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Somali Minister of Information Osman Dubbe says the international community has forgotten Somalia is an independent country

Photo/Somali Times The Somali government has opposed the international community’s decision to extend the term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and his government. Somali Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe told a news conference in Mogadishu that no international or regional organization could legally condemn an ​​independent parliament’s decision.”We say it is illegal and the

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Somalia’s Ministry of Defense says the African Union summit outcome is a colony tactic.

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Ministry of Defense has denied reports that Amisom troops are monitoring the activities of Somali government forces amid political tensions that threaten the co-operation of Amisom and Somali government forces. Somali Deputy Minister of Defense Abdi Fatah Qasim described decision as shameful as it is not part Amisom’s mandate, adding that the

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Indonesian rescuers recover debris believed to be from missing submarine – official

Indonesian Navy’s KRI Singa-651 leaves the Tanjung Wangi port as the search continues for the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine in Banyuwangi, East Java Province Indonesia, April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana Indonesian searchers have recovered debris believed to be from the missing submarine lost in the Bali Sea on Wednesday, the country’s military chief said

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Biden tells Erdogan he will recognise Armenian genocide: Turkish official

Then-US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a 2016 meeting (AFP/Turkish presidency handout) By Ragip Soylu, Ali Harb Saturday’s expected US presidential declaration will likely further strain ties between Washington and Ankara US President Joe Biden has informed his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that he intends to recognise

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Is Somalia a colony or independent?

Photo: Credit Xinhua News Agency//Ding Haitao) (lr) The African Union Peace and Security Council has condemned the April 12 parliamentary resolution – passed by Somalia’s House of the People – to extend their mandate and that of the President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo for two years, describing the move as ‘unilateral’ and inconducive to peace and

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‘Black Sea region is our common home’

Turkey’s foreign minister urges Black Sea region to be kept away from tensions Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the Black Sea region “is our common home”, noting the necessity of keeping the region “away from tensions. Cavusoglu arrived in Romania’s capital Bucharest on Thursday, and attended a joint news conference with his Romanian and

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Explainer: Who are the rebels threatening to take Chad’s capital?

A Chad army tank is seen on the street, as fighters from the rebel Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) appeared to be moving toward the capital according to the United States, in N’djamena, Chad April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer By Edward McallisterDavid Lewis Libya-based rebels have set their sights on Chad’s capital N’Djamena

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Denmark tells some Syrians to leave, separating families

Faeza Satouf, a Syrian refugee who was granted asylum in Denmark in 2015, talks to The Associated Press during an interview in Nivaa, Denmark, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Ten years after the start of the Syrian civil war, Denmark has become the first European country to start revoking the residency permits of some refugees from

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Somalia warns of the Kenya-Djibouti plan for African Union summit

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali government says Kenya and Djibouti is conducting a diplomatic campaign to persuade the African Union Commission to include its agenda of the Somali elections’ statement. Somali Information Minister Osman Dubbe, who recently held a press conference in Mogadishu, said the Somali government was warning of further information on plans by

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Slain Chad leader’s son takes power as rivals slam ‘coup’

Photo: Credit AFP/Four Star General and head of the Republican Guard in Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, 37, son of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno is seen at a polling station in N’djamena on April 11, 2021. Chad faced an uncertain future Wednesday as the son of slain leader Idriss Deby Itno took power in

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