State-Sponsored Abductions in Shabelle Region
HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL REPORT HORN AFRIK NEWS AGENCY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (HANAHR) Date: September 16, 2026 Subject: State-Sponsored Abductions in Shabelle Region
WHEN CULTURAL HERITAGE IS TAKEN BY FORCE: THE EL ALI METEORITE, AL-SHABAAB FINANCING, INDIGENOUS DISPOSSESSION AND STATE ACCOUNTABILITY
WHEN CULTURAL HERITAGE IS TAKEN BY FORCE: THE EL ALI METEORITE, AL-SHABAAB FINANCING, INDIGENOUS DISPOSSESSION AND STATE ACCOUNTABILITY
BREAKING NEWS: Sadia Moalim Freed — A Victory for Gender Justice and Human Rights Defenders
BREAKING NEWS: Sadia Moalim Freed — A Victory for Gender Justice and Human Rights Defenders
Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders (CSHRD) Strongly Condemns the Arbitrary Detention of Musician Khaalid Kaamil and Calls for His Immediate Release
Coalition of Somali Human Rights Defenders (CSHRD) Strongly Condemns the Arbitrary Detention of Musician Khaalid Kaamil and Calls for His Immediate Release.
Silencing Courage: The Draconian Sentence Against Somali Activist Sadia Moalim
Silencing Courage: The Draconian Sentence Against Somali Activist Sadia Moalim.
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE SOMALI INDIGENOUS LEADERS DEMAND HALT TO AUCTION OF METEORITE TAKEN IN ARMED ROBBERY
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE SOMALI INDIGENOUS LEADERS DEMAND HALT TO AUCTION OF METEORITE TAKEN IN ARMED ROBBERY
The Meteorite, the Paper Trail, and the Bloodshed: How Somalia’s Largest Space Rock Was Taken
The Meteorite, the Paper Trail, and the Bloodshed: How Somalia’s Largest Space Rock Was Taken For centuries, it lay half-buried in the soil of El Ali, in Somalia’s Hirshabelle region—too heavy to move, too important to ignore. The Indigenous community called it Shiid Birood, the iron stone. Children played around it. Blacksmiths shaped tools on …
Legal Narrative Concerning the Forcible Removal o6f the El Ali Meteorite (Shiid Birood)
Legal Narrative Concerning the Forcible Removal of the El Ali Meteorite (Shiid Birood) Associated Killings, and Violations of Indigenous Cultural Rights in Hirshabelle State, Somalia
Op-Ed: El Ali’s Meteorite Was Not “Discovered.” It Was Stolen.
El Ali’s Meteorite Was Not “Discovered.” It Was Stolen. In early 2020, one of the largest meteorites ever found on Earth vanished from Somalia’s Hirshabelle region. What followed was not a mere scientific triumph or a lawful commercial transaction, but a textbook case of cultural theft—masked by false narratives, fabricated paperwork, and lethal violence against …
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