Governor Abdiweli Gaas rejects official of the federal government of Somalia to come in Garowe

The Puntland region has informed members of the federal government of Somalia that they have not been able to fly from the airport in Mogadishu for a few hours. Some of the initiatives undertaken by the Puntland authorities to end the hostilities have ended. The ban is limited to the Council of Ministers and its

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Security Council regrets Somalia’s expulsion of UN envoy

The U.N. Security Council is expressing regret at Somalia’s decision to expel a U.N. envoy who questioned the arrest of an extremist group defector-turned-political candidate. The council issued a statement Saturday, a day after a closed-door discussion about Somalia’s move to kick Nicholas Haysom out.The statement conveys gratitude to the longtime U.N. official. It also

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Venezuela’s congress names new leader, vows to battle Maduro

Photo (AP) Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress opened its first session of the year Saturday, installing a fresh-faced leader who struck a defiant tone and vowed to take up the battle against socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Juan Guaido, 35, assumes the presidency of a National Assembly stripped of power by Maduro, whose government is blamed for leading

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Tuna sells for record $3 million in auction at Tokyo’s new fish market

Journalists film a 278kg bluefin tuna, priced with a 333,600,000 yen bid is pictured in front of sushi restaurants Sushi Zanmai in Tokyo, Japan, January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million(2.36 million pounds) for a bluefin tuna in

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Pentagon plans to cut troops, airstrikes in Somalia: report

The Pentagon plans to curtail its military role in Somalia and lessen airstrikes against al-Shabaab militants in the region, NBC News reported Friday. Two senior U.S. officials told the outlet that the administration has assessed that al-Shabab does not pose a direct danger to the United States as American forces have killed many of the

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Norway donates $ 54.3 Million to Somalia reconstruction and development

Oslo-The Norwegian government has announced that $ 54.3 million will contribute to the reconstruction and development of Somalia’s infrastructure, saying that the economy is moving to Somalia by various banks below the World Bank. He added that the economy is intended to counter Somalia’s armed conflicts and other security challenges. Norway’s Minister for Development Cooperation

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Djibouti bases at Red Sea strait show outsize value

Nation at strait linking Gulf of Aden to Red Sea connects global shipping routes, with most foreign bases in world In 1991 thousands of Ethiopians, military men and women included, made an arduous journey, crossing the border from the Horn of Africa nation of Eritrea into the tiny nation of Djibouti. They fled as Eritrean

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UN to send new envoy to Somalia after flap led to expulsion

The United Nations plans to replace an envoy who was expelled from Somalia after questioning the arrest of a political candidate with an extremist history, the world body said Friday. The announcement came after three days of diplomatic back-and-forth over Somalia’s expulsion of Nicholas Haysom, a longtime U.N. official who has also served as envoy

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UN: Saudi trial into Khashoggi killing ‘not sufficient’

UN renews call for independent investigation with ‘international involvement’ The United Nations Human Rights Office spokeswoman said on Friday that a trial taking place in Saudi Arabia into Oct. 2 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “not sufficient.”Speaking to press members in Geneva, Ravina Shamdasani reiterated the office’s call for an independent investigation, “with international

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Ilhan Omar becomes the first person to wear the hijab in the US Congress

AP Photo/Susan Walsh History was on Ilhan Omar’s mind as she arrived in Washington DC this week. The 36-year-old Democrat from Minnesota’s 5th Congressional district became the first Somali-American, one of two Muslim women, among the unprecedented number of women lawmakers, and part of the largest congressional black caucus elected to the US House of

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