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UN Security Council calls on Ethiopia’s warring parties to adopt ceasefire

By Anadolu Agency 15-member UN council warns conflict poses risks for Ethiopia and wider region’s stability The UN Security Council called on Ethiopia’s warring parties on Friday to halt all hostilities and turn to negotiations to broker a ceasefire, voicing “serious concern” over the conflict’s fallout. The council specifically warned of the conflict’s ramifications for

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Somali YouTuber AboFlah raises $1m for refugees

With nearly 21 million followers, AboFlah, whose real name is Hassan Suleiman, is one of the best-known influencers in the Pool Arab world. By AFP A Somali YouTuber based in Kuwait has raised $1 million in just over a day to aid refugees and the displaced in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan, With nearly 21

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Kenya is interfering in Jubaland to re-elect Ahmed Madobe until he dies

File Photo/Somali Times Colonel Aden Ahmed Hirsi, an army officer in Gedo region, said that a plan is underway to divide the Jubaland state by foreign governments, first by Kenya, and to amend the constitution of the Jubaland state, Colonel Aden Ahmed Hirsi indicated that these governments are working with Jubaland governor Ahmed Madobe to

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Somali government expels deputy AU envoy

The Somali federal government has expelled the Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia Simon Mulongo, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, obtained by Somali Times. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written to the African Union Commission informing Simon Mulongo to leave the country

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Washington is not telling the truth about US troops in Somalia

U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Martin, junior sniper, assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia Sunday, June 28, 2020. No country has been involved in

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Somalia remains most dangerous for journalists as threats rise globally

File Photo/Somali Times Violence, state impunity and threats to journalists appear to go hand in hand, according to new findings by a press freedom lobby, And as the world marked the International Day to End Crimes against Journalists on Tuesday, press freedom campaigners said risks for media practitioners appear to rise whenever authorities cannot take

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Sudan’s Burhan will need Hemeti, rebel forces and Gulf cash to stay in power

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at a press conference at the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum on 26 October 2021 (AFP) Middle East Eye By Yezid Sayigh If his government is to survive, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan must deal with successionist threats, make an alliance with Hemeti and face the prospect of new western

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Addis Ababa government tells residents to prepare to defend neighbourhoods

Police officers walk amongst civilians at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo By Reuters Authorities in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday urged residents to prepare to defend their neighbourhoods after rebellious forces from Tigray region, who have been fighting the central government for a year, indicated

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UN court ruling shrinks Kenya’s fishing grounds

By SeafoodSource Uncertainty has gripped the coastal fishing communities in Kenya after a ruling by the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) and largely agreed with Somalia’s claim of ownership of a huge chunk of offshore area that served as a key fishing ground for the past 35 years. The 100,000-square-kilometer offshore area has

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What the US envoy says about the Somalia’s elections?

Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud, held a private meeting in Mogadishu with the US envoy of the United States Embassy in Somalia, Ms. Colleen Crenwelge. The Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and US envoy discussed strengthening bilateral relations and co-operation, as well as security and political developments.

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