Somali and world news

Sandy is causing a stir in the US election campaign. President Obama has cancelled campaign rallies to oversee the emergency response from Washington . His Republican rival, Mitt Romney, headed to Ohio to start collecting aid for victims of the storm. Alan Fisher reports from Washington.

The French Supreme Court has reopened the case against two police officers over the deaths of two teenagers in 2005. The ruling paves the way for the officers to stand trial for not helping a person in danger. The deaths of Bouna Traore aged 15 and Zyed Benna aged 17 triggered weeks of riots across the country. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports from Paris.

Violent protests have erupted in Kisumu, western Kenya, following the murder of a prominent local politician. A senior police officer, who requested anonymity, told the AFP news agency on Monday that three people "died from either burning or suffocation after teargas was lobbed into a hardware shop they were hiding in".

A team from the International Monetary Fund is in Egypt to discuss a $4.8 billion dollar loan. The country is facing a budget deficit of about $22 billion after Egyptian assets dropped by half since the revolution that brought down Hosni Mubarak. Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports from Cairo.

wo Iranian warships left Sudan on Wednesday after a visit that drew attention to the countries' military ties less than a week after Khartoum accused Israel of bombing a Sudanese arms factory. Israel accuses the Muslim East African country of channelling weapons to the Gaza Strip, controlled by Iran's ally Hamas, via Egypt's Sinai desert - a charge Khartoum denies. Last week, a fire at the Yarmouk munitions plant in the south of Khartoum killed four people, and Sudan said an Israeli air strike was behind the blast. Israel has not commented on the fire. Two Iranian warships docked in Port Sudan several days after the blast, triggering speculation the events were related. Sudan denied this, saying the warships were on a "routine" visit. The two ships - a helicopter carrier and a destroyer - departed on Wednesday after a four-day stay. "Today was the last day and we came to bid them farewell," said Sudanese navy officer Omer Al-Farouq, standing on t

The Egyptian government resumed negotiations on Wednesday with the International Monetary Fund on a loan to help the country shore up public finances that have haemorrhaged since its popular uprising. Many foreign investors are waiting for an IMF agreement before venturing back to Egypt. Cairo has asked for a $4.8 billion loan, but officials have said it might seek more. An IMF team, which held an initial round of talks with the new government of President Mohamed Mursi in late August, returned to Cairo on Tuesday. Various Egyptian governments have been negotiating for an IMF loan for the last year and a half. "The talks started with the Egyptian authorities," IMF spokeswoman Wafa Amr told Reuters, without giving details. Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said Egypt had presented its programme of economic reforms to the IMF, also giving no details. His comments were carried on a website of the Muslim Brotherhood, the group that propelled Mursi to power. The gove

Inflation rates in Kenya and Uganda fell in October, helped by easing food prices, creating room for further interest rate cuts to spur growth in east Africa's number one and three economies. Inflation has tumbled across east Africa's main economies this year after central banks slammed on the monetary brakes in the second half of 2011 to curb runaway prices that were driven by soaring food and fuel costs and ailing local currencies. With inflation now below target in both Kenya and Uganda, there is growing pressure on policymakers to turn their attention to growth, which has been dampened by the huge cost of credit after rate hikes. Both Nairobi and Kampala, however, will be mindful of their fragile currencies. Kenya's headline inflation rate fell more than expected to 4.14 percent in October from 5.32 percent the previous month. In Uganda, inflation slowed to 4.5 percent from a revised 5.5 percent in September. In both countries, the rates were driven lower by

