Somali Minister of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief ordered to shoot to kill policy to al-Shabaab

Mogadishu-The Somali National Army and the Chief of Defense Forces have today announced that they will be deployed operationally Somali special forces in Mogadishu to al-Shabaab shoot to kill policy, The Somali army commander, Major-General Dahir Adan Elmi who spoke to the media in Mogadishu, said al-Shabaab has repeatedly received warnings and warnings, but refused

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France: 135 people injured in Yellow Vest protests

PARIS -A total of 118 people and 17 police officers were injured during Saturday’s Yellow Vest protests across France, the French Interior Minister said late Saturday. Around 125,000 people participated in the nationwide protests, said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner in a press meeting. Castaner said that 974 people were arrested during the protests. Security measures

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Former al-Shabaab deputy candidacy leaves Southwest state election uncertainty

The national electoral body had banned Robow from participating in the elections because of his past record, but the Southwest State’s election body later cleared him. Now the government is arguing that he is yet to be cleared from the United States’ list of terrorists. and committed a lot of crimes. Rape, Murder Extortion killing

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The Presidents of Sudan, Djibouti Arrive in Jimma

Addis Ababa-The leaders of Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti awarded the Jimma University Hospital. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed welcomed President Omar Hassan Bashir and Djibouti President Ismael Omar Galle. The hospital has 800 sleeping quarters and more than 20 million people in the southwest of the country. It is also designed to provide medical services

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Immigration minister defends UN migration pact, says it will allow Canada to work with other countries

Canada is committed to signing onto the United Nations pact on migration, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says, despite angry protest from right-wing political activists both here and abroad. Speaking from Marrakech, Morocco on Friday, where a UN summit on migration is to kick off next week, said the Global Compact on Migration is an important

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Al-Shabaab operations in Somalia to feature Trump diplomat visit

A senior US official yesterday met President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House in Nairobi for talks on deepening bilateral ties. Assistant Secretary for Bureau of African Affairs Tibor Nagy is in Nairobi to, among other issues, discuss strategic partnership, regional security, trade and investment.Operations against Al Shabaab will feature in the meetings between Nagy and

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Trump picks Heather Nauert as U.S.’ next UN ambassador and William Barr the next attorney general

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced he will nominate State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert as the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN). Heather Nauert, 48, was an American journalist at Fox News and has been the government official spokesperson for the United States Department of State since April 24, 2017. Before then she

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Rights groups slam Greece over migrant camps

Human rights and migrant welfare groups are urging Greece to scrap its part of a deal between the European Union and Turkey, designed to reduce unchecked migration to Europe from the east. In a statement on Dec. 6, a total of 20 groups sharply criticized the winter living conditions in Greece’s eastern Aegean island migrant

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Somali blast kills two generals and seven guards

Mogadishu – Nine Somali soldiers including two generals were killed on Thursday by a blast just outside the capital Mogadishu, militants and an army official said. Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility, saying it had destroyed a military pick-up truck carrying the generals and their seven bodyguards near Dhanaane village just outside Mogadishu on Thursday

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UK’s ‘golden visa’ to be suspended amid crime crackdown

A general view of the U.K. Border crossing in the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, June 4, 2014. (EPA Photo) The United Kingdom’s tier one visa, known as the “golden visa,” will be suspended on Dec. 7 until new regulations are put in place in 2019, due to exploitation and money

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