Quantcast
Channel: HALGANKA.NET
Viewing all 54547 articles
Browse latest View live

Kharashka ku Baxay Doorashada Somaliland

0
0

Sida lagu sheegay warbixin ay xaruntani soo saartay, ujeeddada cilmi-baadhistan ayay qayb ka ahayd in la baadho in ay jiraan taageero dhaqaale oo ay xisbiyada Somaliland ka helaan gacmo iyo waddamo shisheeye.


Hogaamiyaasha Ethiopia iyo Eretrea oo Kulmay 

0
0

Hogaamiyaasha dalaka Eritrea iyo Ethiopia ayaa maanta kulan taariikhi ah ku yeeshay magaalada Asmara ee caasimadda Eritrea, si ay usoo gaba gabeeyaan mid ka mid ah colaadihi ugu qaraaraa ee soo mara Africa.

Qaar kamid ah wiilashii godka Thailand ku xayirnaa oo lasoo badbaadiyey

0
0

Ugu yaraan afar kamid ah kooxdii wiilasha ahayd ee mudada labada toddobaad ah ku xayrinaa bohol kutaal Waqooyiga dalka Thailand ayaa bannaanka loo soo saaray, sida ay sheegeen ciidamada badda ee dalkaas.

U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials

0
0

Sunday July 8, 2018A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly.Based on decades of research, the resolution says that mother’s milk is healthiest for children and countries should strive to limit the inaccurate or misleading marketing of breast milk substitutes.Then the United States delegation, embracing the interests of infant formula manufacturers, upended the deliberations.American officials sought to water down the resolution by removing language that called on governments to “protect, promote and support breast-feeding” and another passage that called on policymakers to restrict the promotion of food products that many experts say can have deleterious effects on young children.When that failed, they turned to threats, according to diplomats and government officials who took part in the discussions. Ecuador, which had planned to introduce the measure, was the first to find itself in the cross hairs.The Americans were blunt: If Ecuador refused to drop the resolution, Washington would unleash punishing trade measures and withdraw crucial military aid. The Ecuadorean government quickly acquiesced.The showdown over the issue was recounted by more than a dozen participants from several countries, many of whom requested anonymity because they feared retaliation from the United States.Health advocates scrambled to find another sponsor for the resolution, but at least a dozen countries, most of them poor nations in Africa and Latin America, backed off, citing fears of retaliation, according to officials from Uruguay, Mexico and the United States.“We were astonished, appalled and also saddened,” said Patti Rundall, the policy director of the British advocacy group Baby Milk Action, who has attended meetings of the assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, since the late 1980s.“What happened was tantamount to blackmail, with the U.S. holding the world hostage and trying to overturn nearly 40 years of consensus on best way to protect infant and young child health,” she said.In the end, the Americans’ efforts were mostly unsuccessful. It was the Russians who ultimately stepped in to introduce the measure — and the Americans did not threaten them.The State Department declined to respond to questions, saying it could not discuss private diplomatic conversations. The Department of Health and Human Services, the lead agency in the effort to modify the resolution, explained the decision to contest the resolution’s wording but said H.H.S. was not involved in threatening Ecuador.“The resolution as originally drafted placed unnecessary hurdles for mothers seeking to provide nutrition to their children,” an H.H.S. spokesman said in an email. “We recognize not all women are able to breast-feed for a variety of reasons. These women should have the choice and access to alternatives for the health of their babies, and not be stigmatized for the ways in which they are able to do so.” The spokesman asked to remain anonymous in order to speak more freely.Ads By Google Although lobbyists from the baby food industry attended the meetings in Geneva, health advocates said they saw no direct evidence that they played a role in Washington’s strong-arm tactics. The $70 billion industry, which is dominated by a handful of American and European companies, has seen sales flatten in wealthy countries in recent years, as more women embrace breast-feeding. Overall, global sales are expected to rise by 4 percent in 2018, according to Euromonitor, with most of that growth occurring in developing nations.The intensity of the administration’s opposition to the breast-feeding resolution stunned public health officials and foreign diplomats, who described it as a marked contrast to the Obama administration, which largely supported W.H.O.’s longstanding policy of encouraging breast-feeding.During the deliberations, some American delegates even suggested the United States might cut its contribution the W.H.O., several negotiators said. Washington is the single largest contributor to the health organization, providing $845 million, or roughly 15 percent of its budget, last year.The confrontation was the latest example of the Trump administration siding with corporate interests on numerous public health and environmental issues.In talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Americans have been pushing for language that would limit the ability of Canada, Mexico and the United States to put warning labels on junk food and sugary beverages, according to a draft of the proposal reviewed by The New York Times.During the same Geneva meeting where the breast-feeding resolution was debated, the United States succeeded in removing statements supporting soda taxes from a document that advises countries grappling with soaring rates