Good morning, Mogadishu! Preserving Somalia’s cultural history, one tape at a time

Good morning, Mogadishu! Preserving Somalia’s cultural history, one tape at a time

Sitting in a small, windowless room in a government building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed loops another audio tape onto the dilapidated machine and presses a few buttons. He’s beginning a time-intensive process to digitize some seven decades of unique historical recordings belonging to the government-run Radio Mogadishu. One down, a couple…

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Landhi: A traffic officer was killed and another injured in firing at the police barracks

Landhi: A traffic officer was killed and another injured in firing at the police barracks

A traffic police constable was killed while another was injured due to firing in the police barracks in Landhi police station, the police termed the incident as accidental. According to Express News, on Monday morning, two police constables, 30-year-old Fahmed Akhtar son of Hadi Bakhsh and 35-year-old Gul Sher son of Qoob Ahmed, were seriously…

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Terrorist attack on police station in Lakki Marwat Terrorist escaped from counter action

Terrorist attack on police station in Lakki Marwat Terrorist escaped from counter action

Lucky Marwat: Gambella police station was attacked by terrorists late at night which was not successful, the police repelled the attack by retaliating. According to Express News, terrorists attacked the Gambella police station located in Lucky Marwat, but the police foiled the terrorist attack by giving a timely response. Sources say that the terrorists could…

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Usman Khawaja draws attention to humanitarian crisis in Gaza: Pat Cummins

Usman Khawaja draws attention to humanitarian crisis in Gaza: Pat Cummins

Photo courtesy of Kirkinfo Australian captain Pat Cummins has supported cricketer Usman Khawaja and said that Usman Khawaja has drawn attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In a statement, Pat Cummins said Usman Khawaja’s attempt to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was ‘not offensive’. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned…

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