- Column: By Hassan Isilow Most children have big dreams of who they want to be when they grow up; the same applies to us migrants. We lived happily below the footsteps of Mount Elgon in Uganda, where cooked bananas were our staple foods. It’s hard to believe that it’s been sometime now, since I first got on that plane to Johannesburg hoping to return home soon. My memory of the exciting journey is so vivid -it feels like yesterday. Even after completing college, I had never gone beyond the boarders of Kenya and if I did it was under clear supervision-Aboo (Father in Somali) or Hoyoo (Mother) had to be there. My Parents were emotional when I told them I was venturing…

- OPINION: Hassan Isilow An old English adage says- the surest route to failure is for one to try and please everybody. For a career Journalist like myself, it is just about impossible to be in everyone’s good books and I surely expect to have more enemies than friends. Even as a level headed and well mannered person, I have suddenly become an enemy of many- because as a Journalist steeping on a few peoples toes is inevitable. A story without feedback is not worthy a story- these words have often become part of CNN’S Larry King vocabulary. But as an ethical journalist, I believe it’s wrong to use people as genuine pigs to test their reaction on this journalistic litmu…

Terrorist cells have threatened to disorganize the prestigious World Cup in South Africa by blowing up American installations, a local newspaper reported. - A local media reported that the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) had intercepted a telephone call made between a Somali trader in South Africa and an Al-Qaeda militant group in Somalia, reportedly discussing a plot to blow up American interests in South Africa ahead of the 2010 soccer world cup. The Cape Town-based Argus newspaper suggested that the plot was in retaliation for the recent killing of an Al-Shabaab commander in a US commando operation in southern Somalia. The 2010 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to take place between 1…