Thousands of Muslim families from across Minnesota filled the stadium today in celebration of the religious holiday, Angela Davis reports (2:01). WCCO 4 News At 5 – Aug. 21, 2018
Dadka caadeystay iney baraha bulshada xadgudubyo ugu geystaan dadka kale sida iney soo dhigaan sawirro qaawanaan ah oo ay sharafta qof kale meel ugaga dhacayaan ayaa la kulmi doona ciqaab xarig markii ay caddaato qofkii dambigaas gaystay. Sharcigan oo la soo saaray sanad iyo bar ka hor ayay idaacadda KALY ka wareysatay Sergent Cabdulwahaab Cali oo ka mid boliiska dambi baarista Mareykanka ee gobolkan Minnesota, kana tirsan ururka dhallinyarada Booliiska si uu uga warbixyo sharcigan iyo cidda uu khuseeyo, isla markaasna uu ku baraarujiyo bulshada Soomaaliyeed ee Mareykanka si ay ugaga foojignaadaan carruurtooda sharcigan.
XOG MUHIIM AH: Halis ku soo fool leh hawada iyo badda Soomaaliya. (DHEGEYSO)
Khabiir Soomaaliyeed oo ku xeeldheer arrimaha hawada iyo duulimaadyada ayaa ka digay khatar hor leh oo ka soo fool hawada iyo badda Soomaaliya. Halkan ka dhegeyso wareysigii oo dhamaystiran
Former President Robert Mugabe is now looking forward to a new life of farming and staying at his rural home, his nephew Leo Mugabe said.
Leo Mugabe was quoted by the French news agency AFP as saying Mugabe, who resigned last Tuesday, was in good health and in a jovial mood.
“He is fine. I have been to see him, he is quite jovial,” he said.
“He is actually looking forward to his new life — farming and staying at the rural home. He has taken it well.”
Mugabe will be turning 94 in February and was forced to step down after the military intervened to stop “criminals” that had surrounded him from taking over.
Three top members of the G40 faction of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front that backed Mugabe and his wife Grace appeared in court yesterday.
Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo is facing corruption charges while youth leader Kudzanayi Chipanga is accused of publishing falsehoods.
They were remanded to tomorrow for the bail application.
Innocent Hamandishe who was youth commissar was remanded to 8 December. He is facing several counts of kidnapping.
Mugabe has assured immunity against prosecution and a hefty severance package which some reports say entitles him to $150 000 a month.
Although Zimbabweans are rejoicing at the ousting of Mugabe, critics are now beginning to question the military intervention with some arguing that the military stepped in to serve their own interests rather than those of the people although the people also benefited from the ousting of a dictator. – Insider
In emotional interview, Gold Star parents say of Trump: 'It's not about a call or a letter'
The parents of a U.S. Army specialist killed in Syria in May said Thursday they hadn’t received any acknowledgment from President Trump, despite his claim to have called “virtually” all families of fallen U.S. soldiers.
But they’re not looking for a call.
Sheila and Calvin Murphy are the parents of Spc. Etienne Murphy. In an emotional interview on CNN’s “New Day” on Thursday, Sheila Murphy said through her tears “it’s OK” that she hasn’t heard from Trump, because “it’s not about a call or letter.”
“I just want people to remember my son and all the other Gold Star moms, Mrs. Johnson — all those who are grieving,” she said. “Trust me, none of us want to be in this position, and the worst thing I’ve ever been called is a Gold Star mom.”
Trump’s communication with the families of slain troops has been under scrutiny since Tuesday, when he falsely accused his recent predecessors of not calling such families. The claim was an attempt to defend his own lack of public statements about four soldiers killed in Niger this month.
The president sparked more controversy this week by publicly feuding with Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., who said Trump told Myeshia Johnson — the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson — that her husband “knew what he signed up for.” Sgt. Johnson was one of the soldiers killed in Niger.
Murphy, through what she called “un-get-throughable” pain, said she wrote a letter to the White House in hopes that Trump would “not forget” Etienne.
“I have no hard feelings toward anybody,” she said.
“Because it’s not about me; it’s about my child and all the other countless fallen heroes, and those still over there now and the families that are here grieving, like I am and my husband is,” she added. “That’s what it’s all about. I don’t want it to be about me or about a letter; I want it to be about my child and what he stood for, and what they are fighting for over there right now as I speak.”
