail Mohamud Hassan says the gunmen stormed a mosque in Galkayo on Wednesday and forced six Pakistani preachers and a Somali man out of the Tawfiq Mosque before shooting them. He says five of the Pakistanis were killed and the other Pakistani and the Somali injured. Another witness Abdullahi Ali Nur backs up the account. Officials at the Pakistan High Commission in neighboring... Read Full Story
American Embassy in Kenya commemorates the Somali Flag A well organized ceremony organized by the American Embassy in Kenya to commemorate the Somali Flag day which is the 12th of October has taken place inside the residence Bob Patterson the acting chairman of the American Affairs in Somal The Somali Flag commemoration day was attended by highly esteemed officials, from the international community specially the United Nations special representative for Somali... Read Full Story
Over the long months that federal investigators delved into the baffling recruitment of young men who left Minneapolis to fight with Islamic militants in Somalia, the city's Somali community grappled with the fear they would all be branded terrorists. But this week as the FBI netted its first grand jury indictments in the case, many hope the arrests of two Somali men will spell the beginning of the end of an investigation that has wracked their struggling community. Minneapolis is home about... Read Full Story
This is why people find it difficult to donate, whether food or money or anything. There is never an assurance that our donations will arrive to its destination without being picked through, stolen, or denied. Apparently, in Somalia, a goodwill truck carrying food and supplies was stopped from coming into the country. The supplies have [...] Read Full Story
By Nour Ali “Knowledge and wisdom are really the privilege of a faithful Muslim. If you have lost them, get them back even though you may have to get them from the apostates.” “That knowledge which remains only on your tongue is very superficial. The intrinsic value of knowledge is that you act upon it.” I am writing this article to express my opinion against the worst criminal self interest TFG Gov. Abdullahi Yusuf and Ghedi are genies among us or dumb and dumber. Somalia known as a Nation... Read Full Story
The local media have been lately reporting different stories on the whereabouts of the commander of Somali national Force General Yusuf Hussein Dhumal, some said that he has passed way in the recent clashes between the government forces and its Islamists rivals while some said that he is bed driven, fortunately exclusive our Mogadishu correspondent had a one on one exclusive interview with the general on Monday. The general was on Monday morning standing in front of a parade of Somali army... Read Full Story
Feb 16 (Reuters) - Somalia's new Prime Minister Omar
Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke faces the daunting task of bringing
peace to the failed Horn of Africa state and relieving one of
the world's worst humanitarian crises. Here are key facts about him: * Born June 19, 1960, the 48-year-old Sharmarke is the son
of former Somali president Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, who was
assassinated in 1969 before a military coup. The prime
minister's family name should help his acceptance in Somalia as
many... Read Full Story
Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed condemned Monday what he termed as an invasion by foreign fighters as rebels battle to oust him in weeks of clashes that have killed more than 200 people. The latest round of violence erupted on May 7 when hardline Islamist insurgents launched an offensive against government troops, wounding hundreds and forcing tens of thousands of others to flee. "Somalia is being invaded by foreign fighters, whose main purpose is to turn the country into an... Read Full Story
Two men have been indicted in Minnesota on federal terror charges in the case of several missing young Somali men. The grand jury indictment unsealed Monday names Abdifatah Yusuf Isse and Salah Osman Ahmed. Both are charged with providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim and injure. Ahmed also is charged with making false statements to investigators. The indictment says Ahmed traveled to Somalia to fight with Islamic militants. An attorney for Isse didn't... Read Full Story
No luxury cruise but a ticket to jihad was the prize for the winners of a team quiz organised by Somalia's insurgent Shebab group during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. "The reason the young men were rewarded with weapons is to encourage them to participate in the ongoing holy war against the enemies of Allah in Somalia," Sheikh Abdullahi Alhaq said at a ceremony late Friday. The radio-broadcast quiz organised by the Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab organisation in the southern Somali city of... Read Full Story
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