Popular Jihadist web forum knocked off Internet
WASHINGTON (Alshahid)- — A popular jihadist Internet forum has been knocked off the Internet, and counterterrorism experts say it appears it was hacked. Cybersecurity analysts say the al-Shamukh forum appears to have been taken down by a fairly sophisticated cyberattack that hit not only the website, but the server — which is the main [...]
U.S. airstrikes wounds two al-shabaab leaders in Somali
Mogadishu (Alshahid) -A U.S. drone aircraft fired on two leaders of a militant Somali organization tied to al-Qaeda, apparently wounding them, a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operation said Wednesday. The strike last week against senior members of al-Shabab comes amid growing concern within the U.S. government that some leaders of the Islamist [...]
TWO Somalis have been murdered in Cape Town
Cape Town (Alshahid) -The men were shot in the head while they were delivering groceries to their shops. They died on the scene in Red Bay Street. The criminals fled with a bakkie full of groceries and an undisclosed amount of cash. A witness, Buyiswa Gaji, said: “I was going to the shop when I [...]
U.S. to resume formal Muslim Brotherhood contacts
Washington (Alshahid) – The United States has decided to resume formal contacts with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, in a step that reflects the Islamist group’s growing political weight but that is almost certain to upset Israel and its U.S. backers. “The political landscape in Egypt has changed, [...]
Communique Of The 39th Extra-Ordinary Session Of The IGAD Council Of Ministers On The Security And Political Situation In Somalia, Sudan And Eritrea’s Activities In The Region 28th June 2011
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (Alshahid) The 39th Extra-ordinary Meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers convened on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 28th June 2011 to discuss the developments in Somalia, the Sudan and the activities of Eritrea in the region and to chart the way forward, ahead for [...]
Somali criminals should not be deported, rules European Court
London (Alshahid) -The UK must not deport two Somalis convicted of serious crimes because to do so would endanger their lives, the European Court of Human Rights says. The Strasbourg judges said the UK’s duty to protect the two from torture or inhumane treatment was “absolute”. The pair, aged 24 and 42, were served with [...]
800 Somali kids arrive in Kenyan camps daily; SOS
Nairobi (Alshahid) -An international aid group says over 800 Somali children arrive at Kenyan refugee camps each day to escape their country’s devastating drought. Save the Children says that the children are part of the nearly 1,300 people who come each day to the overcrowded Dadaab refugee camps in northeastern Kenya. The group said Tuesday [...]
UN votes for new Ethiopian peacekeepers for Sudan’s Abyei
New York (Alshahid) -The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously voted to send a 4,200-strong Ethiopian peacekeeping force to the disputed Sudanese territory of Abyei. The force will monitor the withdrawal of north Sudan troops from Abyei as well as human rights in the region. Khartoum forces occupied Abyei on May 21 and more than [...]
Britain supports Appointment of New Somali Premier
London (Alshahid) -The British government has welcomed the appointment of Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali as a new Somali Prime minister on 23rd of this month. Mr. Matt Baugh the British envoy to Somalia told the press that his country is eager to see the new PM come up with the mechanisms to end the transitional [...]
Kenyan Fatuma Noor wins 2011 CNN Award on alshabaab story
Nairobi (Alshahid) –Kenya’s Daily Star’s investigative reporter Fatuma Noor is the overall winner of the this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year Award. Noor won the award for her investigative three-part series on the Al-Shabaab. It was chosen from the 1407 entries from 42 nations across Africa. The series tells the story of [...]