Spc. Etienne J. Murphy, 22, of Loganville, Ga., died May 26 in Al-Hasakah, Syria, of injuries sustained during a vehicle-rollover-related incident. (Photo: DOD)
A State Department official said on Thursday that the United States respects but regrets Nasa leader Raila Odinga's announced intention to withdraw from the scheduled October 26 presidential election. Responding to a Nation query, the official also said Mr Odinga is welcome to visit the US.
Sections of the Kenya media reported earlier this week that Mr Odinga had been denied a visa to travel to the United States. That claim was attributed in those reports to State House Director of Digital Communications Dennis Itumbi.
Asked whether Mr Odinga had been blocked from visiting, the State Department official said, “It is our understanding that nothing prevents Raila Odinga from getting on a plane and flying to the United States.”
Mr Odinga is in London, where he is expected to give an address on Friday at Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs. In its email message to the Nation, the State Department reiterated that the US does “not back any part or candidate” in Kenya.
“We remain committed to supporting a free, fair and credible election that is consistent with Kenya's Constitution, current laws, and institutions,” the official said.
“We respect the right of Nasa presidential candidate Raila Odinga and deputy presidential candidate Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka to withdraw from the Kenyan election scheduled for October 26, but we regret their decision to do so,” the official added.
Sunday October 1, 2017 Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha in 2016 [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]
A year ago, Firommisa Darasa barely made it out of Ethiopia's Irreecha festival alive, managing to escape from a deep ditch where dozens perished.
The tragedy happened after police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters, sparking a stampede.
Last year's bloodshed at the annual religious festival held by Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo people, became a turning point in months of anti-government protests that prompted the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency.
While dissatisfaction with Ethiopia's government still runs deep among the Oromo, last year's protests have since died down.
Those planning to attend this year's Irreecha festival say they are hoping for the best when Sunday's gathering begins in the resort town of Bishoftu, southeast of the capital Addis Ababa.
"I feel fear inside but if I don't come, the people around me won't come. This is our ancestral celebration and we will have to keep it," said one of the festival-goers, 28-year-old Firommisa,
At least 50 killed
The Oromo people began protesting in late 2015, angered by a government proposal to expand Addis Ababa that they feared would deprive them of land without proper compensation.
Those tensions exploded at last year's Irreecha when activists took to the stage and began shouting anti-government slogans, prompting police to open fire with tear gas.
At least 50 people were killed in the ensuing stampede, according to government figures. Activists put the death toll much higher.
Changes have been made this year at the festival grounds adjacent to a lake in the town 60km southeast of the capital.
A new open-air amphitheatre has been built and cobblestones laid on the ground, while the ditch that claimed so many lives last year has been fenced off.
The presence of armed security forces was seen as exacerbating last year's chaos, but the Oromia regional government said this year there would be no weapons.
"This year will be different because there will be no political involvement from the government and no security from them as well," said attendee Dachassa Gosa, 22.
Irreecha, or thanksgiving, is the most important annual festival of the Oromo people and it celebrates the end of the months-long rainy season and the upcoming harvest.
While traditionally a time to give thanks and pray for prosperity and abundance, it has increasingly been an opportunity for the Oromo to assert their identity and criticise government policies they say marginalise them.
Last year's deaths re-ignited the protests across the Oromo region, but this time the targets were government and foreign-owned businesses, with several destroyed.
All told, the months of violence left more than 940 people dead, according to the government's human rights commission, while arrests topped 22,000.
The bloodshed only ended with the declaration of a state of emergency, which was lifted in August.
However many Oromo say their grievances were not addressed and sporadic strikes and protests still occur.
US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Ethiopian government to "act with restraint" this time around and to take measures to ensure there is no repeat of last year's tragedy, while calling for a proper investigation into what happened.
"Certainly, if there were to be a return to what happened at least year's Irreecha, you would expect that would lead to much wider unrest," HRW researcher Felix Horne told AFP news agency.
Oftaha Oromoo travelled from a district hours away to join the celebration but expects a more subdued event this weekend.
"Personally I am still angry, but we have to be patient and celebrate," he said. "This year, we want to remember the people who died."
OJ Simpson is looking forward to eating steak and getting a new iPhone, after his release from prison next week, his lawyer said. Malcolm LaVergne said he expected his client to be released from a Nevada jail "a few days" after Sunday, the first eligible date for him to be paroled.
Simpson, 70, has spent nine years behind bars following a 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping case.
