SINGAPORE — After starting the day with prayers and songs in honor of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, the students at the Madrasa Al Irsyad Al Islamiah here in Singapore turned to the secular. An all-girls chemistry class grappled with compounds and acids while other students focused on English, math and other subjects from the national [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran has sent six warships into international waters including the Gulf of Aden, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday, just days after it test-fired a new missile that can reach some parts of Europe. “We have dispatched six warships to international waters and the Gulf of Aden,” naval commander Habibollah Sayari was [...]
STOCKHOLM, May 26 (Reuters) – A Swedish warship captured seven pirates after they tried to attack a cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, Swedish armed forces said. The Swedish ship fired warning shots using cannon, machine guns and sniper fire to force the pirates to abort the attempted hijacking, the Swedish military [...]
By Abdiqani Hassan EYL, Somalia, May 26 (Reuters) – Driving a luxury 4×4 car and smoking imported cigarettes with an expensive satellite phone at his side, Mohamed Said fears his flashy lifestyle as a Somali pirate could be about to come to an end. The 35-year-old has no regrets about joining one of the gangs [...]
When violence increases in Somalia, humanitarian operations are put at risk. The World Food Program is one of the aid agencies operating in Somalia under difficult conditions. WFP spokesman Marcus Prior, in Nairobi, spoke to VOA about food distribution in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, saying,”The World Food Program is extremely concerned by the new displacement [...]
For the 14 crew aboard the Karagöl, a Turkish chemical tanker churning through the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, it was the moment all seafarers dread: heavily armed Somali pirates were speeding towards the slow-moving cargo vessel, and there was no chance of escape. The Turkish sailors were swiftly overpowered and the 5,850-ton [...]
The third Annual Somali Cause conference that took place in Toronto just concluded with a call to the Somali Diaspora communities to support the agenda of the National Unity Government of Somalia. It also called for a peaceful resolution of differences through dialogue. The outgoing president of Somali Cause The conference was held on April [...]
NAIROBI, 25 May 2009 (IRIN) – Most poor households in Djibouti still cannot afford sufficient food, despite an improvement in food security due to rains in the coastal belt and large-scale distribution of aid, an early warning agency stated. The price of imported rice, the main staple for poor households, increased by 6 percent in [...]
Friday, October 17, 2008 Why Somali Service providing Organizations in Toronto Need to Merge. TORONTO, October 17, 2008 (Somali Canadians Today): One thing all Somalis in Toronto agree upon is the dire need for unity in the community. All Somalis in the city want and need unity. But the problem has always been how to [...]