of obesity.The Americans also sought, unsuccessfully, to thwart a W.H.O. effort aimed at helping poor countries obtain access to lifesaving medicines. Washington, supporting the pharmaceutical industry, has long resisted calls to modify patent laws as a way of increasing drug availability in the developing world, but health advocates say the Trump administration has ratcheted up its opposition to such efforts.The delegation’s actions in Geneva are in keeping with the tactics of an administration that has been upending alliances and long-established practices across a range of multilateral organizations, from the Paris climate accord to the Iran nuclear deal to Nafta.Ilona Kickbusch, director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, said there was a growing fear that the Trump administration could cause lasting damage to international health institutions like the W.H.O. that have been vital in containing epidemics like Ebola and the rising death toll from diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the developing world.“It’s making everyone very nervous, because if you can’t agree on health multilateralism, what kind of multilateralism can you agree on?” Ms. Kickbusch asked.A Russian delegate said the decision to introduce the breast-feeding resolution was a matter of principle.“We’re not trying to be a hero here, but we feel that it is wrong when a big country tries to push around some very small countries, especially on an issue that is really important for the rest of the world,” said the delegate, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media.He said the United States did not directly pressure Moscow to back away from the measure. Nevertheless, the American delegation sought to wear down the other participants through procedural maneuvers in a series of meetings that stretched on for two days, an unexpectedly long period.In the end, the United States was largely unsuccessful. The final resolution preserved most of the original wording, though American negotiators did get language removed that called on the W.H.O. to provide technical support to member states seeking to halt “inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children.”The United States also insisted that the words “evidence-based” accompany references to long-established initiatives that promote breast-feeding, which critics described as a ploy that could be used to undermine programs that provide parents with feeding advice and support.Elisabeth Sterken, director of the Infant Feeding Action Coalition in Canada, said four decades of research have established the importance of breast milk, which provides essential nutrients as well as hormones and antibodies that protect newborns against infectious disease.A 2016 Lancet study found that universal breast-feeding would prevent 800,000 child deaths a year across the globe and yield $300 billion in  savings from reduced health care costs and improved economic outcomes for those reared on breast milk.Scientists are loath to carry out double-blind studies that would provide one group with breast milk and another with breast milk substitutes. “This kind of ‘evidence-based’ research would be ethically and morally unacceptable,” Ms. Sterken said.Abbott Laboratories, the Chicago-based company that is one of the biggest players in the $70 billion baby food market, declined to comment.Nestlé, the Switzerland-based food giant with significant operations in the United States, sought to distance itself from the threats against Ecuador and said the company would continue to support the international code on the marketing of breast milk substitutes, which calls on governments to regulate the inappropriate promotion of such products and to encourage breast-feeding.In addition to the trade threats, Todd C. Chapman, the United States ambassador to Ecuador, suggested in meetings with officials in Quito, the Ecuadorean capital, that the Trump administration might also retaliate by withdrawing the military assistance it has been providing in northern Ecuador, a region wracked by violence spilling across the border from Colombia, according to an Ecuadorean government official who took part in the meeting.The United States embassy in Quito declined to make Mr. Chapman available for an interview.“We were shocked because we didn’t understand how such a small matter like breast-feeding could provoke such a dramatic response,” said the Ecuadorean official, who asked not to be identified because she was afraid of losing her job.
advertisements

 

  • Minnesota teen brings home top prize In international Quran competition - NPR
  • President Farmajo travels to Ankara to attend Erdogan's inauguration - HOL
  • First boys have been rescued from flooded cave in Thailand: officials - The Globe And Mail
  • Thai cave rescue: Operation running 'smoothly' - BBC
  • UK to the rescue, but Amisom troops still starved of airpower - The East African
  • Arrest and release of Somaliland poet puts spotlight on regional troubles - The Conversation
  • At least 64 killed in Japan after 'unprecedented' rain, dozens missing - Reuters
  • Turkey sacks 18,500 state employees in new decree - AFP
  • Ethiopia’s leader arrives in Eritrea for unprecedented summit between former enemies - Washington Post
  • Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin - AFP
  • Mozambique airline sackings after PM Rosário stranded - BBC
  • US soldier killed in 'apparent insider attack' in Afghanistan - Al-Jazeera
  • Turkey condemns twin suicide blasts in Somalia capital - Anadolu Agency
  • Former Kenya Poll boss Issack Hassan in trouble over law firm - Standard Digital
  • Ethiopian Prime Minister to make historic visit to Asmara, Eritrea - Nazret