Dowladda Soomaaliya iyo Ururka Midowga Afrika ayaa ku kala aragti duwanaaday in la fasaxo dhuxusha ka dhoofta dekada magaalada Kismaayo, waxaana warsaxaafadeed dhawaan ka soo baxay dowladda Soomaaliya lagu sheegay inaan marnaba la fasixi karin in dhuxul ay ka dhoofto dekadda magaalada Kismaayo halkaas oo hadda ay gacanta ku hayaan ciidamada Kenya oo qeyb ka ah AMISOM, kuwa dowladda iyo Raskambooni. Dowladda ayaa qoraalkaasi ku sheegtay in horey loo mamnuucay dhoofinta dhuxusha, isla markaasna uu jiray qaraar Golaha Amaanka ee Qaramada Midoobay ka soo saareen ka dib markii ay caddaatay in Al-Shabaab ay dhaqaalaha dhuxushaasi ka soo xerooda u adeegsadaan dagaalada ay kula jiraan dowladda Soomaaliya iyo ciidamada AMISOM. Warsaxaafadeedka dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa ka dambeeyay codsi ka soo baxay saraakiisha AMISOM gaar ahaan kuwa Kenya oo la kulmay ganacsatada Kismaayo, kuwaasoo sheegay in dhuxul gaaraysa illaa 4,000,000 (Afar milyan) oo kiish ay hadda bannaanka taallo ayna ku xumaan

Australia Digil iyo Mirifle oo kushirey (Photos)

Digil iyo Mirifle 30/10/2012, waxaa kulan ballaaran oo ujeeddadiisu ahayd kala warqaadasho iyo wadatashi isugu yimid xubnaha Jaaliyada Digil Mirifle ee ku nool magaaladda Melbourne, Austraaliya iyo Mudane Maxamed Aadan Farkeeti oo in dhowaalaba ku maqnaa gudaha dalka Soomaaliya isagoo ku howlanaa dhismaha dowlad-goboleed ay yeeshaan degaanada Koofurta Soomaaliya. Kulankaasi, waxaa ka soo qayb galay qeybaha kala duwan ee ay ka kooban tahay Jaaliyadda Digil Mirifle oo uu ugu horeeyo Guddoomiyaha Jaalliyadda Mudane Awees Sheikh Muxiyadiin Amiin, Madaxa Guddiga Odayaasha Jaaliyadda Mudane Maxamed Cali Xaamud, Madaxda guddiyada kala duduwan ee Jaaliyadda, wax-garadka, aqooyahanada, culumaa diinka, haweenka iyo dhallinyarada. Shirka waxaa lagu furay ayaado quraan, waxaan xiriiriye ka ahaa Aqoonyahan Isaak Hassanow (Unishef) oo ka warbixiyey ujeedada kulanka iyo qaabka uu u socon doono barnaamijka inta lagu guda jiro kulanka. Aqoonyahan Isaak wuxuu hadalka ku wareejiyey Guddoomiye Mudan

 Kenya's year-on-year inflation is expected to fall for the 11th month running in October, helped by a better harvest easing food prices but offset to some extent by rising fuel costs. Despite the signs that inflation could be close to bottoming out, analysts think the central bank has scope to keep easing interest rates as attention shifts to supporting economic growth. Eight out of 11 analysts polled by Reuters predicted inflation would decline in October, with a median estimate of 4.88 percent, down from 5.32 percent in September. Forecasts ranged from 3.60 percent to 6.00 percent. The data is due on October 31. "Inflation is nearing the bottom in the current cycle. While fuel price increases may dampen the downward pressure on inflation, low food inflation is still likely to over-ride them," said Mbiyo Phumelele, head of macroeconomic research at CFC Stanbic Bank. Kenya's Energy Regulatory Commission raised pump prices for the second straight month during

A vote to help choose a pope for Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church began on Monday in a process the minority Christians hope will deliver a leader to guide them safely through the upheaval of the Arab Spring. The previous incumbent, Pope Shenouda III, had led the church for four decades until his death in March at the age of 88. His successor will assume the post in a fast-changing Egypt where long oppressed Islamists are now in power - a major shift that is a source of alarm for the minority Christian community. About 2,400 people have the right to vote in Monday's ballot and must pick from a shortlist announced by the church on October 13 and which comprises two bishops and three monks aged between 49 and 70. Picked by the church, the voters include leading members of the church, public figures and a handful of representatives of the Ethiopian Church, which has historic links to the church in Egypt. The three most popular candidates go forward to the November 4 draw which

