A Somali born Canadian is killed in Mogadishu.
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Mohamed Ilmi Ibrahim, a Somali born Canadian who left Canada to join Alshabab fighters in Somalia was killed in the recent fighting between Alshabab rebel groups and the TFG forces. As shown in video clip posted in the youtube, Mr. Ilmi referred to Almuhajiri died as a ‘martyr’. The statement said [...]
President Sharif addresses Somali Diaspora Community in London.
Listen London (Alshahid) –The president of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has addressed hundreds of Somalis in Eastern London on Wednesday night. The president who is Britain for official duties gave a speech which was touching on many things among them the current situation in Somalia, the Diaspora Communities, the [...]
Yemen closes waterways in front of Africans.
Listen Sana’a (Alshahid) – The Interior Ministry said it ordered the Coastguard and security authorities in the coastal provinces to close main waterways in front of African sneakers into Yemeni lands from the Horn of Africa, the state run almoatmer.ner has reported. This measure comes within the framework of the Yemen efforts to ban terrorist [...]
Puntland: International ships are responsible for the increase in piracy.
Listen Bosaso (Alshahid) – Fishing and Resource Minister in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland has on Wednesday accused international ships of running after their own interest and goals. Mr. Mohammed Farah Aden further said that this international navies are not there in the shores of Somalia to protect it’s resources but for their own motives. [...]
Education officer killed as Security beefed up in Bosaso
Listen Bosaso (Alshahid) There was tight security operation in Bosaso town on Sunday after unidentified gunmen shot dead a local education officer overnight Abdulahi Mohamed siyad, head of local youth organization SSCO (Somali students connecting organization) was killed in Bosaso on Saturday night and the circumstance surrounding his death is still unclear. Police officials said [...]
Kenyan Security officers arrest 30 Somali teenagers at boarder point.
Listen Mandera (Alshahid) – At least 30 Somali teenagers were arrested on Thursday by Kenyan security officers manning the Somali volatile boarder as the youth tried to sneak into Kenya from the boarder town of Balad Hawo, reports indicate According to Shabelle website, the Kenyan security officers carried operations in Mandera town while at the [...]
Somalis in Diaspora condemn suicide bombing in homeland.
Listen Minneapolis (Alshahid) – Even Somali-Americans hardened by the bloodshed of their homeland were sickened by the latest attack, a suicide bombing in Mogadishu on Dec. 3.Many say the bombing was one of the saddest moments in recent Somali history. The bomber killed at least 22 people at a graduation ceremony for medical students. Some [...]
The Kool-Aid Syndrome and Somalia’s Fading Hope
Listen Approximately nine months ago the UN-sponsored peace conference in Djibouti produced the current president of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. President Ahmed’s internationally supported unity government continues to be mired down in internal conflict; a conflict rooted in the 4.5 clan system formula. It is a system that remains the [...]
Somalia: Youth Minister in I.C.U.
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) Survivors of the Somali bomb blast were flown to Kenya and are currently receiving treatment at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. Among the patients is Somalia’s Minister of youth and sports, Mr. Suleiman Collad Roble and five respected and well known doctors in Mogadishu namely doctors Abdullahi Hasssan, Tahlil Abdi Farah, Abdillahi [...]
KENYA: We’ll fight back if Al-Shabab attacks
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – Kenya’s Defence Minister Yusuf Haji has said the military will retaliate in the event that the Al-Shabab militia group carries out their threat to attack the country. Haji said the Government would defend its sovereignty and warned that it would not sit back in the event of an attack by the [...]