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Xarakada Al-shabaab oo dhawaan laga qabsaday degmada Marko ee gobolka Shabeellada hoose ayaa waxay ciidammo fara badan soo dhoobtay deegaanno horay looga qabsaday oo ay ka mid yihiin Laanta Buuro iyo Lambar 50 oo u dhexeya Marko iyo Afgooye. Goobjoogayaal ku sugan deegaannadaas ayaa sheegaya inay arkeen ciidammo iyo gaadiid fara badan oo halkaas soo gaaray, kuwaasoo aan la ogeyn ujeedka ay leeyihiin, iyadoo Al-shabaab ay horay falal ammaandarrop uga sameyn jirtay inta u dhexeysa Afgooye iyo Muqdisho. "Deegaannada gobolka ee u dhexeeya Afgooye iyo Marko waxaa soo buuxiyay ciidammo fara badan oo Al-shabaab ka tirsan, xaaladdu waa xaalad dagaal, balse lama saadaalin karo sida ay wax noqon karaan," ayuu yiri goobjooge ku sugan KM-50. Saraakiisha Al-shabaab ayaa waxay horay u sheegeen inay qabsan doonaan goobaha ay banneeyeen ciidamada dowladda iyo kuwa AMISOM, iyadoo aysan jirin wax hadal ah oo kasoo baxay dhinaca dowladda Soomaaliya. Dhanka kale, ciidamada dowladda ee ku su

Egyptian President Mohammad Mursi arrived in Tehran on Thursday, the first Egyptian leader to visit Iran since its Islamic revolution in 1979. Iranian state television broadcast live pictures of Mursi's red-carpet welcome at Tehran's Mehrabad airport. He was to attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement that concludes on Friday. Iran has presented its tenure of the movement as the failure of the United States to isolate it from the rest of the world, a message its most powerful figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will press home in an address to around 35 visiting heads of state on Thursday morning. Diplomatic relations between Cairo and Tehran broke down immediately after Iran's revolution over Egypt's support for the overthrown Shah and its peace agreement with Israel. As president, Mursi has so far refused to address the issue of whether ties would be upgraded with Iran, but has indicated he would pursue a more balanced foreign policy. Analysts say Mursi's brief

Egyptian authorities will detain former presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik for questioning over an alleged corruption case if he returns from abroad, a judge said on Wednesday. Shafik, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, has been placed on a watch list at border points, Judge Osama el-Saeidy said in a statement. Shafik, who lost a presidential run-off vote against the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi in June, left Egypt for Abu Dhabi two days after his opponent was declared president. His aides have repeatedly denied Shafik is on the run, saying he would return soon to launch a new liberal political party, but the threat of arrest could deter him, analysts say. "The investigative judge decided to put General Ahmed Shafik's name on the watch and travel ban lists based on investigations over his illegal allocation of 40,000 square metres of land... to Alaa and Gamal Mubarak," Saeidy said. Mubarak's two sons Alaa and Gamal are now in priso

A former Somali prime minister denied diplomatic immunity must pay $21 million in damages to the victims of his alleged torture and human rights abuse, a U.S. federal court ruled on Tuesday. Mohamed Ali Samantar, who served as Somalia's defense minister in the 1980s and prime minister from 1987 to 1990, agreed in February to not contest the charges and accept liability for any damages against the seven plaintiffs - four individuals and three estates. The lawsuit, seeking financial damages from Samantar, was filed under the Torture Victim Protection Act in 2004 by a small group of Somalis who said they suffered torture or other abuses in their homeland by soldiers or other government officials under Samantar's general command. Samantar has lived in Virginia since 1997. Some of the plaintiffs are naturalized U.S. citizens. The case had been followed closely for its foreign policy implications. Granting immunity could allow foreign torturers in the United States to esc

