Major security shake-up after emergency cabinet meeting in Villa Somalia.

Mogadishu – The Somalia government has launched a major security shake-up on Monday after an emergency meeting held by cabinet ministers in Villa Somalia. Immediate changes were made to the top brass of Somalia’s security apparatus with new commanders in the intelligence, police and custodial corps. The government has appointed Osman Sheikh Hussein as the

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Bakara Market traders suspend Business over new government tax

The second day of the Somali market in Bakara market was disrupted by traders from Benadir and the Ministry of Finance of the Federal Government of Somalia about the government’s tax levied. The dispute between the business and the ministry that led to the closure of the Bakara market was interrupted by the parliamentary seat

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Turkish deputy PM to inspect restoration of Sudan’s Suakin Island, Somalia

Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu is scheduled to pay a two-day official visit to Sudan and Somalia starting on Tuesday. According to the statement from the deputy prime minister’s press office, Çavuşoğlu will meet his Sudanese counterpart Bakri Hassan Saleh in Khartoum. The Turkish minister then will visit Sudan’s Suakin Island to examine the ongoing

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Qatari government delegation arrives in Mogadishu

Mogadishu – The deputy minister of planning and international investment Fahmo Ahmed Nuur has welcomed the delegation from Qatar to Somalia today at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle Airport. Fahmo Ahmed Nuur, who spoke to the media at the airport in Mogadishu, said that the merchants from Qatar arrived in the country to provide opportunities for investment

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The Governor of Mogadishu has handed over land to Turkish Government to build a new training center for Somali National army

Mogadishu- Governor of Benadir region  Abdirahman Omar Osman has handed over land in the Wadajir district of Jazeera District, the Somali National Army, to build a Turkish state-of-the-art training center. According to the chairman of the land belonging to the majority of Army, and a quick-build l center will complete training in the We have

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Ethiopia’s state of emergency to last six months

Ethiopia’s defence minister has told journalists that the state of emergency declared yesterday will last six months. The country’s Council of Ministers declared a state of emergency barely 24 hours after the resignation of the prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn. The council “came to the conclusion that imposing emergency rule would be vital to safeguarding the

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Qatar: Saudi Arabia pressures on the poorer countries to donate!

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who attended the meeting discussed security  in Munich / Germany, said that Gulf tensions are created by the allied Saudi Arabia said it would be dangerous to the security and economy of the region. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani also said Saudi Arabia has put pressure

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Somali evacuees arrive from Libya

Mogadishu – The Somali government has welcomed nearly a dozen Somali’s who have been evacuated from Libya on Saturday. Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mahdi Mohamed Guled together with Government and officials welcomed 11 Somali migrants who landed at Mogadishu International Airport after being evacuated from Libya, Somali Special Envoy

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Turkey and the United States to discuss their worsening relations

US Secretary of State arrives in Turkey Rex Tillerson met the President and his country offers to about the deteriorating relationship between the two countries allies of NATO. Turkey is deeply frustrated by the United States’ support for its groups to be a threat to Turkey’s security. The US has until now refused to Turkey

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives met with the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia

Mogadishu-This meeting was chaired by the Speaker of the Upper House of the Federal Parliament of Somalia Mr. Abdi Hashi Abdullahi and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Micheal Keating, talked about the constitution and the functions of the Upper House. Meeting the press in exile from it was, when he finished a

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