The body of a teenaged boy is removed from a Falstaff Ave. highrise after a fatal shooting Aug. 1, 2019. (Kevin Connor/Toronto Sun) A day after scores of Somali mothers pleaded for help stopping gun violence, a 16-year-old Somali boy was gunned down in a notoriously rough North York neighbourhood. Toronto Police were called around

Photo/Reuters Friends and colleagues pay homage to mayor of Somali capital who succumbed to wounds after suicide blast in his office. His name was Abdirahman Omar Osman but, to Somalis, the mayor of Mogadishu was simply known as “injineer yariisow”, meaning “the small engineer” due to his slight stature and civil engineering training. The 53-year-old’s

Photo (AP) Saudi Arabia published new laws early Friday that loosen restrictions on women by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing guardianship policy that gave men control over women. The changes are a potential game-changer for Saudi women’s rights in the kingdom. The legal system has long

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) meets Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the tech giant’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, U.S. June 22, 2016. Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook (FB.O) to

Mogadishu mayor and Banadir governor Abdirahman Omar Osman passed away on Thursday afternoon in Qatar after he has sustained serious injuries from a suicide attack at his office in Mogadishu last week. At least six people, including three district commissioners and three directors were killed and wounded the mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Yarisow in

As part of a larger EUCAP-Somalia project on maritime situational awareness, the Mission donated a radar scanner to the Maritime Police Unit of Bosaso, on the northern Somali coast. The radar enhances the port authorities’ capability to observe maritime activity in the near waters on the Gulf of Aden. Following the construction of a support

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, August 1, 2019, we officially share with you that the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, he give up his American citizenship to the United States. This work has been around for a long time and has been involved with the legal and ethical offices of Somalia and

At least 32 people were killed in an attack on a military parade in the Yemeni port city of Aden on Thursday, security and medical sources said. The attack in Aden, the seat of the Saudi-backed government, was earlier claimed by Yemen’s Houthi group. A Reuters witness saw nine bodies on the ground after an

Somali national army soldiers stand in formation during a logistics course graduation ceremony. The U.S. Air Force has now carried out as many airstrikes in support of Somali government forces as it did in all of 2018. (MC2 Evan Parker/Navy) By: Stephen Losey The Air Force has already carried out as many airstrikes in Somalia

As the Jubbaland election reaches the homestretch, the eight-year reign of Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, Kenya’s ally in the war against al-Shabaab, could end following spirited campaigns of Abdinasir Seraar, his former lieutenant at the Ras Kamboni Brigade. The August 21 poll will be a test to Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia as well as Americans whose presence