Two Kenyan police officers and a civilian were killed when rioters hurled a grenade at officers in the port city of Mombasa on Tuesday after two days of violence over the killing of a radical Muslim cleric. Mobs of youths had fired at police with machineguns just before throwing the grenade into a police truck, Benedict Kigen, a senior police intelligence officer said. The riots broke out on Monday after Aboud Rogo, accused by the United States of helping al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants in Somalia, was shot dead. Gunmen sprayed Rogo's car with bullets in an attack many Muslims in Mombasa blamed on the police, who denied involvement. Police said at least 16 police officers were wounded in the grenade attack in Kisauni, a predominantly Muslim area, where youths set two churches on fire and barricaded roads with burning tyres as the riots spread to the outskirts of Kenya's second-biggest city, a tourist hub and major Indian Ocean port. "These are pure criminals, and now

cabinet minister Mohamed Osman Jawaari was elected speaker of Somalia's parliament by a majority vote on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for a new government in the war-torn Horn of Africa country. The next step in a Western-backed plan to end two decades of strife is the election of a president charged with the task of rebuilding institutions plagued by corruption and infighting. Somalia has been mired in civil strife, grinding poverty, Islamist militancy and maritime piracy since warlords toppled military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, leaving the nation without an effective central government. Jawaari, a veteran politician and former transport minister under Barre who can speak and write in Arabic, English, Italian and Norwegian, won after the first round of voting. His closest rival Ali Khalif Galeyr bowed out of the race after conceding defeat just before the second round of voting. "I thank my friends who gave me the votes and all of you," Jawaari said, addin

 Guddiga doorashada guddoonka baarlamaanka Soomaaliya ayaa ku dhawaaqay in Prof. Maxamed Cismaan Jawaari uu si rasmi ah u noqday afhayeenka baarlamaanka Soomaaliya kaddib markiii uu tanaasulay Prof. Cali Khaliif Galleyr oo ay isugu soo hareer wareeggii ugu dambeeyay. Guddiga ayaa sheegay in Prof. Jawaari uu helay wareeggii koowaad 119 cod halkii laga doonayay 139 cod, balse tanaasulka uu sameeyay Prof. Galleyr ay sababtay inuu noqdo guddoomiyaha rasmiga ah ee baarlamaanka federaalka Soomaaliya. Wareeggii koowaad ee doorashada ayaa shanta murashax ee xilka u tagaan waxay kala heleen Prof. Jawaari oo helay 119 cod, Prof. Cali Khaliif Galleyr oo 77-cod helay, Cabdi Xaashi Cabdullaahi oo helay 23-cod, C/rashiid Maxamed Xiddig oo helay 10-cod iyo Xasan Abshir Faarax oo helay shan cod. Saddexda murashax ee ugu codadka yaraa ayaa waxay ku dhawaaqeen inaysan ka qaybgalay doorashada wareegeedda labaad, iyadoo markaas ay isku soo hareen oo keliya Jawaari iyo Galleyn, inkastoo Galleyr uu mar d

Mogadishu - Somalia troops with the assistance of the African Union MissionTroops, have this morning pushed Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists out of Marka, the third-largest port in Southern Somalia. The dawn operation met little resistance as the AMISOM and Somali National Army troops steadily advanced to Shalamboot and established a defensive position there.   Located 90 kilometres south of Mogadishu, Marka has been under the brutal rule of the extremists since November 2008. In recent months, many of the al Shabaab’s top commanders have been fleeing towards the town following a string of defeats by the allied forces. The capture of Marka is also critical for AMISOM future operations to liberate the city of Kismayo, the extremists’ largest source of illicit revenue.   This important achievement comes at a critical time for Somalia as the country’s newly inaugurated Parliament prepares to elect a Speaker and President for the country, and bring to a close 12 years of transitional

  Xaaladda degmada Marko ee xarunta gobolka Shabeellada hoose ayaa daggan saakay, kaddib markii xoogaggii Al-shabaab ay isaga baxeen degmadaas, sidoo kalena ay ciidammo ka tirsan oo xafado ka mid ah degmadaas galay ay dib uga baxeen isla shalay. Goobjoogayaal ku sugan degmada Marko ayaa sheegay inaysan jirin wax ganacsi ah oo saakay ka furay gudaha degmadaas, sidoo kalena socodkii dadku uusan jirin sababo la xiriira iyadoo dadku ay baqdin ka qabaan in dhibaatooyin ay dhacaan. "Xaaladdu waa daggan tahay, mana jirto cid hadda ku sugan gudaha degmada, xalay oo dhan cabsi ayaa jirtay dadkuna saakay waxay ku sugan yihin guryahooda," ayuu yiri goobjooge magaciisa qariyay oo ku sugan degmada Marko. Goobjoogaha ayaa intaas ku daray in xoogaggii Al-shabaab ay shalay isaga baxeen degmada ciidamada dowladduna aysan weli si buuxda u soo gelin degmada inkastoo ay shalay xaafado ka mid ah gaareen, balse ay dib uga baxeen. Saraakiisha dowladda Soomaaliya ee hoggaaminaya dagaalka ayaa sh

