Islamist militants carried out their first major assault for years on a U.N. compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile security gains that have allowed a slow return of foreign aid workers and diplomats. A Somali government soldier runs to take cover during crossfire after gunmen attacked a United [...]
MOGADISHU, 18 June 2013 – More than one hundred Somali education experts are being hosted by the Somali Federal Government for a three day high level Conference in Mogadishu to discuss how to design an education system for the country after two decades of conflict. The National Education Conference was opened today by the Prime [...]
Kenya: Kenya will host a major international conference in August to discuss on modalities of repatriating more than one million Somali refugees to their country. The conference, which will be held in the second week of August, will be co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya, Somali and UNHCR with the International Organization for Immigration (IOM) being invited. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary [...]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Qaida-linked militants who once controlled the southern port city of Kismayo are gone, but a fight for control of the city has broken out and at least 10 people have been killed in the recent violence. Kismayo is home to a contingent of militiamen and warlords, and five clan leaders [...]
Dhamaan dadka Soomaaliyeed meel ay joogaanba waxaan ku salaamayaa salaanta islaamka, Asalaamu Caleykum Waraxma tulaahi wa barakaatuhu, bacda salaam, codsi iiga yimid qaar ka mid ah asxaabteyda iyo kuwo ku xiran qoraaladeyda awgood, waxaan halkaan kusoo gudbinayaa qoraal aan turjumay, kaasoo ah mid horay dadka Soomaaliyeed ee akhristay iyo intii maqashayba si weyn uga careysiiyay. [...]
At least eighteen people have been killed in gun battles between rival militias in the Somali port city of Kismayo. Several former warlords are each claiming to be president of the newly established “Jubbaland state” which the central government in Mogadishu is opposed to. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called for an end to the [...]
Soomaalida dagan islii oo soo dhawaysay Xarun Cusub ee Fern Checking oo laga furay Hotel Shariifka islii, gaar ahaan Jum Street, Sawiro. Xaflad si wayn loo soo Agaasimay ayaa ka dhacay xaafada islii gaar ahaan Hotel shariifka oo ku yaala xaafada Jum Street ee magalada Nairobi. Xafladaan ayaa u jeedada loo qabtay waxay ahayd in [...]
Five Reasons Men Go Silent, and What to Do About It (Part Two) In Part One of this two-part essay, I offered a few common reasons that men stop talking in relationships. Then, being a man, I ran out of things to say. I’m back now, and I’d like to discuss a way to approach problems like [...]
A lot of men do it. They do it after dinner; they do it in the car. They do it in bed, and they even do it when you’re discussing your mother. I’m talking about going silent, of course. It seems that men are most prone to it during a conflict: she wants to talk [...]
Port Elizabeth police in the Eastern Cape have launched a manhunt for suspects involved in the killing of a Somali national in Booysens Park on Thursday. He was hacked to death while trying to protect his shop from looters. The area has seen three days of protests marred by looting and arson. On Friday, police [...]