Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

A screengrab of Universal TV’s talk show Doodwadaag. The show’s producer and a director for the station have been arrested. (YouTube) Nairobi, October 5, 2015–Somali national security forces raided the offices of the privately owned broadcaster Universal TV in Mogadishu on October 2 and arrested Abdullahi Hersi, the station’s East Africa director, and Awil Dahir […]

Faisa Ali, from west London, says court ignored evidence of her brother’s long history of psychosis Faisa Ali is petitioning on behalf of her brother Abdullah (right) Photo: Trinity Mirror The sister of a mentally-ill man who faces execution by firing squad inSomaliland has pleaded with the country’s British-educated leader to issue him a presidential pardon. […]

Ismail Omar Guelleh will be the first African president to appear as a witness in a UK corruption case. But this trial of intrigue is just one of many challenges facing the 16-year president.  For the first time in history, a sitting African president will be summoned to give evidence in person before the British High Court. […]

It is unluckily that, the most liked musical band for the Somali speaking people has been arrested in Hargeisa airport four musicians in ‘Horn Stars band while returned from Mogadishu after they stage concerts that attracted thousands of music lovers that influenced the popularity of this band to rise beyond any human imagination . Female […]

More than 700 killed in Saudi Hajj stampede At least 717 people have been killed in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence directorate said, as the death toll continued to rise. The directorate said at least 863 other pilgrims were injured in Thursday’s stampede, which took place in Mina, on […]

Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova. UN Photo/Mark Garten 15 September 2015 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending the freedom of the press today denounced the recent killing of a Somali news editor. “I condemn the killing of Abdullahi Ali Hussein,” said Irina Bokova, […]

Wild elephants, lions, leopards, giraffe, buffalo and ostriches have been spotted in Somalia’s Lower Jubba area in the first sightings of the animals in the east African country in decades. The animals are believed to have been displaced from Kenya’s Boni forest by ongoing security operations against the armed group al-Shabab that operates in the […]

Abdi Hakin Ulad was the pride of the hometown crowd as he bested all other Danish competitors at Sunday’s Copenhagen Half Marathon. In 2001, he came to Denmark as a refugee from Somalia. On Sunday, Abdi Hakin Ulad crossed the finish line at the Copenhagen Half Marathon as the fastest Dane among the nearly 24,000 […]

K’naan and his Mom view the original script the Quran was written in and drawings of what would have been the prophet’s (pbuh) house. MOGADISHU – Somali-Canadian rapper K’naan Warsame has posted photos on social media while performing hajj in Saudi Arabia with his family, in an action that was praised by his fans. “Standing […]

He denies another motion for pretrial release, saying the seven suspects are a flight risk; trial is set for Feb. 16.   A federal judge again rejected bail Wednesday for seven young Somali-American men charged with attempting to join the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. It was the first time all seven of […]