First boys have been rescued from flooded cave in Thailand: officials

0
0

Sunday July 8, 2018 Four of 12 Thai schoolboys were rescued from a flooded cave on Sunday as divers launched a daring and dangerous mission to free the children and their soccer coach who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks, officials said.Thirteen foreign divers and five members of Thailand’s elite navy SEAL unit guided the boys to safety through narrow, submerged passageways that claimed the life of a former Thai navy diver on Friday.As night fell, the operation to rescue the remaining eight boys – some as young as 11 and weak swimmers – and their coach was called off until Monday morning.“Today we managed to rescue and send back four children to Chiang Rai Prachanukrua Hospital safely,” the head of the rescue operation, Narongsak Osottanakorn, told a news conference. “ … It’s a big success of all teams. We have thousands of people helping us with the operation.”The rescue teams now needed at least 10 hours to prepare for their next operation, involving about 90 divers in total, 50 of them from foreign countries, he said.Ads By Google A helicopter flew the four boys to the nearby city of Chiang Rai, where they were taken by ambulance to hospital.Their ordeal has drawn huge media attention in Thailand and abroad, and getting the boys out safely could be a boost for Thailand’s junta ahead of a general election next year. “Today is D-Day,” Narongsak had earlier told reporters.Bursts of heavy monsoon rain soaked the Tham Luang Cave area in northern Chiang Rai province on Sunday and storms were expected in the coming weeks, increasing the risks in what has been called a “war with water and time” to save the team.The boys, aged between 11 and 16, went missing with their 25-year-old coach after soccer practice on June 23, setting out on an adventure to explore the cave complex near the border with Myanmar and celebrate a boy’s birthday.The rescue teams had rehearsed the plan for several days, Narongsak said, and had managed to drain the water level in the cave considerably, but needed to move fast.“If we wait and the rain comes in the next few days we will be tired again from pumping and our readiness would drop. If that’s the case, then we have to reassess the situation,” he said.“We can only carry on the operation once we are ready and this will be done soon, because the air tank and other systems have to be reinstalled,” he told reporters later.“We have used it all … Once the team are ready, they will do so immediately. I can’t give you an exact number but it should be more than 10 hours but not exceeding 20 hours. The conditions must be stable like today before we can continue the operation.”An Australian doctor who is part of the rescue mission checked the health of the boys on Saturday night and gave the all-clear for the operation to proceed.The boys were discovered by British divers Richard Stanton and John Volanthen on Monday.Of the 13-strong foreign dive team – mainly from Europe – three escorted the children, while the remainder were positioned along the dangerous first kilometre stretch, where the boys had to navigate through submerged passageways in some places no more than two feet (0.6 metre) wide. MEDICAL TEAMS ANXIOUSThirteen medical teams were stationed outside the cave on Sunday – each with its own helicopter and ambulance – one for each of 12 boys and their coach.A source at the Chiang Rai hospital said that five emergency response doctors were awaiting the boys and a further 30 doctors were on standby.“The teams here are happy the boys are being rescued but also anxious about the severity of the boys’ conditions. We’re under a lot of pressure,” she said, declining to be named because she was not allowed to speak to the media.The area outside the hospital was cordoned off with police patrolling the area. Down the street, a loud speaker told vendors to “keep off the road” and to “not obstruct the transfer mission.”Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, leader of the military junta that seized power in 2014, planned to visit the cave site on Monday, a government spokesman said.His visit with relatives and rescue officials last week was criticized by some Thais as opportunistic as his government faced pro-democracy protests in the capital Bangkok in recent months.
advertisements

 

