“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama [...]
By Ilhan Dahir
Junior,
Hilliard Bradley High School
Hilliard, Ohio
On Wednesday August 12, 2009 it was announced that a Muslim woman garbed in a head to toe swimsuit was banned from using a public pool in Paris, France. Muslim women often choose to cover their bodies out of modesty as prescribed to them by their religion, but for [...]
Dick Cheney left little on the table during a taped interview Fox News Sunday, accusing the Obama White House pursuing an “intensely partisan” investigation into the use of torture under the Bush administration.
Calling the “enhanced interrogation techniques” used on terrorist suspects “absolutely essential,” the former vice president deemed any decision to launch an probe into the possible illegal use of these EITs an “outrageous political act” and a “direct slap at the CIA.”
The talk in Washington is that Senate Democrats are preparing to push through health care reforms using parliamentary procedures that will allow a simple majority to prevail in their chamber, as it does in the House, instead of the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster that Senate Republicans are sure to mount.
have the votes [...]
Somali troops and their Ethiopian ally have started daybreak operation at Baladweyn town the capital of Hiran region in central Somalia.
The Ethiopian troops have entered Baladweyn town in the mid hours of Saturday night, and have stationed themselves several strategic positions in the town such as Burjada Inka which is in the suburb of the [...]
If you think you face an uphill challenge at work today, spare a thought for Farah Ahmed Omar, the man in charge of Somalia’s navy.
He has neither boats nor equipment and admits he has not been to sea for 23 years.
The interim government does not control much of the 3,000-km (1,860-mile) Somali coastline and then [...]
Southern Somalia is a dangerously unpredictable place.
We flew into the region, unsure what reception we could expect from the commanders of al-Shabab, the radical Islamist insurgent group, viewed by some as al-Qaeda’s proxy in the Horn of Africa.
Our plan was to stay overnight in a town called Wajid – until we learned that al-Shabab had [...]
Ethiopian troops have seized control of a strategic town in Somalia, eyewitnesses say.
Belet Wayne is near the Ethiopian border and the Ethiopian troops are reported to have taken control of the town without a fight.
Ethiopian troops intervened in Somalia in 2006 and removed Islamists from power. They officially left Somalia in January as part of [...]
Kulankaan oo ay ka soo qeybgaleen in ka badan 150 sar kaal oo bolice ah ayaa waxaa looga arinsanayey qabka loo sugi lahaa amaanka goobaha ay dowladu maamusho iyo qorshayaal kale oo horyaal ciidamada bolice ka
Shirka manta saraakiishii ka so qeybgashay ayaa waxaa ka mid ahaa taliyahay ciidanka bolice ka somaliyeed Janaral Cabdi xasan cawaale [...]
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says France is still sending advisers to support Somalia’s government and security even though one French security agent remains in the hands of kidnappers.Kouchner says he knows nothing about when and if the agent will be released. He says the man is being held by a group that is “not [...]
Mudane Axmed M. Maxamuud oo Loo Doortay Madaxweynaha Somaliland
Observers satisfied with Somaliland election
Somali charged over attack on Danish cartoonist (VIDEO)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met Minister of Foreign Affairs of TFG Somalia Ali Ahmed Jama Jangeli
