Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to retaliate against the Somali Islamic extremist group that took responsibility for the bomb attacks in Kampala that claimed more than 70 lives. Mr. Museveni will push the African Union to upgrade the size and the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The Ugandan leader invited reporters to his country home 500 kilometers from the capital to... 

Barnaamijka Wargelin todobaadkan ayaa waxaa lagu soo qaatay qeybaha kala duwan ee ragga Soomaalida oo ay nooga waramayso Sahra Xuseen. a2a_config.linkname="Qeybaha kala duwan ee Ragga Soomaalida (VIDEO)"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://www.wargelin.com/?p=533"; a2a.init("page");  Read More →

Bartamaha (Muqdisho) Wasiiro hor leh oo ka mida xukumada Sharma’arke ayaa is casilay waxaana wadada is casilaada ku soo socanaya wasiiro kale. Maanta ayaa waxaa is casilay Wasiirka Iskaashiga Caalamiga ah C/raxmaan C/shakuur oo shaaciyay in uu xilkiisa iska dhigay markii shaqada xukumada ay gaabis badan ku yimid. Is casilaada ayaa waxaa ku biiray Wasiirka Bini’aadanimada Maxamed C/laahi Garweyne... 

(Reuters) – An Islamist group in Somalia has issued a video of a French hostage held in the Horn of Africa country, showing him asking France to meet his captors’ demands. The video appeared on a website often used by Islamist militant groups around the world, which said the hostage, named as Denis Allex, had issued a “message to the French people”. A copy of the video issued... 

Video-ga todobaadka ayaa ah mid aad u qosol badan, waxayna ku saabsan tahay, haddii laguu diido in badeecadaada dukaamada lagu iibiyo maxaad samayn lahayd?.  (Wargelin #32) a2a_config.linkname="Video of the Week (Wargelin #32)"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://www.wargelin.com/?p=522"; a2a.init("page");  Read More →

(Reuters) – A former Somali prime minister is not protected by sovereign immunity from a lawsuit in the United States for alleged torture and human rights abuses, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. In a unanimous decision, the high court handed a defeat to Mohamed Ali Samantar, who served as Somalia’s defense minister in the 1980s and then as prime minister from 1987 to 1990. Justice... 

The captain of the container ship Maersk Alabama ignored explicit warnings to stay well off the coast of Somalia before his capture by pirates in 2009, according to 16 of its 19 crew members. “It’s almost like he wanted to be captured,” the ship’s chief engineer, Mike Perry, told CNN in an interview to air on tonight’s “AC360.” Capt. Richard Phillips spent four days as a... 

Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya Mudane Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed iyo wafdi uu hoggaaminayo ayaa galabta ka duulay garoonka caalamiga ah ee Aadan Cabdulle Cismaan isaga oo ku sii jeeda dalalka France iyo Germany. Madaxweynaha France Nicolas Sarkozy ayaa ku casuumey Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya kulanka sanadeedka France iyo madaxda Africa (Africa France Summit), kulankaas oo ka dhici doona May 31... 

ITN exclusive: British yachting couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, kidnapped by Somali pirates seven months ago, describe the “mental torture” of almost 100 days in solitary confinement. The Chandlers have been kept separate by their kidnappers for nearly half of their seven months in captivity – allowed only the occasional short phone call as a point of contact. The couple, from Tunbridge... 

Mogadishu today is the most war-torn, dilapidated city I’ve ever seen. But what’s happening here is far worse than just these destroyed buildings. The majority of the militiamen terrorizing the city are under 16-years-old. Teenagers – empowered by chaos to enter people’s homes, lash women for dressing inappropriately and chop off the limbs of accused thieves. a2a_config.linkname="Mogadishu:... 

Malik Cabdalla ayaa wax kasoo bartay Jaamacadda Ohio State University, wuxuuna soo bartay culuumta siyaasadda iyo arrimaha bulshada. Malik oo ka mid ah dhallinta Soomaaliyeed oo sida gaarka ah ula socota isbedelka siyaasadeed ee Soomaaliya ayaan wax ka weydiinay dhinacyo badan. Daawo waraysiga: a2a_config.linkname="Waraysi: Malik Cabdalla, MA (Ohio State University)"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://www.wargelin.com/?p=488"; a2a.init("page");  Read More →

(Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels said on Monday their next target, after capturing the north of the capital, is to seize the presidential palace. The U.N.-backed administration of President Sheikh Ahmed Sharif had hoped to drive the rebels out of the capital through a major offensive that has been on the cards since last year, but the insurgents have attacked, pressing government... 

Waxagaa ayaan dhawayd ku geeriyooday magaalo ka tirsan Gobolka Ohio nin Soomaali ah oo la xaqiijiyey in uu ahaa muslim oo iimaam kii masaajidku diiday in uu ku tukado waxaan arintan ka waraysana sh qardhaawi in uu noo sharo waxay diintu ka qabto. a2a_config.linkname="Nin Ohio ku dhintay oo ladiiday in lagu tukado (Sh. Qardhawi )"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://www.wargelin.com/?p=441"; a2a.init("page");  Read More →

Sahra Xusen waa macallimad USA wax ka dhigta, kana soo baxday jamacaddii lafoole. a2a_config.linkname="Sahra Xusen waa macallimad USA wax ka dhigta, kana soo baxday jamacaddii lafoole"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://www.wargelin.com/?p=435"; a2a.init("page");  Read More →

200 Bilyan (ma ahan Malyan OK) haddii lagusoo kordhiyay Soomaaliya oo dhaqaalaheedu uu aadka u liito, maxaad u malaynaysaan inay dhacayso. Filraddiina ka dhiibta laakiin bal akhrista warkan cajiibka ah. Bartamaha (Muqdisho) Dowlada Soomaaliya ayaa keentay magaalada Muqdisho  lacag Shillin Soomaali ah oo gaaraysa 200 oo BILYAN, lacagtaan ayaa ah lacag lagu soo sameeyay dalka Sudan lagana soo dhoofiyay... 

Waraysigii Prof. Lidwein oo buuxa waa kan ee nala Daawada Liedwin “Ladan” Waraysigeedii oo buuxa from Wargelin on Vimeo. a2a_config.linkname="Waraysigii Prof. Lidwein “Ladan”"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://www.wargelin.com/?p=193"; a2a.init("page");  Read More →