Tag Archive "somali"
Lewiston’s Zam Zam Mohamud becomes first Somali immigrant on school board
LEWISTON, Maine — Zam Zam Mohamud, described as popular and well-regarded in the community by a Bates College professor, is the city’s first Somali to ...
Somali Islamists threaten Kenyan voters
Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab on Wednesday issued a stark warning to Kenyan voters ahead of next week’s general elections, threatening them with a “long, gruesome ...
Kenay: Relief as UK body rejects miraa ban calls
Good news for miraa farmers. The United Kingdom government has rejected calls to ban sale of miraa in that country.This is after its drugs advisory ...
Khat: a legal high, but should it be banned?
Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office ...
UK: Government complacent over TPims – Pat McFadde
Tuesday, January 01, 2013 A Labour MP has accused the government of complacency and putting the public “at greater risk” by changing the way ...
Somali Awards Ceremony 2012 – The marking of an astonishing day for Somalis
Allin Nuh remarks on the fourth annual United Kingdom’s Somali Achievement Awards, which was recently held in London. The awards ceremony marked a remarkable day ...
Healing the Psychological Wounds of the Socially Excluded Somali Minorities
The recent development of the politics in Somalia was described by many as the beginning of a new era or a new page in the ...
Heavy clashes breakout between ONLF and Ethiopian forces
Heavy clashes have erupted in the conflict-ridden Somali regional state on Sunday night between Ethiopian forces and the rebel Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). Eyewitnesses ...
ETHIOPIA: A wave of atrocities against villages in Ogaden
ADDIS ABABA – “No proper evidence has reached the world until now” The task force that arrested and wounded the Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and ...
Somaliland: Ministers suggest Haj boycott over passports
HARGEISA — Somaliland ministers became strongly divided during a heated meeting of Cabinet over the thorny issue of Somali passport on Thursday, SP reports. The ...
Somaliland: No fuss. No Haggling.
BY BRYN KARCHA Somaliland is far from the first nation I’ve traveled to. What struck me most, more than the pyramids of Egypt, the beaches ...
IN PICTURES: Mo Farah and Usain Bolt exchange ‘Lightning Bolt’ and ‘Mobot’
Usain Bolt, who won three gold medals in the 4×100 metres relay, 100 and 200m events has paid tribute to Great Britain’s double gold medallist, ...
Mo Farah makes history as first British man to take gold in Olympic 10000m
Mo Farah sprinted into athletics legend here in London’s disbelieving Olympic Stadium, becoming the first British man ever to win the Olympic 10000m title, indeed ...
Somali comedian who poked fun at Islamists shot dead
MOGADISHU — Gunmen shot dead a well-known comedian known for poking fun at Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials and colleagues ...
Book Review: A Comprehensive Guide to Toxicology in Preclinical Drug Development
Hiiraan Online As one of the leading online news for Somalia, HOL is focused not only delivering the latest news from Somalia, but also desires ...
30,000 Ethiopians fleeing Moyale conflict enter Kenya
NAIROBI — The Kenyan Red Cross says more than 30,000 refugees have entered the country from Ethiopia in the past few days to escape fighting ...
Somalia: Al-Shabaab in the mafrishes?
BY LIBAN OBSIYE I was thoroughly disappointed. I had gone to a mafrish with a friend and had not met one, not even one, Al ...
Ethiopia without PM Meles Zenawi – the case of EPRDF and ONLF
By Mukhtar M. Omer Schadenfreude as an instrument of regime change Meles is ill, possibly terminally. His absence from the African Union (AU) summit finally ...
Sulekha Ali: Queen of Lyrics redefining the music world
TORONTO — Canada’s latest singing sensation is not only attracting the attention of music lovers from coast to coast but is quickly building a solid ...
Somaliland: Learned helplessness
Berbera International Airport, Berbera, Somaliland (Yusuf Dahir). SAED A. ELMI When one believes that one’s own action has no affect what so ever, on changing ...
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