The cherry on top must have been the jubilant skip over the finish line, but sports officials didn’t seem to share the joy.
When was the last time you entered a corner shop that was locally owned and operated?
It’s tough for everybody at the moment. It’s harder to get a home loan, increase your credit limit, or to hijack a supertanker. That’s the word from Somali pirate Mohamed Abdi Hassan — also known as “Afweyne,” or “Big Mouth” – who is quitting the game.
These pictures are shocking, but the story behind them is even worse. Terror investigator Neil Doyle uncovered the images after authorities carried out a raid on a school in Mogadishu. These children were kidnapped by Al Qaeda in Somalia and were being brainwashed so that they could be used in future attacks on the West. The children – some as young as seven – were chained up to beds while they were taught an extreme version of Islam.
Somalia’s Defense Minister announced today that a South African man and woman, who were captured by Somali pirates 20 months ago, have finally been released.
UK teacher, Mohamed Ibrahim, unexpectedly received an email from Somalia asking him to visit his former homeland over the UK summer holidays. When he returned to war-torn Mogadishu, he was unexpectedly appointed the Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country.
Saeed Yare is a dollar multi-millionaire and I am not. The difference between us: I am but a lowly writer and he is a pirate.