Blind Somali Journalist Defies Odds in Mogadishu

Blind Somali Journalist Defies Odds in Mogadishu MOGADISHU Despite improving security in the last few years, Somalia remains one of the most dangerous countries to be a journalist even more so for someone who cannot see. Journalist Abdifatah Hassan K

First Somali-American Lawmaker Begins Work in Minnesota

Ilhan Omar made history this week when she began her term as the first Somali-American lawmaker in the United States. Omar was sworn into the Minnesota House of Representatives on January 3, the opening day of its 90th legislative session. Few people

Youth Groups in Minnesota Reach Out to Somali-Americans

Too often young Somali-Americans have made news for all the wrong reasons. Some young people have fallen victim to drug abuse or the appeal of gang violence. Others have turned to extremist ideology. But youth organizations in the American state of M

Somali Fishermen Struggle to Compete with Foreign Fishing Boats

Each morning, fishermen in the Somali port of Bosaso pull in their catch of tuna, marlin, and other fish. The waters off northern Somalia are some of the richest in Africa. As businesspeople negotiate at the port over the price of fish, the daily cat

Somali Refugee Wins Primary Election for US Congress

Minnesota State Representative Ilhan Omar became a major partys candidate for the states 5th District in the United States Congress. Omar won the Democratic Partys primary election for the area on Tuesday. She is seeking to become the first refugee f

VOA标准英语2008年-Somali Pirates Issue Warning to Europeans

Somali pirates, who have been relentlessly attacking ships this year off the coast of Somalia, say they will kill any European they capture if France fails to release six pirates seized by French commandos earlier this month. VOA Correspondent Alish

AS IT IS 2014-05-13 Somali Immigrants Struggle in the US

AS IT IS 2014-05-13 Somali Immigrants Struggle in the US Hello and welcome. It is time to learn and improve your American English. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we hear the story of a young man who risked his life when he flew outside of a jet a

2007年VOA标准英语-Rwanda Provides Training to Somali Army, Says U

By Thomas Rippe Kigali 23 August 2007 Rwanda's foreign minister says the Rwandan army is providing all the support it can to the Somali national army, but the United Nations needs to do more. Thomas Rippe spoke with Foreign Minister Charles Muligande

2007年VOA标准英语-Somali Opposition Group Says It's Targeting Eth

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 24 September 2007 The spokesman for the new Eritrea-based Somali opposition alliance tells VOA that the group's Islamist-led forces are in an all-out war against Ethiopian troops in Somalia in a bid to oust the Ethiopians from t

voa标准英语2008年-AU Security Chief Urges Somali Elders to Call O

Africa's top peace and security official is appealing to Somalia's elders to use their influence to stop the piracy that threatens commercial traffic through the strategic Gulf of Aden. From African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, VOA's Peter Hei

voa标准英语2008年-Somali Leaders Locked In Internal Dispute While

The feuding leaders of Somalia's transitional government are deadlocked in a dispute over cabinet appointments as Islamist rebel forces advance to within striking distance of the capital, Mogadishu. VOA correspondent Peter Heinlein reports from Addi

VOA常速英语2007-Muslim Somali Workers Say They Lost Jobs for Pra

By Kane Farabaugh Grand Island, Nebraska 04 October 2007 Last December, JBS Swift and Company -- the world's second largest processor of beef and pork -- temporarily suspended operations when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided pla

2007年VOA标准英语-Rights Activists Condemn Somali Executions

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 06 July 2007 International human rights activists and lawyers are condemning reports that Somalia's interim government has carried out its first formal executions since the government body was formed with international backing i

VOA标准英语2010年-Future of Somali Government in Doubt a

Procedural bickering has once again thrown the Somali parliament into a deadlock. With less than one year left on its mandate, the approval of the proposed cabinet as well as the future of the transitional government is in doubt. Less than one month

2007年VOA标准英语-Somali Government Says Reconciliation Conferenc

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 12 July 2007 Despite escalating insurgent violence in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the country's transitional government says the much-delayed national reconciliation conference to end the country's 16-year-old civil war will

VOA常速英语2007年-Somali Opposition Says Rebels Threaten to Step

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 05 November 2007 In a worrying sign that insurgent violence in the Somali capital could escalate further, the deputy chairman of the Eritrea-based Somali opposition group tells VOA that well armed rebels are prepared to step up

VOA标准英语2010年-Violence Marks Somali Government's Yea

January 29 was supposed to have been a day of celebration. In the sprawling presidential compound known as Villa Somalia, preparations had been made to mark the one-year anniversary of the new transitional government with poetry readings and a milita

VOA常速英语2007年-Somali Rights Activists Charge All Sides With W

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 14 November 2007 The head of a Mogadishu-based group that promotes human rights and democracy tells VOA that Somalis in the capital are fleeing by the thousands every day, largely to escape being used as human shields and becomi

2007年VOA标准英语-Somali Officials Deny Selling Oil Rights

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 08 August 2007 Officials with Somalia's transitional government are promising not to begin searching for oil until after parliament adopts a new petroleum law and their shattered country achieves peace. But as Nick Wadhams rep

VOA标准英语2009年-Eyewitness: Somali Pirates Tried to Seize

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 10 November 2009 An eyewitness account of an attempted plane hijacking last week in Somalia's northern semi-autonomous Puntland region suggests would-be hijackers were members of a pirate gang, whose operations have been affect