  • Minnesota teen brings home top prize In international Quran competition - NPR
  • President Farmajo travels to Ankara to attend Erdogan's inauguration - HOL
  • U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials - NYTimes
  • Thai cave rescue: Operation running 'smoothly' - BBC
  • UK to the rescue, but Amisom troops still starved of airpower - The East African
  • Arrest and release of Somaliland poet puts spotlight on regional troubles - The Conversation
  • At least 64 killed in Japan after 'unprecedented' rain, dozens missing - Reuters
  • Turkey sacks 18,500 state employees in new decree - AFP
  • Ethiopia’s leader arrives in Eritrea for unprecedented summit between former enemies - Washington Post
  • Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin - AFP
  • Mozambique airline sackings after PM Rosário stranded - BBC
  • US soldier killed in 'apparent insider attack' in Afghanistan - Al-Jazeera
  • Turkey condemns twin suicide blasts in Somalia capital - Anadolu Agency
  • Former Kenya Poll boss Issack Hassan in trouble over law firm - Standard Digital
  • Ethiopian Prime Minister to make historic visit to Asmara, Eritrea - Nazret

Hoobiyeyaal lagu weeraray AMISOM

0
0

Wararka ka imanaya Gobolka Gedo ayaa sheegay in maleeshiyada Al-Shabab ay hoobiyaal is xigxiga la beegsadeen saldhig ay ciidamada AMISOM ee ka socda dalka Kenya ku leeyihiin Baardheere.

Weerar lagu laayey ciidamo katirsan laamaha ammaanka Tunisia

0
0

Ugu yaraan lix xubnood oo katirsan laamaha ammaanka dalka Tunisia ayaa lagu dilay weerar ay kooxo mintidiin ah kasoo qaadeen Waqooyi-bari dalkaas oo ah soohdinta uu la wadaago dalka Algeria.

President Farmajo travels to Ankara to attend Erdogan's inauguration

0
0

Hiiraan Online Sunday July 8, 2018Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed during a welcome ceremony, Ankara, Turkey, April, 26, 2017 (Presidency Press Service photo via AP).Mogadishu (HOL) - President Farmajo will be among the 22 heads of states who will attend Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Complex on Monday, according to Turkish state-owned media.Farmajo led a delegation that flew out of Mogadishu on Sunday.Turkish media have confirmed that the Presidents of Bulgaria, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Guinea, Zambia, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia, Mauritania, Gabon, Chad, Djibouti, Venezuela, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as well as Emir of Qatar, have confirmed that they will attend.Ads By Google A total of 28 foreign dignitaries - including prime ministers, vice presidents, cabinet ministers and parliamentary speakers - are also expected to attend the ceremony. Farmajo was among the first world leaders to congratulate Erdogan on his election victory in a statement on Twitter."Congratulations to President @RT_Erdogan on his successful presidential election. The government & people of Somalia congratulate the people of Turkey on their historic presidential and parliamentary elections. Turkey a valuable partner of Somalia," he wrote.The two nations have longstanding ties and are closely allied. Turkey operates a military training base in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that is among it’s largest overseas military facilities. The Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu is the largest Turkish embassy in the world. Erdogan will be sworn-in at his countries parliament on Monday at 4:30 p.m. local time. Following the swearing-in ceremony, he will visit Anitkabir, the mausoleum of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.Erdogan’s inauguration ceremony will be held at the Presidential Complex and will begin at 6:30.
advertisements

 

  • Minnesota teen brings home top prize In international Quran competition - NPR
  • First boys have been rescued from flooded cave in Thailand: officials - The Globe And Mail
  • U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials - NYTimes
  • Thai cave rescue: Operation running 'smoothly' - BBC
  • UK to the rescue, but Amisom troops still starved of airpower - The East African
  • Arrest and release of Somaliland poet puts spotlight on regional troubles - The Conversation
  • At least 64 killed in Japan after 'unprecedented' rain, dozens missing - Reuters
  • Turkey sacks 18,500 state employees in new decree - AFP
  • Ethiopia’s leader arrives in Eritrea for unprecedented summit between former enemies - Washington Post
  • Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin - AFP
  • Mozambique airline sackings after PM Rosário stranded - BBC
  • US soldier killed in 'apparent insider attack' in Afghanistan - Al-Jazeera
  • Turkey condemns twin suicide blasts in Somalia capital - Anadolu Agency
  • Former Kenya Poll boss Issack Hassan in trouble over law firm - Standard Digital
  • Ethiopian Prime Minister to make historic visit to Asmara, Eritrea - Nazret

Dhageyso Warka Habeen ee Idaacadda Shabelle

Gabar 18 jir ah oo la sheegay in ay jabisay qalbiga shacabka Iiraan

0
0

Gabar dhalinyaro ah ayaa la gartay in ay soo dhigtay fiidiyoowga baraha bulshada iyadoo laf ahanateeda ciyaar qoob ka ciyaar ah ku sameeyneeysa habka ciyaaraha Iiraan iyo kuwa reer galbeedka.

