Saracen scandal exposed TFG’s hypocrisy and incompetence
Listen For good governance, politicians accused of forgery, lies, corruption and incompetence should resign or be forced to leave office or thrown in jail if they are caught red-handed. President Sheikh Sharif, Prime Minister (PM) Mohamed Abdullahi Formajo, Minister Abdulkareem Jama of Posts, Telecommunication and Information (PTI) of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) are accused [...]
Death of gravely ill Somalia
Listen The inevitable outcome of the contradictory and illusory actions of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG), of the armed Islamists, of the clan-based Regional Entities, of the neighboring and occupying countries of Somalia, of the International Community (IC), and of the “Transnational Somali Diaspora” is the quick death of gravely ill Somalia. TFG [...]
Somalia’s alshabab leader traveled to UAE twice through Kenya
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Somalia’s al-Qaeda sponsored alshabab’s spiritual leader, Sheikh Mukhtar Abdurahman Abu Zubeyr (AKA Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohamed Godane) has traveled twice, via Kenya to the UAE to visit his wife and family in Sharjah, Sunatimes reported. The reclusive leader made unreported trips to United Arab Emirate to visit his wife and children [...]
Ugandans to begin election process on 25 October
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) -The Electoral Commission Thursday unveiled the roadmap to next year’s elections setting October 25 and 26, 2010, as the official nomination dates for candidates intending to run for president. “All presidential candidates will be nominated by the Commission on October 25 and 26, 2010,” Mr Joseph Ongaria the Electoral commission’s deputy chairperson [...]
President Kagame’s Bodyguard Escapes
Listen Member of Rwanda’s elite Presidential Republican Guard (PPG) survived death in what could be compared to a Hollywood Movie. President Paul Kagame’s bodyguard, Innocent Kalisa who is used to travelling in a First Class if not on a presidential jet, for the first time was sealed in a vegetable container onto a plane and [...]
Rwandan police asked to release US attorney
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) — An international lawyers’ group on Saturday called for the immediate release of an American lawyer charged with genocide denial in Rwanda. Peter Erlinder, who is in Rwanda to help defend an opposition presidential hopeful against charges that include promoting genocidal ideology, was arrested Friday by Rwandan police. The International Criminal Defense [...]
When Somalis were Rendered Stateless*
Listen On October 14th 1977, a young Somali man was arrested by the Kenya Police in what they claimed was an undercover operation. His name was Mohamed Ahmed and he was described as a former Kenya army private from Mandera. His crime was being found with a Somali passport issued to him by the Second [...]
Somali politician from Wajir not Kenyan, says Immigration Ministry.
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – Kenya’s Immigration Ministry insists that Wajir South politician Mahamud Muhumed Sirat is not a Kenyan and is in the country illegally even after two High Court judges declared that he is a Kenyan Citizen. In a replying affidavit, the Ministry of Immigration claims that though holder of a Kenyan Passport, Mr [...]
Somalia embassy in Italy to start issuing e-passports.
Listen Rome (Alshahid)-Somalia’s embassy in Rome on Monday will start issuing electronic passports to the Somali national in the Diaspora according to the Somalia ambassador to Italy Noor Hassan Hussein (Noor Adde) Noor Adde who spoke to the reporters in his office in Rome said that there are some conditions to be met by the [...]
Diplomatic confusion between Kenya and United Arab Emirates.
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – There is a diplomatic wrangle between Kenya and UAE after the latter imposed a strict travel conditions for the Kenyan passport holders who want to travel to UAE. The decision taken by the UAE officials came to effect on last Monday and requires any Kenyan passport holder traveling to or from [...]