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Man admits sending ‘Somali Three’ terror funding

A Londoner who was caught with numerous jihadist videos has admitted sending cash to Somalia for terror training. Shabaaz Hussain, 28, from Stepney, east London, confessed to seven counts of fundraising…

Vermont juror’s research on Internet about Somali Bantu culture prompts new sex assault trial

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Somali Bantu immigrant convicted of sexually assaulting a child will get a new trial because a juror may have been influenced by information he found on…

Casualties rise as U.S.-backed armies try to subdue Somalia

During mid-January, the number of deaths and injuries in Somalia escalated as foreign military forces accelerated their campaign to destroy the al-Shabab Islamic resistance movement and subdue areas of the…

Rawlings mediates on the Somali parliament crises

The African Union High Representative for Somalia H.E. Jerry John Rawlings paid a one day visit to Mogadishu Wednesday where he held meetings with various stakeholders as part of the…

Somali Pirates Have Moved An American Hostage At Least 3 Times In 24 Hours Since The SEAL Team Rescue

Just days after U.S. Navy SEALs rescued Jessica Buchanan and her partner, Hargen Thisted, from their Somali captors, pirates are threatening to kill an American hostage kidnapped on Saturday if…

The joys of investing in Somaliland

“How are you going to make money in a country that doesn’t even exist?” That was probably the question that many people had at the back of their minds when…

War-weary Mogadishu revels in new lease of life

The traffic signs are not the only things coming up in Mogadishu. After decades of war that reduced the Somali capital almost to rubble and banished all semblance of normalcy…

Small Dutch city is hub for European khat sales

UITHOORN, Netherlands — A small Dutch city less than 20 kilometres from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has become the hub of Europe’s sales of khat, a plant chewed for its stimulant…

Somali Government Supports US Military Operation to Free Hostages

The Somali government says it supports the U.S. military operation that freed two Western aid workers who had been held hostage in the war-ravaged country. In a statement released Thursday, Somalia’s…

US urges Kenya not to send back Somali refugees

Kenya has been urged to continue providing refuge to Somalis fleeing violence and hunger in their homeland, a US State Department official said on Tuesday. “We continue to rely on and…

Commandos And Clansmen In Somali Mission

In Somalia it is sometimes said that the town Galkayo translates as “foreigner runs away”. After its airport was used as the base of a US Navy Seal (Sea, Air and…

Ohio Somalis cheer rescue, worry about homeland

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The leader of a community advocacy group says the U.S. rescue of two hostages in Somalia is uplifting news for Ohio Somalis, although the kidnappings underscored their…

Kenyan Somali Islamist Radicalisation

Somalia’s growing Islamist radicalism is spilling over into Kenya. The militant Al-Shabaab movement has built a cross-border presence and a clandestine support network among Muslim populations in the north east…

Somali pirates chop off hostage captain’s arm to elicit $3m ransom

Somali pirates have started to cut off their hostages’ limbs in a bid to extract even greater ransoms from the owners of the ships they capture. The horrific new tactic was…

U.S. Military Frees 2 Western Hostages From Somali Pirates

American commandos raced into Somalia early Wednesday and rescued two aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man, after a shootout with Somali pirates who had been holding them…

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Sidee Maskaxda Loo Qaras Bixiyaa?

Waxaa in dhawaala ahba soo ifbaxayay, dhumucda ay leedahay dhibaatada maskaxda oo qaras, daxal ama quful kujabo.! Qarasta maskaxda ku dhacda wuxuu dhibkeedu dadka oo idil u cadaaday, markii la arkay xag-jirnimada diinta iyo caadadu u geysteen nolosha bulshad Soomaaliyeed qof qof iyo si wada jir ahba. Hadaba arrinta isweydiinta mudani waxa ay tahay; sidee…

African Cup Of Nation Oo Si Rasmi Ah U Furmey

Equatorial Guinea/Gabon-Jan-22-2012-qurbejoog.com-Akhyaartay waxaynu barnaamijkeena ciyaaraha ku lafa gureynaa Cup Of Nation oo boodhka laga jafey si rasmi ahna u biloodey. Koobkan oo aad u qiimabadan lagana xuso labadii sanno mar qaaradda Afrika ayaa sannadkan cusub waxaa nasiib u yeeshey iney ka soo qaybgalaan lix iyo toban waddan. Laakiin waxaa nasiib daro ah oo aan ka soo daahirin…

Man admits sending ‘Somali Three’ terror funding

A Londoner who was caught with numerous jihadist videos has admitted sending cash to Somalia for terror training. Shabaaz Hussain, 28, from Stepney, east London, confessed to seven counts of fundraising for terrorists at Woolwich Crown Court. He admitted sending nearly £9,000 so three British men – Muhammed Jahangir, Tufual Ahmed and Mohammed Shahim – could be…

Madaxweyne ku-xigeenka Somaliland oo noqday ruuxa ugu sumcada wanaagsan Xukuumada Somaliland

Hargeysa Jan 28,2012(qurbejoog.com)-Madaxweyne ku-xigeenka Somaliland Md Cabdiraxmaan Saylici ayaa noqday masuulka ugu sumcada wanaagsan ee xukuumada madaxweyne Axmed Siilaanyo ka dib kolkii uu ku gacan seydhay in xilkii loo doortay u dabo fadhiiso xulafada xuurtada ku heysata madaxtooyada dalka. Md Saylici ayaa dareemay xil xyuubsiga wasiirada heysta dhegta madaxweynaha Somaliland kana dhiidhiyay in rag aan la…

Somalia’s Roadmap Conspiracy unveiled in Garowe

Holding a Somali conference in Garowe, the capital of Puntland State was high praise for the local population and opportunity for all Somalis to engage a genuine national reconciliation. Puntland State duly represents the interests of one sub-clan of one of the 4.5 Somali clan families. However, the population of Puntland State has no responsibility…