  Magaalada Muqdisho ee xarunta Soomaaliya ayaa waxaa maanta oo Talaado ah lagu dooranayaa guddoomiyaha iyo ku xigeennada baarlamaanka federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya, kaasoo inta badan xubnihiisa la dhaariyay toddobaadkii hore. Doorashada ayaa waxay ka dhacaysaa dugsiga tababarka booliiska (Scola Polisio), halkaasoo ammaankeeda aad loo adkeeyay, waxaana ku qulqulaya xildhibaannadii baarlamaanka ee la dhaariyay iyo kuwo la doonayo in isla maanta la dhaariyo si ay doorashada uga qaybgalaan. "Maanta oo Talaado ah ayay dhacaysaa doorashada guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka iyo ku xigeennadiisa," ayuu yiri afhayeenka guddiga doorashada guddoonka sare ee baarlamaanka federaalka Soomaaliya, xildhibaan Cismaan Libaax Ibraahim oo intaas ku daray. "Waxaa la filayaa inay doorashada ka qaybgalaan xildhibaanno gaaraya 260 xildhibaan oo qaarkood la dhaarin doono intaysan doorashadu billaaban," Kulanka lagu dooranayo guddoonka baarlamaanka ayaa waxaa shir-guddoomin doona guddoomiyaha KMG

Egypt's new Islamist president said on Monday he would pursue a "balanced" foreign policy, reassuring Israel its peace treaty was safe, hinting at a new approach to Iran and calling on Bashar al-Assad's allies to help lever the Syrian leader out. Mohamed Mursi, who was elected in June and consolidated his power this month by dismissing top military leaders, is seeking to introduce himself to a wider world ahead of a trip to Iran - the first by an Egyptian leader in three decades - and China. "Egypt is now a civilian state ... a national, democratic, constitutional, modern state," he told Reuters in his first interview with an international news organisation since taking office as the candidate of the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood. "International relations between all states are open and the basis for all relations is balance. We are not against anyone but we are for achieving our interests," said the U.S.-educated engineer, appearing confident

Hundreds of protesters smashed cars and vandalised at least four churches in the Kenyan city of Mombasa on Monday after unknown gunmen shot dead a Muslim cleric accused by the United States of helping Islamist militants in neighbouring Somalia. Aboud Rogo Mohammed, who the United States accused of advocating the radicalisation and recruitment of non-Somali Africans by the al Shabaab militant group, was shot dead on Monday and buried shortly afterwards. Rogo was facing charges of planning acts of terror and importing illegal weapons. "He was driving in a personal car with other four other occupants. Unknown gunmen attacked his vehicle ... sprayed it with bullets and killed him on the spot," Robert Kitur, deputy police chief for the region said. "They must have been targeting him, and must have been trailing him for a while." Kenyan police fired rubber bullets in the air and teargas to disperse protesters in Mombasa, Kenya's main port city and a popular tourist d

Somalia's leaders have shown a commitment to reform but must move to install a new government in the economically and politically fragile country, the EU's foreign policy chief said during a visit on Monday. Catherine Ashton's first visit to the war-ravaged country coincided with African Union driving Islamist militants from a port south of the capital. Ashton said she had frank discussions with the country's leaders a day ahead of an expected, though already delayed, vote for a new parliamentary speaker. That vote is seen as a crucial step towards the chamber electing a new president, the culmination of a reform process mired by allegations of intimidation, bribery and repeated setbacks. "What I've seen is real commitment, a recognition that the world is watching and an understanding that we need to see this process reach conclusion," Ashton told reporters in Mogadishu's heavily fortified airport. Since the outbreak of civil conflict in 1991 there

African's President Jacob Zuma rose to power as a man of the people but seemed a world away from the masses when he stood in a suit under a parasol to speak to destitute miners about the deadliest police killing since apartheid ended. The deaths of 44 in a labor dispute this month at Lonmin's Marikana mine, including 34 armed miners shot by police, could undermine Zuma's populist appeal and threaten his chances in a December vote where he seeks re-election as the leader of the party that dominates politics. Zuma's critics say the day last week he spoke to miners for a few minutes under the blazing sun showed him more beholden to special interest groups than to millions of South Africans waiting for him to ease poverty. He took more time to speak to Lonmin's executives than miners and then left the mine to dance in front of cameras at a ruling African National Congress event, despite declaring a week of mourning. "Our government is becoming a pig that

