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The Security Council in a 22 June videoconference meeting extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 August.

Unanimously adopting resolution 2527 (2020), the 15-member Council decided UNSOM’s mandate would continue as set out in paragraph 1 of resolution 2158 (2014), which had expanded the Mission’s tasks to include support to the Federal Government and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by providing strategic policy advice on peacebuilding and statebuilding. The Council further

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Somalia silent on President Trump’s ‘anarchy’ comment

Photo/Somali Times Trump said the country had no government, no safety, nor police Somalia’s UN-backed government in the capital, Mogadishu, does not control the whole of the country’s territory. Somalia’s ministry of foreign affairs office has told the BBC that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump’s criticism of

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President Uhuru Kenyatta New Appointee Accused of Killing 3 Somali Men

Political Activist Boniface Mwangi has raised critical issues on Eldas MP Adan Keynan, who was appointed as the new Secretary to the Jubilee Coalition on Monday. Keynan is one of the beneficiaries of the purge on DP William Ruto allies in Jubilee. He will replace Garissa Town MP Aden Duale as a representative for the

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President Uhuru fires Aden Duale, replaces him with Amos Kimunya as National Assembly majority leader

Aden Duale’s career as National Assembly majority leader has been ended by the Jubilee Party after serving for about eight years since 2013 – Duale’s ouster was been linked to his dalliance with Deputy President William Ruto who has declared his bid to succeed Uhuru in 2022 – Eldas MP Adan Keynan was named secretary

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Duale axed as National Assembly Majority Leader, replaced by Kimunya

Majority leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale has been replaced by Amos Kimunya. This follows a decision made by the party’s Parliamentary Group meeting chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday at the KICC. Amos Kimunya is the Member of Parliament for Kipipiri constituency. He also served as Trade and Finance Cabinet Minister under

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Turkey: More than 7M cannabis roots seized

Simultaneous operations conducted in southeastern Diyarbakir province Security forces on Monday seized more than seven million cannabis roots, and over a ton of cannabis drugs from 89 locations in southeastern Turkey. The seizure was part of a gendarmerie operation in Lice district’s Baglan and Kabakaya rurals, in the province of Diyarbakir, to halt illegal drug

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Reading terror attack: Libyan suspect sought to travel abroad to join Islamist group, security sources say

© Provided by The Independent The Libyan man arrested in connection with the multiple stabbings in Reading, which left three people dead, had sought to travel abroad to take part in jihad, according to security sources. The suspect, a 25-year-old Libyan asylum seeker called Khairi Saadallah, came to the attention of the security and intelligence

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UK: Police launch murder probe into Reading deaths

Knife-wielding man kills 3, seriously injures 3 others in Forbury Gardens attack, police confirm British police said on Sunday that a murder investigation has been launched into the killings of three people in Reading, England. Confirming in a statement that three others had been seriously injured in the incident that occurred on Saturday, police said

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‘Our country’: Donald Trump renews racist attacks on Ilhan Omar

Omar hit back at Trump, saying that he – not immigrants – is responsible for the mounting coronavirus death toll in America (MEE/File photo) US President Donald Trump has renewed his racist attacks against Muslim-American Representative Ilhan Omar, telling a crowd of supporters that the congresswoman wants to turn “our country” into her native Somalia.

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Saudi Arabia: Pro-Israel journalist stripped of citizenship for possessing false documents

journalist Hamid Al-Ghabin [Twitter] The Saudi Ministry of Interior has confirmed that journalist Hamid Al-Ghabin was stripped of his citizenship not due to his support of Israel, but for possessing false documents relating to his citizenship. “The person who claimed he is a Saudi citizen who was stripped of his citizenship is Hamid Al-Ghabin,” the

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