Dhageyso Barnaamijka Qubanaha Wararka Shabelle.

Maxaa kasoo baxay kulankii hogaamiyeyaasha Eritrea iyo Itoobiya?

0
0

Dalalka Eritrea iyo Itoobiya oo muddo dhan labaatan sano dirirsanaa ayaa gaaray heshiisyo dhowr ah

Minnesota teen brings home top prize In international Quran competition

0
0

Sunday July 8, 2018The vibe during the competition isn't unlike the Scripps National Spelling Bee. During the final round, the judges called Mohamed's name, and he approached the stage as his competitors watched on with serious faces. YouTube In June, 17-year-old Ahmed Burhan Mohamed recited passages of the Quran nearly perfectly in front of a panel of judges. Mohamed
has earned the title of hafiz — someone who has not only learned to
read the Quran, but memorized it. It's a huge accomplishment for the
17-year-old from Minnesota, one that helped him take home the
prestigious Dubai International Holy Quran Award. Held every year at in
the United Arab Emirates, the international competition comes with
$68,000 in prize money for the first place finisher. "It was a
dream come true," he told Lulu Garcia-Navarro on NPR's Weekend Edition.
"Five years before that, I didn't even think of myself going to that
competition. I was very surprised." Mohamed is the first
American to win the prestigious award. He's also of Somali descent, and
after winning the competition, he traveled to Somalia at the invitation
of the country's president, who wanted to congratulate the teenager.Ads By Google Participants in the International Contest of the Holy Quran gather in
Dubai during Ramadan each year. The two-week competition involves
multiple rounds, during which competitors answer questions and recite
random passages of the Quran for judges. This year, over 100 young men,
all under 21, vied for the top prize.When he began learning the text at just seven years old, Mohamed, like many other young children, didn't want to memorize it.
"But as you learn more and more and become more mature and become used to it, it becomes a big part of your life," he explained. So what does it take to memorize a scripture around 1,400 years old? Mohamed said he prepared intensely for five months before the competition. "Every
single time I had free time, I'd be reading the Quran – maybe on the
bus, maybe at school when I have free periods," he explained. "It's very
intense. You have to sacrifice a lot of time and put a lot of time into
it. You can't be acting like other kids." That means less time for video games and basketball. Mohamed said his whole purpose is to carry out the message of the book. "My motivation was to memorize my God's Holy Book, our God's Holy Book and so I could implement it," he explained. Mohamed's
favorite chapter of the Quran to recite is the Surah ar-Rahman. He
loves the rhythm and repetition, but he also loves the meaning. He says
it's about giving back. NPR's Viet Le edited this story for broadcast. Clare Lombardo produced this story for the Web.
advertisements

 

  • President Farmajo travels to Ankara to attend Erdogan's inauguration - HOL
  • First boys have been rescued from flooded cave in Thailand: officials - The Globe And Mail
  • U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials - NYTimes
  • Thai cave rescue: Operation running 'smoothly' - BBC
  • UK to the rescue, but Amisom troops still starved of airpower - The East African
  • Arrest and release of Somaliland poet puts spotlight on regional troubles - The Conversation
  • At least 64 killed in Japan after 'unprecedented' rain, dozens missing - Reuters
  • Turkey sacks 18,500 state employees in new decree - AFP
  • Ethiopia’s leader arrives in Eritrea for unprecedented summit between former enemies - Washington Post
  • Rescue efforts for boys trapped in Thai cave begin - AFP
  • Mozambique airline sackings after PM Rosário stranded - BBC
  • US soldier killed in 'apparent insider attack' in Afghanistan - Al-Jazeera
  • Turkey condemns twin suicide blasts in Somalia capital - Anadolu Agency
  • Former Kenya Poll boss Issack Hassan in trouble over law firm - Standard Digital
  • Ethiopian Prime Minister to make historic visit to Asmara, Eritrea - Nazret