Violence has spread to the eastern operations of world No. 3 platinum producer Lonmin, the company said on Monday, raising concerns of deadly unrest flaring again after 44 people were killed this month in labour strife. "There have been incidents of intimidation towards bus drivers overnight as well as intimidation of Eastern's workers this morning, preventing them from coming to work," the company said in a statement. Lonmin, where most operations have been suspended for two weeks by a wage strike among about 3,000 of its workers, also said only about 13 percent of its 28,000-strong workforce has shown up on Monday morning. This is far short of the numbers needed to start pulling ore from the earth again. Trade union Solidarity, which represents skilled workers, also reported high levels of intimidation. In another development, workers at a mine run by junior producer Eastern Platinum in South Africa were blocked on Monday from going to their posts by people belie

Ugu yaraan 25-qof ayaa ku dhaawacay shilal kala duwan oo maanta ka dhacay inta u dhexeysa Muqdisho iyo Afgooye, kaddib markii ay isku dhaceen afar gaari oo laba ka mid ay ahaayeen kuwa gaadiidka loo yaqaan BL-ka ee dadweynaha qaada. Labadan shil oo ka dhacya deegaanka KM-13 oo u dhexeeya Muqdisho iyo Afgooye ayaa waxaa shilkii hore waxaa ku dhaawacmay 18-qof kaddib markii ay isku dhaceen gaari weyn iyo Mini-bus ka yimid deegaanka Kaxda kuna socday Muqdisho. Goobjooge ku sugnaa halka uu shilku ka dhacay ayaa saxaafadda u sheegay in dadka dhaawacmay ay ahaayeen kuwo la socday laba gaari ee shilka galay, isagoo xusay in gaadiidka isku dhacay uu burbur xooggan gaaray. Sidoo kale, gaari kuwa rakaabka qaada ah oo degmada Afgooye ku socda ayaa si lama filaan waxay isugu dhaceen gaari kale oo kuwa raaxada ah, waxaana halkaas ku dhaawacmay toddoba qof oo rakaabkii gaarigaas ka mid ahaa. Rakaabkii gaariga dadweynaha la socday ee ka badbaaday shilka ayaa sheegay in gaarigii ay la socdeen uu

The United Nations Security Council said it added Abubaker Shariff Ahmed to a list of people subject to travel bans, asset freezes and targeted arms embargoes for supporting extremist groups. Ahmed, a Kenyan national, has been a leading facilitator and recruiter of young Kenyan Muslims for militant activity in Somalia, the council said in a statement on its website. He has told male worshippers at mosques in the port city of Mombasa to travel to Somalia and commit acts of violence on behalf of al- Qaeda including killing U.S. citizens, it said. “He provides material support to extremist groups in Kenya and elsewhere in East Africa,” the council said. “Through his frequent trips to al-Shabaab strongholds in Somalia, including Kismayo, he has been able to maintain strong ties with senior al-Shabaab members.” Al-Shabaab, which has ties to al-Qaeda, has led an insurgency against Somalia’s UN-backed government for the past five years, and still controls swathes of territory in the south

Guddoomiyaha maxkamadda sare ee dalka, Avv. Caydiid Cabdullaahi Ilko-xanaf ayaa sheegay in maxkamadda sare ay go'aan kama dambeys ah ka gaari doonto maanta oo Isniin ah dacwadaha xildhibaannadii loo diiday inay ka mid noqdaan baarlamaanka cusub ee Soomaaliya. Garyaqaan Ilko-xanaf ayaa sheegay in guddiga farsamo ee xulista baarlamaanka ay u direen fariimmo ku saabsan inay ka hadlaan sababihii ay xildhibaannadu u diideen inay ka mid noqdaan 275 xubnood ee baarlamaanka uu ka kooban yahay. "Haddii guddiga farsamo ay imaan waayaan maxkamadda waxaan go'aan cad kasoo saari doonnaa xildhibaannada la diiday," ayuu yiri garyaqaan Caydiid Ilko-xanaf oo aan sheegin wuxuu noqon doono go'aankooda kama dambeysta ah. Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ee xilligiisu sii dhammaanayo Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa habeen hore sheegay in dacwadda ku saabsan xildhibaannada la diiday ay go'aan ka gaari doonto maxkamadda sare. Xubnaha guddiga ayaa diiday inay hortagaan maxkamadda shalay, inkastoo

