My last meeting with the Great Awkuku
Our beloved actor comedian Abdulahi Amiir Roble (Awkuku) was a legend who illuminated us for decades with laughter and smiles, has passed away on the 28th of March 2008.
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Somalia on the Brink
By its own admission, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia is on life support… and its prime Minister does not deny that government troops rob civilians. “This is the biggest problem we have,” he said in an interview this month. But some of the men believed to be the biggest spoilers are part of the government....
Hambalyo Hambalyo Hambalyo
Anagoo ah dadka hoos ku qoran ayaan halkaan waxaan hambalyo u diraynaa Cali Yusuf Abshir Cadami iyo Hani Axmed Xasan oo Meherkoodu ka dhacay Magaalada Boosaso,...
Speculators to pay price for their punt
Geologically, Puntland appears to be a mirror image of oil-rich Yemen on the other side of the Red Sea. That “look-alike” theory will be tested over the next few months as Range and its partner, Africa Oil, pick up where American oil major Conoco left off in 1991 when Somalia collapsed and war broke out. ...
Yemen’s Marginalized Class
They are known as “Al Akhdam” — the servants. Set apart by their African features, they form a kind of hereditary caste at the very bottom of Yemen’s social ladder. Degrading myths pursue them: they eat their own dead, and their women are all prostitutes… One in every 25 people suffers from caste discrimination based on the kind of work they do and their family origin…...
NRM united Muslims, says Museveni
I am told by scholars that the first Muslims came to Uganda in 1844. They came as traders and most prominent among them was Ahmed bin Ibrahim....
Somali pirates free Russian ship - local official
Somali pirates have released a Russian ship captured off the Horn of Africa last month, after a $700,000 ransom was paid, a local official said on Tuesday....
Austrian Islamist Chief: Muslims in the West Must Obey Western Laws.
Shakar Assem: Islamic law is restricted to the territory of the Caliphate. Muslims living in the west must obey the laws of the country: this is their Islamic duty, he says. This extends to integration too....
Dakar Declaration of the 2008 OIC Conference
We continue to strongly condemn all forms of extremism and dogmatism, which are incompatible with Islam, a religion of moderation and peaceful coexistence....
Mecca's commercialization offers new media prospects
Pilgrims to Mecca can now grab some Starbucks or do some quick shopping on the way to the Grand Mosque. The largest mall in Saudi Arabia opened last year across the street from Islam's holiest site, and more large scale commercialization efforts have been set....
Range Resources 1H Pretax Losses $8.3M Vs $4.2M
Range Resources announced Monday a first half pretax loss of $8.3 million compared with a loss of $4.2 million in the same period last year… African Oil is committed to spending US$45 million on a 4 well drilling program to earn its 80% interest in the Nogal and Dharoor Blocks....
11th Islamic summit ends with revised charter
The revised Charter, aiming at prepare the Islamic world for the challenges in the 21st century, was adopted after several days of closed-door meetings. ...
That Question Again, Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?
On Feb. 28 police in Norwegian capital Oslo arrested three Somalis, and are still detaining one of them. The Somalis, the security services say, have been sending money to terrorists in Somalia fighting the UN-supported transitional federal government....
Kivuitu to face public probe over poll crisis
ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu and the 21 commissioners will be summoned to appear before the committee set up to investigate the December 27 elections under the peace deal brokered by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan....
Egypt bars 90 percent of Islamist hopefuls from vote
The Brotherhood says the crackdown aims to block another election success after 2005 parliamentary polls in which the group won a fifth of seats through members standing as independents… US criticizes Egypt for arrests ahead of local elections. ...
INTERVIEW-Somalia war creates 20,000 refugees a month
"The problem with Somalia is intractable ... The situation seems to be deteriorating. We don't see any improvement," Guillermo Bettocchi, head of the U.N. refugee agency for Somalia, told Reuters....
Infidel Fidel iyo Geeska Afrika
Waxaan aragnay in Geeska Afrika ay isku dhinac ka soo wada jeesteen Mareykanka iyo Cuba, oo taaageero hiil iyo hooba ay la garab taagan yihiin Ethiopia. Haddana labadan dal ee Cuba iyo Mareykanka ay kor uga muuqdaan in aan wax xiriir siyaasadeed ah lahayn. Arrintan ma waxaan uga harnaa murtida oraneysa “Boqol-u-taliye Boqol ul buu leeyahay”?...