Thousands of Libyans who fled fighting in the former Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid will not be allowed to return home for several more days until work was complete to make the town safe and restore services, officials said on Monday. Militias aligned with the defence ministry took control of Bani Walid - one of the last towns to fall to rebels in last year's war - on Wednesday after fighting that has underlined the weakness of central authority a year after dictator Muammar Gaddafi was deposed. The violence sent thousands fleeing from the hilltop town of 70,000 people in scenes reminiscent of last year's war. Uncertain of the damage their homes may have sustained, some have tried to go back - however the town remains closed off as security forces and officials say they are working on making it safe and restoring water, electricity and communications. "We want to make sure there isn't anything left over from the military operation. Services were destroyed

Khartum, Somali Youth Forum in Sudan (Party Photos)

Madaxweynihii hore ee Soomaaliya Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa la filayaa in uu maalinta arbacda oo taariikhdu 31-ka October in uu u guuro magaalo madaxda dalka Uganda ee Kampala , kadib markii halkaa looga diyaariyay guri uu dego. Mid kamid ah ragii gacan yarayaasha u ahaa oo Kampala soo gaaray 10-kii bishan ayaa ku howlanaa diyaarinta iyo qalabeynta gurigan uu madax weynaha dalka uganda Musoveni ugu deeqay Shariif Sheekh Axmed, waxaana la sheegayaa in uu Shariifka gurigan cusub uu dajinayo xaaskiisa yar oo dhawaan maleeshiyada Al-Shabaab ay aabaheed dileen. Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa la filayaa in marka uu Kampala gaaro kadib uu ku dhawaaqo xisbi siyaasadeed cusub oo uu doonayo in uu kaga qeyb qaato loolanka siyaasadeed ee dalka ka jira inkastoo aan la ogeyn cida uu doonayo in uu isbaheysi la sameysto maadaama ay hore isu khilaafeen kooxdiisii Aala Sheekh oo ay halgan dheer oo Eritrea kasoo bilowday soo wada galeen. Posted Afgooy (BY Ishabaydhaba)

Khubarada Milatariga ee waddamada reer galbeedka ayaa markii ugu horaysay ka waramay weerarkii diyaaradaha Israel ku duqeeyeen 24-kii bishan October ku burburiyeen saldhig milatariga Suudaan leeyahay oo ku yaala duleedka Magaalada Khartuum ee caasimadda dalkaas, kaas oo ay ku macneeyeen, mid cadayn u ah in israel diyaar u tahay duqayn dhinaca cirka ah oo ay ku beegsato xarumaha Nukliyeerka ee dalka Iiraan. Khabiirada Milatariga ee dalalka Reer Galbeedku waxa ay soo bandhigeen, tirada diyaaradaha weerarkaas ka qayb qaatay, noocyada ay ahaayeen, sida ay ugu guulaysteen inay raadarada ka dhuuntaan, qaarna khalkhaliyaan, masaafada ay socdeen oo gaaraysa 3900-km, in dhexda ay shidaal ku kala qaateen, sababta Israel Xaruntaas u duqaysay, xiriirka Iiraan warshadaasi la lahayd iyo muddada weerarkaas la diyaarinayay, kuwaas oo marka la isku soo wada duubo daliil cadaan ah u noqon kara sida Israel diyaar ugu tahay in duulaanka kan xigaa noqdo xarumaha nukliyeerka Iiraan. Jariirada todobaadla

U.S. forecasters are warning it could be the largest hurricane ever to hit the United States mainland. Communities from Washington to Boston are bracing for Hurricane Sandy, a superstorm that's due to hit later on Monday. The New York subway and stock exchange are closed and thousands of people have been evacuated. Dominic Kane reports on how residents are preparing for Sandy.