Ugu yaraan shan caruur ah ayaa ku dhintay 10 kalena way ku dhaawacmeen qarax bambaano oo maanta ka dhacay degmada Balcad ee gobolka Shabellada hoose. Mas'uuliyiinta gobolka Shabellada dhexe ee dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa sheegaya in qaraxa uu ka dhashay bambaano kuwa gacanta ah oo ay caruurtu ku dheeleen ayna si lama filaan ah ugu qaraxday. "Qaraxu wuxuu ahaa mid xooggan, waxaana bamka uu qarxay markii ay caruurtu ku dheeleen," ayuu yiri guddoomiyaha Shabeellada dhexe, Cabdi Jiinoow Calasoow oo la hadlayay warbaahinta qaraxa kaddib. "Ugu yaraan shan caruur ah ayaa ku dhintay 10 kalena way ku dhaawacmeen," oo intaask daray. "Dhimashadu way ka badan kartaa intaas waayo dhaawacyo badan oo halis ah ayaa jira."  Degmada Balcad oo 30-km dhinaca Waqooyi kaga beegan magaalada Muqdisho ayaa waxay ciidamada dowladda Soomaaliya oo garabsanaya kuwa AMISOM kala wereegeen Al-shabaab dabayaaqadii bishii Juun ee sannadkan. "Waxaan maqlay qarax weyn, daqiiqado

Ciidamada dowladda Soomaaliya oo garabsanaya kuwa AMISOM ayaa maanta gaaray deegaan ku dhow degmada Marko ee xarunta gobolka Shabeellada hoose, halkaasoo ay saddexdii sano ee lasoo dhaafay ay ka talinaysay Xarakada Al-shabaab. Goobjoogayaal ku sugan degmada Marko ayaa u sheegay HOL inay cabsi weyn ka jirto gudaha degmadaas, ayna xoogagga Al-shabaab weli ku sugan yihiin, mana jiro hadal kasoo baxay dhinaca Al-shabaab oo ku saabsan deegaanno ay ka mid tahay Shalaanbood oo saakay lagala wareegay. "Ciidamada dowladda iyo kuwa AMISOM saakay waxay ka dhaqaaqeen deegaanka KM-50 ee gobolka Shabeellada hoose waxayna hadda ku sugan yihiin deegaanka Shalaanbood iyo deegaanno kale oo ku dhow degmada Marko," ayuu yiri sarkaal u hadlay ciidamada dowladda Soomaaliya. Sarkaalkan wuxuu sheegay inaysan iska-caabin kala kulmeen xoogagga Al-shabaab markii ay gaareen deegaanka Buufoow, balse ay ka gudbeen, isagoo xusay inay ka go'an tahay inay galaan xarunta gobolka Shabeellada hoose ee M

Kenyan police have arrested five clan leaders and four chiefs in connection with an attack that killed 53 people in a long-running dispute over land and water in a rural part of the east of the country, a senior provincial official said on Friday. Armed with machetes, bows and arrows and spears, attackers from the Pokomo ethnic group locked villagers from the rival Orma group in their homes, set the structures alight and killed anyone who tried to escape late on Tuesday. Settled Pokomo farmers and semi-nomadic Orma pastoralists have clashed intermittently for years over access to grazing, farm land and water resources. Samuel Kilele, government commissioner for Coast province, told reporters in the port city of Mombasa the arrested elders are accused of organising and leading the raid and the chiefs of failing to alert authorities about the planned attacks. "They had prior information which they did not share with us so that we could intervene before the attacks occurred. We

