SIRTE, Libya — After bitter wrangling, Africa’s leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur. The decision at the African Union summit says AU members “shall not cooperate” with the court in The Hague “in the [...]
CHRIS CASEY, Greeley Tribune GREELEY, Colo. (AP) ― Abdiqadir Jama knows something about taking risks. He was forced out of Somalia at age 4, fleeing the war-torn country with his parents and many siblings. They lived in refugee camps in Kenya for the rest of his childhood. Jama got to know Nairobi, Kenya, but thieves [...]
Ramla Bile , Mshale News Despite fears of distractions from the missing Somali youth saga that has engulfed the Somali community in Minnesota, the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center held its 9th Annual Convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center over the weekend where thirty speakers addressed 10,000 people over three days. Participants said it was encouraging [...]
By Hafiz Wazir WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan’s South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ahead of an expected Pakistani military offensive in the area. A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in the northwest of the country, killing all 26 security personnel on board, officials said. [...]
By Christian Lowe SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – African leaders will consider a resolution Friday to give African Union peacekeepers in Somalia a mandate to do more than just defend themselves from attacks by hardline rebels. At the moment, the 4,300 troops from Uganda and Burundi in the AMISOM are largely confined to their bases and [...]
An Islamist commander in Somalia has told the BBC there has been an influx of fighters from overseas joining their battle against the interim government. The al-Shabab militant leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said several hundred foreigners had joined their militia, many from Pakistan. Meanwhile, at least 30 people have been killed in [...]
by Laura Yuen, Minnesota Public Radio July 2, 2009 St. Paul, Minn. — Somali-Americans in Minnesota will protest a rash of suicide bombings in their homeland at a rally Friday in Minneapolis. Somalia has been at civil war for the past two decades, but suicide attacks began to surface only recently. Last month, the radical [...]
French investigators trying to find out why an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the air. They also found that the plane’s speed sensors had been “a factor but not the cause” of the crash. All 228 people on the plane were [...]
Manchester United have refused to be drawn on growing speculation they are about to sign striker Michael Owen. The 29-year-old, who is out of contract, did not return for pre-season training with Newcastle after his deal with the Magpies ran out in June. One bookmaker slashed its odds on Owen, who has also been linked [...]
Wasiiru Dowlaha Difaaca ee dowladda KMG ah ee Soomaaliya,Yuusuf Maxamed Siyaad Indha Cadde ayaa sheegay in kooxaha la dagaallamaya dowladda aanay dooneyn in diinta islaamka la isku xukumo. Indha Cadde, ayaa wareysi uu siiyay BBC ku sheegay in uu ka mid ahaa dadkii aasaasay al-Shabaab, balse uu yiri ay ka leexdeen ujeedadii ay u socdeen, [...]