Somalia's struggle with rape
Source: CNN
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-17 10:26:14 -0700 | disasters-news
Ranging in age from 6 to 11, these girls all have one thing in common: They have either been raped or suffered through the rape of a loved one...The baby of the class, she can't quite keep up with the...
Somali prime minister to face confidence vote in parliament
Source: Reuters
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-17 08:58:35 -0700 | political-news
News Analysis & Opinion Related Topics Somalia's newly appointed Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid addresses members of the parliament after his introduction in Mogadishu October 17, 2012. Somalia's prime minister is expected to face a vote of confidence next...
Women went door-to-door for terrorists
Source: CNN
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-17 16:58:12 -0700 | travel-news
Authorities said the two women went door-to-door in Somali neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada, seeking contributions. Amina Farah Ali, 36, got two decades in prison on 13 terror-related counts that include providing material support to Al-Shabaab. Hawo Mohamed Hassan,...
Toronto mayor reportedly seen smoking 'crack cocaine'
Source: Fox
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-17 17:39:45 -0700 | allnews
Published May 17, 2013 FoxNews.com A cellphone video purportedly depicting Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade. The Toronto Star reports that two of its reporters...
Toronto mayor reportedly seen smoking 'crack cocaine'
Source: Fox
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-17 17:39:45 -0700 | allnews
Published May 17, 2013 FoxNews.com A cellphone video purportedly depicting Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine is being shopped by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade. The Toronto Star reports that two of its reporters...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in 'crack cocaine' video scandal
Source: Toronto Star
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-17 09:42:35 -0700 | entertainment-news
Save to mystar This photo shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford with a man who, according to a source, is fatal gunshot victim Anthony Smith. The photo was given to the Toronto Star by the same person who later showed Star...
Video: Somali crowds vow allegiance to bin Laden
Source: Taiwan News
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-16 14:54:37 -0700 | travel-news
An Islamic insurgent group that controls much of this lawless nation has released a video showing its members vowing allegiance to Osama bin Laden, training in dusty camps and slamming Somalia's U.S.-backed president as a traitor.
Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia
Source: Associated Press
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-16 08:46:23 -0700 | political-news
Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, is having a major comeback...
Dirty Words Russian Girls Can't Say on the Internet
Source: Global Voices
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-16 06:15:05 -0700 | political-news
Sexism, locked and loaded This week has been unusually cruel to women on Russian Twitter. In addition to the wave of sexist jokes that washed up after the RuNet learned about film star Angelina Jolie's preventative double mastectomy, many Russian...
KDF war ally wins Jubaland top seat
Source: Daily Nation
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-15 14:02:01 -0700 | travel-news
Rating In Summary Sheikh Islam, popularly known as Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, was elected by a majority of community delegates at the Jubaland Constitutional Conference in Kismayu, a statement from Office of the President of Puntland said Wednesday. Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed...
ABO installs Dr. Castelein as president-elect
Source: Bureau County Republican
Abo :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-15 13:30:21 -0700 | political-news
47 p.m.CDT Updated:Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:48 p.m.CDT Dr. Castelein The American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) installed Dr. Paul Castelein, an orthodontist from Princeton, as president-elect May 7 during the ABO President's Dinner.
Girl, 11, dies in hospital after collision with lorry in south London
Source: Mail Online UK
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-15 01:38:23 -0700 | political-news
15 May 2013 An 11-year-old girl has died after a collision with a lorry in south London as she made her way home from school. Officers were called to Streatham Place in south west London yesterday at 3.20pm, and the...
US jails four for al-Shabab activity
Source: BBC
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-15 11:10:03 -0700 | travel-news
Four jailed in Minnesota over al-Shabab recruitment Prosecutors said the defendants had broken both the law and the hearts of family members Four men have been given prison sentences in the US state of Minnesota in connection with the recruitment...
Canada restores diplomatic ties with Somalia
Source: Daily Nation
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-14 22:06:59 -0700 | political-news
Rating In Summary The Canadian government ended diplomatic relations with Mogadishu in 1990. Canada announced Tuesday it is restoring diplomatic relations with Somalia, more than two decades after severing ties with the strife-torn African nation. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird...
Sub-Sahara Africa leads in infant deaths
Source: Daily Nation
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-14 10:14:29 -0700 | health-news
Rating In Summary More than one million babies are estimated to die each year on the first day of their lives and in 2011, over a quarter of a million women (287,000) died during pregnancy or childbirth The report shows...
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