Goodluck Jonathan, Nigerian president, has condemned an attack on a church in northern Nigeria, and has vowed to crush terrorists in his country. At least eight people were killed when a suicide bomber drove a car filled with explosives into the church packed with Sunday worshippers. Two two more people died later in reprisal attacks. Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan reports.

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will visit South Sudan soon, his first trip since the south gained independence last year, to forge a new start in relations, Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti told the state news agency on Saturday. Last month, Sudan and South Sudan agreed to end hostilities, restart southern oil exports through the north and revive cross-border trade, after both came close to war in April. The foreign minister gave no date but officials said the visit could be in early November. The African neighbours have yet to sort out ownership of several disputed areas along the unmarked border but tensions have ebbed in the past few months. Karti said Bashir's visit will be a "new start in relations between Sudan and South Sudan", SUNA said. Bashir was last in Juba at South Sudan's independence ceremony on July 9, 2011. Both leaders had planned to hold a summit in Juba in April but Sudan cancelled it after fighting broke out at the

Analysis of satellite imagery of a Sudanese munitions factory that Khartoum accused Israel of bombing earlier this week suggests the site may have been hit with aerial bombardment as Sudan claims, a monitoring group said on Saturday. The Satellite Sentinel Project, whose founders include Hollywood actor George Clooney and the Enough Project, said it conducted a comparative analysis of DigitalGlobe imagery of the arms factory in Khartoum, where a huge explosion on Tuesday killed two people and caused a large fire. "The imagery shows six large craters, each approximately 16 meters across and consistent with impact craters created by air-delivered munitions, centered in a location where, until recently, some 40 shipping containers had been stacked," the group said a statement. "An October 12 image shows the storage containers stacked next to a 60-meter-long shed," it said. "While (Sentinel) cannot confirm that the containers remained on the site on October 2

Kenyan police shot dead a Muslim cleric suspected of ties to Somalia's al Shabaab militants in the city of Mombasa on Sunday, the latest in a string of raids against alleged sympathisers of the Islamist militants along the east African coast. Local residents said gunfire erupted in the early hours when police broke into Omar Faraj's house in the city's rundown Majengo district, the same area where the radical preacher Aboud Rogo, shot dead in August by unknown gunmen, held sermons. Riot police patrolled Majengo's garbage-clogged streets and tensions ran high in the morning, raising fears of a repeat of the deadly rioting that broke out after Rogo's killing. Police said a man arrested on Saturday carrying grenades on a bus to Mombasa had led them to Faraj's house. He was also killed by gunfire during the raid, police said, without explaining the exact circumstances. Neighbours said they collected dozens of spent bullet cartridges and tear gas canisters. &

A suicide bomber drove a jeep packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least eight people, injuring more than 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more, officials said. The bomber drove right into the packed St Rita's church in the Malali area of Kaduna, a volatile ethnically and religiously mixed city, in the morning, witnesses said. A spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Yushua Shuaib said eight people had been confirmed killed and more than 100 injured. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Islamist sect Boko Haram has claimed similar attacks in the past and has attacked several churches with bombs and guns as it intensified its campaign against Christians in the past year. "The heavy explosion also damaged so many buildings around the area," said survivor Linus Lighthouse. A wall of the church was blasted open and scorched black, with debris lying aroun