Gunmen kill former electoral delegate in Mogadishu

0
0

Suspected Al-Shabaab assassins have shot and killed a former electoral delegate in Mogadishu, the latest in series of attacks in the Somali capital amid tight security.
A witness said two men armed with pistols gunned down Hassan Abdi near Dabka junction last night and fled the scene before the arrival of the local security forces.
Abdi was reported to have participated in the electoral process of the current lawmakers of the Federal Parliament in Baidoa, the interim administrative capital of Southwest state.
Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group has claimed responsibility for the assassination of Abdi who was an elderly man running a shop in Bakara market.
Last Saturday, Al-Shabaab has carried out a deadly attack on the ministry of Interior headquarters in Mogadishu and killed at least 20 people, among them civil servants.
The post Gunmen kill former electoral delegate in Mogadishu appeared first on Shabelle.

Qoyskii ugu horeeyay oo loo dhisay guri loo naqshaddeeyay farsamada 3D

0
0

Qoyskan oo ku nool dalka Faransiiska ayaa noqonaya kii ugu horeeyay oo loo dhisay guri gabi ahaantiisa la daabacay


Sacuudiga oo shirinaya culimada Islaamka

0
0

Saudi Arabia ayaa toddobaadkan marti-gelineysa shir ay ka qeyb galayaan aqoonyahanada muslimiinta oo xasilooni iyo nabad loogu raadinayo dlaka Afghanistan.

Farmajo arrives in Turkey for Erdoğan’s Oath-taking Ceremony

0
0

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo arrived in Ankara, joining leaders attending the Oath-taking Ceremony of Turkish President.
The President accompanied by top government officials and ministers left Djibouti for Turkey on the invitation of the Turkish government, according to sources at his office.
The plan carrying Somali delegation has landed at Ankara International Airport on Sunday evening and received a warm welcome from Turkish officials.
President Farmajo will be among more than 25 Presidents and Emir scheduled to attend Erdogan’s inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on Monday.
Erdogan who was re-elected last June in a landmark victory has made development and change in Turkey since his Islamic-rooted ruling party first came to power in 2002 after years of secular domination.
The post Farmajo arrives in Turkey for Erdoğan’s Oath-taking Ceremony appeared first on Shabelle.

Huge fire sweeps through a market in Mogadishu

0
0

Traders at the main market Mogadishu’s remote Kahda district today woke up to losses after a fire razed down property worth thousands of US dollars.

Smoke billowing from the newly established market could be seen covering a section of the city as firefighters fought their way in to contain the blaze.

The cause of the fire remains unclear but market traders blamed an electrical fault.

No causalities have been yet reported in the incident.

Somalia’s capital has a small fire brigade which must respond to numerous fires in the city, which is recovering from decades of war.

The post Huge fire sweeps through a market in Mogadishu appeared first on Shabelle.

Garissa leaders demand arrest of MP over killings

0
0

Leaders in Garissa want an MP they did not name and attackers who killed three people in Elderre on the border with Isiolo arrested.
Burale Dekow, Mohamed Farah and Abdi Derow were killed on Friday while herding their camels. Three other people sustained gunshot wounds.
Garissa Senator Yussuf Haji, Governor Ali Korane, MPs Abdikarim Osman (Fafi), Abdi Shurie (Balambala), Sophia Abdinoor (Ijara) and MCAs pointed an accusing finger at the lawmaker.
The leaders blamed him for inciting residents. They spoke at Masalani town on Saturday.
Haji said it was unacceptable for armed militias to kill innocent people over issues that can be resolved amicably.
“We can’t allow people to take the law into their own hands. We will pursue this matter to the end and ensure the people behind the killings are arrested,” he said.
Korane said the MP’s utterances sparked the violence. “As leaders, we need to be careful with what we say in public. We should champion peace and not sow seeds of discord. There is no benefit in people fighting and killing each other, he said.
Abdinoor said politicians should let the state address border feud. She urged the government to address the row swiftly.
The leaders asked the National Cohesion and Integration Commission to investigate the MP. A peace meeting involving the warring communities has been called on August 8.
The border dispute has claimed hundreds of lives, and a lot of property has been destroyed on both sides.
In March, the Senate Security Committee said it would push for the approval of the County Boundaries Bill to help end disputes across the country.
The post Garissa leaders demand arrest of MP over killings appeared first on Shabelle.

Dhageyso:-Warka Duhur Ee Idaacadda Shabelle

Viewing all 54547 articles
Browse latest View live