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AMISOM forces told to guard against sexual abuse
AMISOM troops in Mogadishu. File Photo By Taddeo Bwambale Soldiers serving and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have been told to guard against sexual abuse and exploitation in the course...
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Could this be the moment for Somalia?
By Isaac Muhammad For the last 25 years, Somalia has become famous for all the wrong reasons. From civil wars that destroyed the country, to droughts that killed and displaced thousands[1]. From the...
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Eden Prairie seeks added resources for third-largest Somali community in metro
BY KELLY SMITH Leaders call for more housing, school resources for metro’s third-largest Somali community. From left, students Mohamud Abdi, Hodan Duale, Abdiaziz Hirsi, and Sahra Ali listen to a guest...
View ArticleSomalia Expects Liberation of al-Shabaab-Controlled Areas by May
By Amogelang Mbatha Somalia’s government expects to liberate areas still controlled by al-Qaeda-linked militants within the next six months after capturing the insurgents’ coastal stronghold last week,...
View ArticleIslamist rebels blamed for car bomb in Somalia, at least six dead
MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist rebels detonated a car bomb near a popular hotel and cafe in the centre of the Somali capital on Sunday evening, killing at least six people, police and...
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Dam Rising in Ethiopia Stirs Hope and Tension
By JACEY FORTIN The main component of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, along the Blue Nile, is 32 percent complete. CreditJacey Fortin for The New York Times GUBA, Ethiopia — There is a remote...
View ArticleWarka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Wariye maanta lagu dhaawacay Muqdisho, Ra’iisalwasaaraha Soomaaliya oo maanta booqanaya qaar ka mid ah xarrumaha wasaaradaha ee Puntland iyo warar kale....
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Mudnaanta Culimada
W.Q: Cabdullaahi Janno Qaran-jabkii Soomaaliya ka dib, waxaa xigay firxad. Meelihii loo firxadayna saameyn ayay ku yeelatay Soomaalidii firxadka ahayd. Afkaar iyo dhaqamo aysan Soomaalidu ku dhiirran...
View ArticleCAR BOMB IN SOMALIA’S CAPITAL KILLS AT LEAST 7
MOGADISHU, Somalia, A Somali police official says a car bomb has killed at least seven people and wounded 10 others at a popular cafe in the capital. Mohammed Hussein, a senior police official, said...
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Somali car bomb attack toll rises to 13: president
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Monday that a car bomb which killed at least 13 people the day before was an act of “desperation” by Islamist Shebab insurgents. The attack took place on...
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Anti-Muslim protesters told they have no place in Portsmouth
PROTESTERS who donned balaclavas and threw coins during aggressive scenes in Portsmouth’s Guildhall Square have been told: ‘You have no place in our city’. Leaders have condemned the actions of some of...
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FIFA look to get cameras rolling in Djibouti
© FIFA.com FIFA are hoping to help the Djibouti Football Federation liven up their TV schedules by enabling national and global audiences get a glimpse of the country’s top league from outside of its...
View ArticleSomali Bank Becomes First Lender to Handle Foreign Transactions
By Mohamed Sheikh Nor International Bank of Somalia became the first lender in the Horn of Africa nation to handle foreign transactions, the latest sign that the country is stabilizing after decades of...
View ArticleSomalia – Worrying Times for Press Freedom
By Laetitia Bader The attack on Somali television director Abdirisak Jama – known as “Black” – who was shot and seriously wounded by gunmen outside his home in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on October...
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Wararka aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Qasaaraha weerarkii xalay ka dhacay Muqdisho oo sii kordhaaya, Xaaladda wariye cabdirisaaq oo soo hagaageyso xili qaliin lagu sameeyay, Beesh caalamka oo si...
View ArticleGeology and Petroleum Potential of Somalia
By Prof. Abdi Salah Hussein This research is intended primarily to provide an updated overview of the knowledge gained on the ground in Somalia over fifty years of investigation by a number of foreign...
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Somalia’s government launches postal service
Somalia’s government has launched its first postal service in more than two decades. It has also introduced postcodes nationwide for the first time in the country’s history. The postal service fell...
View ArticleBomb hits Somali police car after cafe attack
Mogadishu – A bomb tore through a senior policeman’s car in Somalia’s capital on Monday, a day after suspected Islamist militants shelled an area where the president was due to speak and attacked a...
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Somalia: amid unstable security, UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis
Troops of the Somali National Army and the African Union Mission in Somalia, line up in a convoy on the road leading up to the Al-Shabaab stronghold of Barawe. Photo: AMISOM/Tobin Jones The top United...
View ArticleSomalia presidential adviser linked to militants – U.N. monitors
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. investigators have accused an advisor to Somalia’s president of involvement in the unauthorised diversion of Somali government weapons to Islamist...
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