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Somali government failed to protect public against terrorism

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, At least 73 people have been killed and more than 120 others injured in a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu. The hospitals in Mogadishu have been hit with a variety of injuries and many dead bodies remain unaccounted for, and busiest hospitals in the city are filled with missing people. The

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The latest in Somalia: Deadly bombing killing 35 people and injured 120 terrorist attacks

Photo/Somali Times At least 35 people were killed and close to 120 injured in a truck bombing attack in Ex-Control area in the outskirts of Mogadishu. The Ministry of Information said in a statement 35 people were killed, but multiple sources indicate the death toll was much higher. Mogadishu mayor Omar Filish told reporters at

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Puntland Governor Deni rejects election one man, one vote in Somalia 2021

Photo/Somali Times The phrase”one man, one vote” traces its roots to 1961 in Somalia. It is a powerful concept. Bosaso, For Somalia, such an election would have been the first universal suffrage polls in half a century. Somalia’s last universal vote was held in 1969, shortly before the coup that brought military leader Siad Barre

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Somali authorities shut down radio station City FM, seek to question owner

Photo/ Reuters Nairobi, December 23, 2019 — Somali authorities should immediately allow local broadcaster City FM to reopen and let its staffers work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On December 19, police in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state, raided the privately owned City FM broadcaster, briefly detained seven of its staffers,

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Somalia: 7 killed in Al-Shabaab attack on military base

At least 4 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in morning attack, says military official At least seven Somali soldiers were killed and several others wounded on Monday when gunmen belonging to al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab attacked a southwestern military base, officials said. Hassan Isack, a Somali military official in the Bay region, confirmed to Anadolu Agency the attack

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Somaliland opposes Somali government talks

A statement from the Somaliland. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said talks between Somalia and Somaliland rejects The statement said Somaliland is not ready to negotiate with the Somali government at this time. Somaliland has accused the Federal Government of being dishonest and refusing to negotiate, and at this time no talks between the two

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Car Bomb Aimed At Somali Ground Forces Commander Kills 8 People

Photo/Somali Times An explosion from a car bomb meant for a senior Somali army official has left eight people dead in central Somalia, local police said. The car bomb went off on Saturday evening just outside a hotel in Galkayo where Somali Ground Forces Commander Brigadier General Abdihamid Mohamed Dirir held a meeting with officials,

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Brig Otto appointed commander of UPDF contingent in Somalia

Brig Richard Otto. A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) contingent in Somalia has received a new commander. More than 6,000 UPDF combatants in Somalia are now under the command of Brig Richard Otto who has taken over from Brig Gen Michael Kabango. Brig Otto received instruments of command on Thursday afternoon at a function witnessed

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International Partners Joint Press Statement on Elections in Somalia

Mogadishu – Somalia’s international partners* reaffirm the importance of timely and effective preparations of the 2020/21 federal elections. At the Somalia Partnership Forum on 2 October, the Federal Government committed to enact the Electoral law and the amended Political Parties Law by December 2019. The Government further pledged to include at least 30 per cent

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Telford grooming gang jailed for 22 years for abusing ‘helpless’ girl

Credit: Birmingham Mail Faces of Telford four jailed over sexually abusing girl – Shafiq Younas, Ali Sultan, Amjad Hussain and Mohammad Rizwan By Brett Gibbons Ringleader Mohammed Ali Sultan was branded dangerous, controlling and abusive after girl was forced to perform sex acts in churchyard and violently abused when she tried to refuse advances Four

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