Al-Shabaab plundering starving Somali villages of cash and children ( the Guardian)
Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia are extorting huge sums from starving communities and forcibly recruiting hundreds of children as soldiers and suicide bombers as the terror...
The mayor of Mogadishu has had discussions with the leaders of the Benadir Regional...
The Governor of the Benadir Region, who is also the Mayor of Mogadishu, H.E. Abdirahman Omar Osman (Eng. Yarisow) and the heads of the...
Somali Migrants Returning From Libya Tell of Abuse, Horror
It was an emotional moment for the nearly dozen Somali migrants who were repatriated to Mogadishu from Libya on Saturday.
Some fell to their knees,...
Qatar Charity provides drinking water to 350,000 Somalis
Qatar Charity has drilled and rehabilitated 316 artesian and surface wells last year to provide safe drinking water to as many as 350,000 people...
Shamsa Abdullahi Bybook: A champion for Somali women’s reproductive health rights
Shamsa Abdullahi Bybook was a young nurse in her twenties when she fled the mounting chaos and tensions of Mogadishu in 1989 to start...
How Somali and Zimbabwe social media revealed secrets
While we tend to focus on the ugly side of social media - the hate speech, bullying, fake news – a silent but exciting...
Ottawa police identify Northview Road homicide victim as Egal Daud
Ottawa police have identified the man found dead inside a vehicle in Nepean Sunday as Egal Daud, 30, and say he was fatally shot.
Daud's...
Edmonton attack suspect case delayed another 30 days
Abdulahi Hasan Sharif faces a string of charges in connection with the Sept. 30 attacks, including five counts of attempted murder.
Doctors have requested another...
Security forces retake Somali villages from al-Shabaab
Security forces backed by African Union’s peacekeeping mission AMISOM on Monday captured villages from al-Shabaab armed group during an operation in Lower Shabeelle region,...
lhan Omar: No debate on ‘whether Trump is a racist’
US state politician Ilhan Omar says she holds Trump ‘exclusively responsible’ for the rise in Islamophobia in the US.
Hers is a remarkable journey: from...