Guddiga qabanqaabada doorashada guddoonka sare ee baarlamaanka Soomaaliya ayaa sheegay inay maanta ku eg-tahay qabashada araajida murashaxiinta u taagan xilka guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka iyo ku xigeennadiisa. Inkastoo ay dhowr murashax u taagan yihiin xilkan ayaa haddana waxaa jira dad kale oo rajo ka qaba inay xilkaas u tartamaan, iyadoo guddigu ay sheegeen inay ka shaqeyn doonaan maalinta hartay sidii doorashada ay u dhici lahayd. "Qabashada araajida murashaxiinta u tartamaya xilalka afhayeenka ku xigeennadiisa waxay ku eg-tahay maanta oo Jimco ah, wixii ka dambeeya howlo kale ayaa inoo billaabi doona," ayuu yiri afhayeenka guddigan doorashada, xidhibaan Cismaan Libaax Ibraahim. Diyaargarowga loogu jiro doorashada guddoonka baarlamaanka ayaa ku eg berri oo Sabti ah iyadoo maalinta xigta ee Axada ah oo ay bishan ku beegan tahay 26-ka waxaa bilaabanaysa doorashada guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka iyo ku xigeenkiisa. Murashaxiin u taagan illaa iyo hadda qabashada xilka guddoomiyah

Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya, Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa la kulmay odayaasha dhaqanka Soomaaliyeed ee xidhibaannada soo xulay, kuwaasoo ku eedeeya guddiga farsamada inay iska tuureen xubnihii ay soo xuleen ayna qorteen kuwo ay iyagu doonayaan. Ugaas C/llaahi Ugaas Xaashi Fara-cadde oo ka mid ahaa odayaasha dhaqanka ee madaxweynaha la kulmay shalay oo Khamiis ahayd ayaa sheegay in caqado ay kala kulmayaan guddiga farsmada ee xulista baarlamaanka. “Nimankaan (TSC) innaga culeys ayay nagu haayaan, xildhibaanno aanan innagu qorin ayay iska qorteen, meel ay ka keeneen ma garanayno, kuwo dadka iyo dalka aan dambi ka galin oo karateeriyada aan ka hor imaanna waa la iska soo celiyay, arrimahaas wax badan ayaan kala hadalnay dowladda oo aan sheegnay wax jawaab ahna wali nagama aysan siinin,” ayuu yiri Ugaas Faracadde. Sidoo kale, Ugaasku wuxuu yiri: “Kulammo badan oo waxba ayan ka jirin ayay mar walba noo qabtaan, halkii ay ku xaroodeenna way kasoo bixi waayeen, arrintaas waxaan leenahay in la fu

Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Sharif Sheekh Axmed iyo Ergayga gaarka ah ee QM, ee Somalia Augustine Mahiga ayaa markale maanta yeeshay kulan ay uga dooddeen waxa laga yeelayo xubnaha wali lagu dhagan yahay ee laga reebay liiska baarlamaanka cusub, kuwaasoo  lagu eedeynayo inay danbiyo galeen. Sheekh Sharif ayaa sheegay inay cawaaqib xumo ay dhalin karto in qof aan maxkamadi danbi ku helin in laga reebo baarlamaanka cusub. Warar aan la xaqiijin ayaa sheegaya  in Sheekh Sharif iyo Mahiga isla garteen in xubnaha lagu dhagan yahay qaarkood loo ogolaado inay baarlamaanka ka mid noqdaan. voaso

Ciidamada AMISOM ayaa si toos ah maanta ula wareegay sugidda ammaanka jidka isku xira Muqdisho iyo Afgooye oo ay inta badan ka dhacaa iskahorimaadyo u dhexeeya ciidamada dowladda Soomaaliya iyo xoogag taabacsan Xarakada Al-shabaab. Deegaannada ceelasha biyaha, Lafoole iyo Xaawo-cabdi oo dhammaantood ka mid ahaa deegaanno ka sameysay inta u dhexeysa Muqdisho iyo Afgooye ayaa waxaa lagu arkayay gaadiid ay wataan ciidamada AMISOM oo roondo ilaalo ah halkaas ka sameynayay. "Gaadiidka AMISOM ayaa maanta billaabay inay socod ku maraan waddada Afgooye iyo Muqdisho isku xirta, tani waa mid aan aad u soo dhaweynayno, waayo waxaa meesha ka baxayay ciidammo ka tirsan kuwa dowladda oo lacago si baad ah nooga qaadi jiray," ayuu yiri mid ka mid ah darawallada Sidoo kale, goobjoogayaal ku sugan deegaanka Ceelasha biyaha ayaa sheegay inay ciidamada dowladda ku sugan yihiin saldhigga degmadaas oo keliya, iyadoo aan la ogeyn sababta keentay in ciidamada AMISOM ay la wareegaan sugidda ammaa

