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Thieves steal $5 million gold toilet from Britain’s Blenheim Palace

Photo/ Reuters Burglars have stolen a fully-functional 18-carat gold toilet from Britain’s Blenheim Palace, where it had been installed as an art exhibit, police said on Saturday. The toilet, valued at more than $5 million, was part of an exhibition of work by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan which opened two days ago at the

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Somaliland government revokes the construction of UAE military base in Berbera

Photo/Somali Times President of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi Somaliland Government on Saturday officially has revoked the construction at the site of a proposed new UAE military base. The President of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi has made the announcement whilst visiting in the port city of Berbera. He said that his government has canceled the deal

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About 1800 Amisom soldiers killed in Shabaab war, new report shows

Photo/ AFP The overall death toll for the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is probably in the range of 1,800 troops, says a new report by a US expert on the war against Al-Shabaab. The findings by scholar Paul Williams are based, he states, on five sources. The most comprehensive data comes from African

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Mortar Shelling targets the presidential complex in Villa Somalia

Three mortar shells on Tuesday hit a nearby Presidential compound in Mogadishu. There are no casualties that have been reported. Locals have confirmed that the mortars have barraged villages adjacent to Villa Somalia. Authorities have not so far spoken of who has carried out the mortar attacks which is being blamed for Al Shabab, The

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Police warn ‘do not approach’ Sheffield murder suspect on the run

Abdi Ali. Police (Image) By Lee Peace Police have warned members of the public to not approach a man with links to Sheffield wanted over a murder. Abdi Ali, aged 29, is wanted for questioning over the killing of 47-year-old Shaun Lyall in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, in July last year. Ali, who has spent most of

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Roadside blasts kill at least 5 in Somalia

At least 5 people including African Union peacekeeping mission forces in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed and several others wounded when a double roadside blasts targeted Amisom convoy in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region on Sunday, local media reported. The attacks took near African Union forces base in Burane vicinity near the town of Mahaday Middle Shabelle

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Abdirahman Abdishakur said Prime Minister Khaire has to pay compensation for those killed in Baidoa last year”

Wadajir Party leader posted on his Facebook page, Mogadishu, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, Wadajir Party leader said Somali Prime Minister Khaire has to pay compensation for those killed in Baidoa last year.” The Somali Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia Hassan Ali Khaire on his trip to Baidoa. In a statement posted on his

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UK court rejects case against parliament suspension

High Court rules Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted lawfully in prorogation move Britain’s High Court rejected a legal challenge against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend the parliament from next week on Friday. In its ruling, the court said Johnson was found to have acted within law when he advised the Queen to prorogue

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The Somali chief prosecutor said “Kenya on the verge of withdrawing the maritime case

Mogadishu, Somali National Prosecutor General Ahmed Ali Dahir has said that the Kenyan government is on the verge of withdrawing its maritime claims in Somalia. The prosecutor pointed out that Kenya has done everything it could to prevent a maritime dispute hearing on some of our water but said it was inaccurate. The Kenyan government

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At least 3 killed, 4 injured in Somalia suicide bombing

Photo/Somali Times Bomb-laden car makes security check point in capital Mogadishu target A suicide car bomb blast targeted a security check point in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Monday, leaving at least three people dead, four others wounded, officials said.“The attack was a suicide bomb explosion which targeted our security checkpoint in ex-control Afgoye in Mogadishu. At

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