Mr LaVergne told ABC Simpson wants to see his family and enjoy "the very simple pleasures" of life, including eating seafood and steak and getting a new iPhone.
The former American football star and actor was acquitted of the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. He was later found liable for their deaths in civil court.
Simpson plans to live in Florida and play golf following his release.
Mr LaVergne told KTNV-TV in Las Vegas: "He is getting very, very excited. He's feeling very upbeat. He's had perfect performance as a prisoner. I anticipate he's going to have perfect performance as a parolee."
Republican Gov. Paul LePage delivers his inauguration address in Augusta, Maine, in this Jan. 7, 2015, file photo. LePage said out-of-state drug dealers are impregnating "young white" girls, and he was quickly derided by critics on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) Augusta, Maine — Maine’s Republican governor is directing the state’s 16 county sheriffs to detain immigrants upon request by federal immigration officers — or be removed from office. Gov. Paul LePage threatened Tuesday to oust elected sheriffs who reject requests from immigration officers to hold jail detainees beyond their scheduled release dates. He said he’d take steps to remove any sheriff if he hears that an “undocumented, illegal alien” was released after a federal detention request. The governor ratcheted up a dispute with Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce, who announced he would reject requests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to hold prisoners in jail beyond their scheduled release unless there’s a court order. The governor said Maine law requires sheriffs to obey his law enforcement orders. He said the Maine Constitution allows a governor to remove a sheriff from office following a “complaint, due notice and hearing.”
The governor signed an executive order in 2011 calling on “employees and officials” of Maine” to cooperate with the federal government on immigration matters. Joyce denies that the executive order would apply to him.
LePage didn’t mention Joyce by name, but it’s clear who was on his mind.
Joyce is sheriff of Maine’s most populace county, which is also home to a growing population of immigrants from Somalia, which was targeted by Republican President Donald Trump’s latest travel order.
Joyce said detainer requests from immigration officials are a problem when they’re not supported by a court order or warrant signed by a judge. Detaining individuals for up to 48 hours without probable cause could put him and the county at risk of lawsuit for violating their rights, he said.
“I’m still accepting ICE inmates, the ones that are brought in legally,” Joyce said Monday. “I’m not honoring detainer requests to hold someone beyond their release date so that ICE can put together their case.”
LePage argues that federal policy requires immigration officers to review the facts and make sure they have reasonable grounds and an administrative warrant before they ask local law enforcement agencies to temporarily detain individuals.
Zach Heiden, legal director at the ACLU of Maine, noted Massachusetts’ highest court recently ruled that state law doesn’t allow police officers there to hold individuals solely on the basis of a federal immigration detainer request. The governor also lacks legal basis to force sheriffs to honor immigration requests, he said.
“We’re not talking about law enforcement, we’re talking about detention: locking people up,” Heiden said.
Jimco, September, 22, 2017 (HOL) –Madaxweynaha talada haya ee dalka Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta ayaa ku tilmaamay go’aankii maxkamadda sare ee lagu laalayay doorashadii madaxtinimada dalkaas Iqilaab ama afganbi lagula kacay dalka Kenya.
Maxkamadda sare ee dalka Kenya ayaa waxba kama jiraan ka soo qaadday doorashadii madaxtinimada ee dalkaasi ka dhacday, kaddib markii siyaasiyiinta xisbiga mucaaradka ugu weyn dalkaa dacwad u gudbiyeen maxkamadda.
Guddiga doorashada ayaa hadda dib u dhigay waqtigii loo asteeyay in ay dhacdo doorashda ku celiska ah oo ku beegneyd 17 bisha October ee nagu soo foolka leh, waxaana uu guddigu sheegay in doorashada dib loo dhigay ilaa 26ka October.
Madaxweyne Uhuru ayaa yiri ' Waxaa dalkan inqilaab ka sameeyey afar qof oo maxkamada sare jooga .
Laakiin go’aankan markii uu soo baxay waxaa dhinacooda soo dhaweeyay siyaasiyiinta mucaaradka gaar ahaan Raila Odinga oo ah shaqsiga siyaasad ahaan ay sida weyn isaga soo horjeedaan Uhuru Kenyatta, lana filayo in uu kursiga kula tartamo doorashada soo socta.
Sanadii 2007-dii ayaa rabshadihii dhacay doorashada ka dib waxaa ku dhintay 1200 oo qof kadib markii xiisado siyaasadeed ay ka dhasheen doorashooyinka.