Wakiilka kaaliyaha xoghaya arrimaha dibadda ee arrimaha siyaasadda iyo gaashaandhigga  iyo weliba la dagaalalanka burcad badeeda  ee dalka Mareykanka ayaa sheegay in jiritaanka burcad badeeda Soomaaliya ay sabab u tahay iyadoo aysan Soomaaliya ka jirin xukuumad awood u leh oo si dhab ah uga shaqeysa gudaha dalka Soomaaliya, isagoo sheegay in 2-dii sano ee tagtay 75% ay hos u dheceen weerardii ay kooxaha bucad badeeda Soomaalidu ka geysan jireen badweynta Hindiya iyo badda Cas, taas oo uu sheegay inay ku timid sida uu yiri iskaashiga ay sameeyeen dowladaha ay maraakiibta  dagaalka ka joogaan xeebaha Soomaaliya. Sarkaalkan oo lagu  magacaabo Tomos Keyly waxaa kale oo uu sheegay inay jiraan dad waa weyn oo ka dambeeya kooxaha burcad badeeda, kuwaas oo uu sheegay inay maageliyaan, isla markaasna u soo iibiya doonyaha dheereeya ee ay kooxahaasi afduubka ku geystaytaan, sidoo kalena tababaro kala duwan siiya, kuwaas waa madaxda qarsoon ee lacagtu si dhab ugu tago ee buracd ma ahan oo keli

Ciidamada Booliska Dalka Kenya ayaa sheegay inay barqadii maanta magaalada Mombasa ku dileen labo nin oo loo maleynayo inay ku lug lahaayeen falal argagixiso kaddib markii rasaas ay is dhaafsadeen booliska iyo kooxda la weeraray. Ku xigeenka madaxa dambi baarista ee gobolka Xeebta John Gachomo ayaa warbaahinta u sheegay in sidoo kale howlgalka lagu xiray labo nin oo kale, halka afar kalena ay goobta ka baxstay. Howlgalka ayaa ka dhacay xaafadda Majengo oo ay booliska weerareen guri ay ku sugnaayeen kooxda argagixisada ahayd. Sarkaalka wuxuu sheegay inay qabteen saddex bam gacmeed, hal bastoolad iyo 37 xabbo oo rasaas ah. Dhacdada ayaa timid 24 saac kaddib markii bam gacmeed laga dhex helay bas rakaab ah oo ka howlgala Mombasa.  Posted Afgooy (BY Ishabaydhaba)

Saraakiisha ciidamada midowgga Africa ee AMISOM ayaa sheegay in ay xaqiijinayaan nabad-galyada wadada isku xirta magaalada Muqdisho iyo deegannka Leego ee gobollka Sh/hoose. Taliyaha guutada sagaalaad ee ciidamada AMISOM ayaa sheegay in mar haddii ay ciidamada dowladda Soomaaliya iyo kuwa midowgga Africa ee AMISOM ay la wareegeen gacan ku heynta deegaannka Leego muhiimadooda tahay in ay sugaa amaanka wadada laamiga ah. Maalmihii ugu danbeeyay waxaa jirta cabasho ba’an oo laga muujinayay rag ku labisan dareyska ciidamada dowladda oo dhibaato xoog leh ku hayay dadka safarka ee isticmaala wadada isku xirta Muqdisho ilaa magaalada Baydhabo. Waxaa ay sheegeen saraakiisha ciidamada midowgga Africa in mar danbe aysan soo laaban doonin cabashada ku aadan dhibaateynta dadka rayidka ah, lagana hortagi doono kooxaha ku kaca falalka amaan darro. Ciidaamada AMISOM ayaa shan maalmood kahor la wareegeen gacan ku haynta deegaanka leego halka saddex toddobaad kahor ay ku qabsadeen dagaal la’aan degm

Tanzania should stick to existing agreements in the fast-growing mining sector or investors will lose confidence, the company which owns the country's biggest gold mine said on Saturday. Major international miners are still in talks with the government two years after it passed mining legislation that included a rise in royalties on gold exports to 4 percent of gross value from 3 percent of netback value. The law also required mining companies to pay the government 0.3 percent of their annual turnover, up from the previous requirement of a maximum $200,000 a year. AngloGold Ashanti told Reuters it expected the Dodoma government to respect its mineral development agreement, which it said was a legal contract signed before the new mining legislation was put in place. "Our investors obviously expect that those contracts should be honoured because they've made an investment for the long term," Gary Davies, managing director of AngloGold's Geita gold mine s