Siyaasadii rasmiga ahayd ee Midowgii Maxaakiimta waxaana baahiyay Shabakada Wikileaks oo dhowaan sii daysay xog laga xaday kaydka sirta ciidamada markeynka oo ku sabsan SOM & SOL Inside Somalia and the Union of Islamic Courts From WikiLeaks Vital strategy documents from both sides of the war in Somalia and a play for Chinese involvement. Leak [...]
England 2018 launched the opening day of their FIFA inspection with a Downing Street reception where the deputy Prime Minister called the World Cup bid “unbeatable” but with Sepp Blatter issuing comments that serve as both a boost and a warning for the campaign. The six-man FIFA team were greeted by Nick Clegg at No [...]
In a forgotten corner of Africa, in a place that doesn’t officially exist, there are a group of orphans in a desperate situation. There are children that are literally bound in chains. This film is about those children and how you can help to change their lives. Join this Facebook cause to take action: apps.facebook.com/causes/296309 [...]
NAIROBI, Kenya—Sudan’s president, who faces charges of genocide in connection with massacres in Darfur, attended the signing of Kenya’s new constitution Friday at the invitation of the government here, deepening tensions between this East African nation and the International Criminal Court. The court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. As [...]
A young boy leads al-Shabab fighters on military exercise in Suqaholaha neighborhood in northern Mogadishu, Somalia. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP. The escalating war for control of what is left of Somalia, between the al-Shabab extremists and the African Union puppet “transitional federal government”, offers little hope of peaceful resolution. Al-Shabab is now deeply entrenched [...]
Sudan is planning to build a nuclear reactor and its first nuclear power plant by 2020, the state news agency SUNA has said. Mohamed Ahmed Hassan el-Tayeb, director-general of the Sudanese Atomic Energy Agency, said on Sunday that his government had begun the plan for the development of the nuclear reactor at the beginning of this [...]
TEHRAN — Iran unveiled a long-range unmanned bomber on Sunday, the latest in a series of announcements about new Iranian military advances as tensions rise over Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at a ceremony to mark Iran’s Defense Industry Day, called the weapon a “messenger of glory and salvation for humanity” but an [...]
Protesters rally against, for planned Islamic center in New York By the CNN Wire Staff August 22, 2010 3:02 p.m. EDT Police in New York on Sunday separate demonstrators on opposite sides of the controversy about a planned Islamic center. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Protesters march by ground zero The planned $100 million facility includes a mosque [...]
Israel and the anti-Muslim blow-up By MJ Rosenberg Post-9/11 Islamophobia continues to grow within Jewish communities in the US [Gallo/Getty] I don’t know why I am at all surprised that the American Right - including the Republican Party - has decided that scapegoating Muslims is the ticket to success. After all, it’s nothing new. I remember right after [...]
Mandela charity trustee resigns over Campbell diamonds Mr Ractliffe said he had kept the diamonds in order to protect the reputation of Nelson Mandela The former head of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Jeremy Ractliffe, has resigned from the charity’s board after admitting he secretly kept diamonds received from the model Naomi Campbell. Mr Ractliffe [...]