Somali special forces killed 25 Al-Shabaab terrorists

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali National Army (SNA) said Monday its elite forces (Danab) killed 25 al-Shabaab militants and injured several others during an operation at Gambole about 48 km to Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State. According to Xinhua report. Hassan Mohamed Osman, acting commander of Danab said the troops will intensify

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Canada cancels weapons sales to Turkey over Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attend military parade for Azerbaijan’s victory against Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, 10 December 2020 (AFP) By Ragip Soylu Investigation by Ottawa concluded that Turkey deployed drones to Nagorno-Karabakh that used Canadian technology, foreign affairs minister says. Canada cancelled all defense exports to Turkey on Monday

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Farmajo becomes a warlord as there are no laws in Somalia since he put a two-year extension in office

Photo/Somali Times The Union of Candidates recently held a press conference in Mogadishu to discuss the latest developments in the country and the ongoing election crisis in the country. The Union of Candidates has made it clear that outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is now recognized as a ‘faction leader’ sitting in the presidency. Former

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Farmajo does a two-year extension in office following the footsteps of his dictator uncle Siad Barre

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Times reported 2019-2020 that Farmajo was planning a 2-year extension. Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has welcomed the two-year extension of the parliament’s mandate. A statement from Villa Somalia said, ”The President has indicated that the Government will play a leading role in the implementation of this law, which has

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Will Nile dam negotiations end in peace or war?

Failure of talks raises concerns about possibility of military confrontation between Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia The latest round of negotiations in Kinshasa, Congo, between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has failed to make a breakthrough on reaching an agreement, with the three countries trading accusations

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Mogadishu police chief suspends Somali parliament, gets fired moments later

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu’s police chief announced he had suspended parliament on Monday, saying he was acting unilaterally to prevent lawmakers from extending the president’s term, only to be fired moments later by the police commissioner. “We have stopped the parliament session today. We have a responsibility bigger than a personal one. We have to solve

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Iran blames Israel for sabotage at Natanz nuclear site

This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem Sunday, April 11, involving its electrical distribution grid just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges that more quickly enrich uranium, state TV reported. It was the latest incident to strike

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The latest security tightened in Mogadishu, parliament convenes today

Photo/Somali Times Additional troops have been deployed on all roads leading to the Somali Presidential Palace, with lawmakers scheduled to convene at Villa Hargeisa on Monday. The meeting was attended by members of parliament and it was said that the agenda of the meeting will be a motion related to the upcoming elections in Somalia.

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Three plans by the international community fails by President Farmajo

File Photo/Somali Times The international community have failed to take three steps to weaken President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s power and find an alternative solution, according to Somali officials. This is after the representatives of the international community in the hope to find a solution pass through self-selection outage, which is part of the zodiac, but

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Speaker Mursal calls lawmakers to vote for Farmajo’s extension of two years in office

File Photo/Somali Times The members of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia have tonight been sent a message informing the speaker that there will be a meeting on Monday in the house, and the agenda of the meeting will include Farmajo’s extension of two years in office and the 2021

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