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Swedish citizen appointed next prime minister of Somalia

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 13:11:26 +0200

A Swedish-Somali engineer has been named the new prime minister of Somalia after his predecessor was ousted by a no-confidence vote.

Somali-Swede 'died for his beliefs' - brother

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:39:00 +0200

The brother of Abdirahim Hassan, who was murdered on Wednesday in Somalia, told Swedish press that the young politician had died for his "belief in a peaceful world" in the shooting that also wounded his Swedish colleague.

Swedish soldiers to fend off pirates near Somalia

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:27:02 +0200

Thirty-four Swedish soldiers are heading to east Africa as part of international efforts to prevent attacks from Somali pirates.

Swedes admit Somali terror group plot in US

Wed, 13 May 2015 09:27:54 +0200

Two Swedes and a Somali who were handed to the FBI more than two years ago in Africa, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab group in Somalia, prosecutors in New York have revealed.

Swedish troops join Somali pirate mission

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:57:00 +0100

Around 70 Swedish soldiers are heading to east Africa as part of EU efforts to prevent attacks from Somali pirates.

Swede held in Kenya terror group case

Sat, 05 Apr 2014 11:04:00 +0200

A Swedish man has been arrested in Kenya on suspicion of trying to recruit young men for Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabab.

Germany slams Swedish Somali bandy team

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:17:00 +0100

The Swedish project to get Somali refugees to excel at bandy came to a 22-1 halt at the World Cup in Russia, but the captain said their global debut on the ice wasn't half bad.

Somali-Swedes to fight Russia with clubs

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:16:00 +0200

A famous Swedish bandy coach and Somali refugees are out on thin ice, and aiming for Siberia and the bandy world championship. With little time to practice, they are hoping for at least some goals.

Probe launched after 'racist' Twitter slur

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:43:00 +0200

A prosecutor has launched an investigation after a man in Sweden took to social networking site Twitter to express his happiness that a five-year-old girl from Somalia had been found dead in Sweden.

Three arrested in Somalia for attack on Swedes

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:34:00 +0200

Three arrests have reportedly been made in Somalia for an attack that left one young Somali-Swedish politician dead and a second Swedish politician injured.

Somalia shooting a possible kidnap attempt

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:02:00 +0200

The Swedish politician Ann-Margarethe Livh, who was shot in the chest on Wednesday in Mogadishu in an attack that claimed two colleagues' lives, said the gunmen tried to abduct her.

Swedish politicians shot in Somalia drive-by

Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:14:00 +0200

Sweden's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that a Swedish woman was shot and injured in Mogadishu, with additional reports that a Swedish man was killed in the attack in which a third man also died.

US jails Sweden-based al-Shabaab fighter

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:33:00 +0100

A New York court sentenced a man who left his home in Sweden to join the al-Shabaabguerrilla to nine years in prison Wednesday for aiding a US-designated terror group.

Eritreans in Sweden targeted for extortion

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:10:00 +0100

Two men and one woman have been arrested in Stockholm on suspicion of blackmail and conspiring to commit murder in a case believed to be connected to the Eritrean regime's systematic oppression of Eritreans living in exile.

Bildt: Sweden in dark over US terror extradition

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:29:00 +0100

Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has stated that Sweden received no information with regards to two Swedes, suspected of terror crime in Somalia, who were extradited to the US.

Terror-accused Swedes' US extradition 'a failure'

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:58:00 +0100

Sweden's foreign ministry has labeled as a "failure" its inability to successfully bring two Swedish citizens home from Djibouti before they were extradited to the United States to face terror charges.

Work must come before reunification: minister

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:05:00 +0100

Sweden's Migration Minister Tobias Billström wants more migrants to get jobs before their families can follow them to Sweden, but he may face an uphill struggle to convince his government partners to tighten up current family reunification rules.

'No civil war in Somalia': Migration Board

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:18:00 +0100

Somalis seeking a residence permit in Sweden will face tighter restrictions in the near future, after the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) judged that the country was no longer at war.

Somalis fare better in the US than Sweden: report

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:18:00 +0100

Somali immigrants in Sweden have had a harder time finding employment compared to Somalis in the United States and Canada, a new report has found.

'Downplaying racist taunts is like spitting in victims' faces'

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:52:00 +0200

Those who try to explain away the racism experienced by Somalis in Forserum in south central Sweden are simply adding insult to injury, argues local Green Party politician Etelka Huber.