Somali voters could make a great contribution to the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) vote in Bristol, which is anticipated to be key to the results of the elections in May. But the longer answer would entail an understanding of how the Somali vote can influence change.
Codka Soomaalida Bristol saameyn intee leeg ayuu Doorashada Guud ee 2015ka ku yeelan karaa?
Doorashada 2015ka iyo codka Soomaalida Bristol … Caqabadaha ugu waaweyn ee ay bulshadu aad u tilmaantay waxa ka mid ah shaqo la’aan, waxbarashada iyo tababarada, adeegyo caafimaad oo dhaqan ahaan baahidooda daboola, iyo cunsiriyad diimeed. Si kastaba ha ahaatee waxaad moodaa in dad badani ay imika fahmeen in sida ugu haboon ee arrimahooda wax looga qabankaraa ay tahay iyagoo sanduuqa codbixinta adeegsada oo codkooda isticmaala.
Families left behind
Somali diaspora men and women are returning to Somalia by choice, leaving their families in the safety and security of Britain, but bidding farewell to their loved ones has had notable implications to the families left behind in the UK.
Shir: Wadatashiga Bulshada Soomaaliyeed ee Bristol – 10 January 2015
Wadatashi: Arrimaha Dhalinyarada, Waxbarashada & Horumarinta Bulshada Bristol
In search of sisterhood
Roseanne Looker: “The search for real feminism or sisterhood in a genuine form does not lie in the over sexed celebrity or the power dressing business women, it can be found in the micro ways women try to support and ease each other’s burdens. To me it is presented in the form of community groups.”
Warsaxaafadeed – Joojinta Qaadka
23 June 2014 Joojinta qaadka: Wadashaqaynta hay’adda Safer Bristol iyo bulshada Soomaaliyeed Hay’adda Safer Bristol waxay bulshada Soomaaliyeed ee magaalada…
Judge prevents Theresa May sending asylum-seeker back to lawless Somalia
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has been accused of acting unlawfully by forcing the removal of failed Somali asylum-seekers to…
Ethiopia and Djibouti should recognise Somaliland
Ethiopia and Djibouti should recognise Somaliland Somaliland has been a self-governing nation for 23 years, but lacks international recognition as…
Recognition of Somaliland is overdue
Somaliland President Silanyo: “Power is transferred peacefully through democratic elections. State institutions, including the police and armed forces, are in place. Terrorists find no safe haven within our territory. Nor do pirates operate off our coast.”
Kenya: What crimes against the innocent are perpetrated in your name?
As Somalophobia is allowed to take hold and in certain quarters is actively encouraged it is regrettable that nations that are the usual cheer leaders of human rights have manifestly failed to condemn the human wrongs taking place in Nairobi and elsewhere. Political expediency and a multiplicity of base motives have ensured a silence that is near deafening. Incarcerations, beatings and the carting off of innocent citizens including women and children to Kasarani stadium have nothing to do with a so-called war on terror. The shameful treatment of Somalis & Somali Kenyans continues at Shauri Molo and Pangani Police Stations, Nairobi where large numbers of women and children are being held in degrading and insanitary conditions for the sole purpose of extorting money.