Meles Zenawi, who ruled Ethiopia for more than 20 years, has died while undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness, according to Ethiopian state television. It announced on Tuesday that the 57-year-old prime minister died from a sudden infection while recovering from the illness at a hospital abroad. "Prime Minister Zenawi suddenly passed away last night. Meles was recovering in a hospital overseas for the past two months but died of a sudden infection at 11:40," state television said. State media said Hailemariam Desalegn, deputy prime minister, would be the acting prime minister. Zenawi had been in power since overthrowing Mengistu Haile Mariam's military junta in 1991. He served as president from 1991 to 1995, when he became prime minister. He was credited with Ethiopia's economic boom in the past decade, with economic growth shooting from 3.8 per cent in the 1990s to 10 per cent in 2010. Under criticism On the domestic front Zenawi would

Ciidamada Midowga Afrika ee AMISOM ayaa war-saxaafadeed ay soo saareen ku sheegay inay ka walaacsan yihiin khasaaraha dadka rayidka ah ee ku nool Kismaayo oo ay maamusho Al-shabaab kasoo gaaray duqeymo loo geystay magaaladaas. Magaalada Kismaayo oo 500-km dhinaca Koonfureed kaga beegan Kismaayo oo ah xarunta gobolka Jubbada Hoose ayaa waxaa ku dhacay gantaallo la sheegay inay qaarkood tuureen maraakiib ku sugan xeebaha magaaladaas. "Waxaan ku talinaynaa awood kasta oo ciidan inay muhiimadda siiyaan dadweynaha," ayuu yiri ergayga gaarka ah ee Midowga Afrika u qaablisan arrimaha Soomaaliya, dajire Abuubakar Diyaara. Sidoo kale, ergaygu wuxuu ku baaqay in baaritaan lagu sameeyo dadka khasaaraha ay kasoo gaareen duqeymihii loog eystay Kismaayo, isagoo sheeagy in ciidankooda AMISOM aysan duqeyn u geysan Kismaayo. "AMISOM waxay qaadanaysaa mas'uuliyadda kaga aaddan ilaalinta shacabka Soomaaliyeed, waxayna si cad u fahamsan yihiin sida ay u dagaalamaan iyagoo

Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya, Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa sheegay inuu diyaar u yahay inuu aqbalo natiijada kasoo baxda doorashada madaxnimo ee Soomaaliya wax walba oo ay noqoto. Shariif Sheekh oo u warramayay wakaaladda wararka ee Reuters ayaa sidoo kale been abuur iyo wax aan jirin ku tilmaamay warbixintii Qaramada Midoobay ee ku saabsanayd in madaxda Soomaalida ay musuqmaasuqeen dhaqaale badan oo loogu deeqay Soomaaliya. "Diyaar ayaan u ahay inaan aqbalo natiijada kasoo baxda doorashada wax walba oo ay tahay," ayuu yiri Sheehk Shariif oo sheegay inuusan doonayn inuu si awood ah ugu sii fadhiyo kursiga madaxweynenimo ee Soomaaliya. Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya oo horay u ahaa hoggaamiyihii Midogii Maxkamadaha Islaamka ayaa xilka qabtay sannadkii 2009, wuxuuna ballanqaaday inuu xilka ka degi doono haddii looga guuleysto doorashada madaxnimo ee Soomaaliya oo lagu wado inay dhawaan dhacdo. Saddexda mas'uul ee ugu sarreeya Soomaaliya, sida madaxweynaha, afhayeenka baarl

Sarah, of Somali descent but born in the Netherlands, was 16 when she was forced to marry her uncle in Somalia. After several attempts she managed to escape from Mogadishu last month and go back home. She now lives in hiding in a women’s shelter in the Netherlands.   Sarah’s mother was pregnant when she fled war-torn Somalia, in 1994. Growing up in a middle-sized town in the Netherlands, Sarah had a pretty carefree youth. But when she was around eight years old, the situation at home became tense. “I went to a Roman Catholic school, so I didn’t wear my hijab in class,” says Sarah, who requested not to use her real name. “But my mother felt the pressure to raise me as a proper Muslim girl. So after school I had to wear my headscarf and I was not allowed to hang out with the girls in my class. I wanted to be like my friends; I repelled the idea of being different.” The local child welfare office started to interfere when Sarah was 12. This made Sarah’s mother flee o