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Somaliland Transport Minster Awards Contract unlawfully to next of kin trader

According to Somaliland standard report Minister of Transport from Somaliland has unlawfully awarded 325, 000 US dollar contract to supply dump trucks and grader to relative trader. The trader will supply the equipment to the road development authority. According to the official agreement, the minister has entered into the agreement with the trader by the

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Saudi Arabia and Qatar race to increase their influence in Somalia

The modern scramble for Africa is intensifying and Arab nations have been the most active foreign players as well as fierce competitors in the region, especially after the beginning of the Qatar blockade by its Gulf neighbours in the summer of 2017. The rift has exceeded the Gulf region and reached all the way to

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President Farmajo decision Kismayo faces humanitarian crisis following the ban on direct flights

Photo/Somali Times Kismayo, Official says the Federal government of Somalia has devised a plot to frustrate the leadership of the state. Among the plots that Mogadishu has devised according to the state leadership is cut off aid and restricting airplane movements. In a statement, the leadership said the humanitarian situation was worsening with the restrictions,

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Mogadishu deadly blast hits new restaurant suicide car bomb attack

Photo/Somali Times At least two people have been killed and dozens others injured in a suicide car bomb attack at a new restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, officials said. today, the mine is said to be observers on the tarmac for a new restaurant recently opened called Al Asimah, which is located at the road

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Somali army liberates 3 villages from al-Shabaab

Somali forces liberate Rahole, Biyo-dhale and Bandhub villages in southwestern region of Bay, officials say Somali army has liberated at least three villages from al-Shabaab militant group in the country’s southwestern region of Bay on Wednesday, officials said. Nour Ali Mohamed, acting commander of the Somali military’s 154th battalion, told media that Somali forces liberated

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The Political turmoil in Somalia as the Country’s legislative power eliminated by government

Photo/Somali Times By Ahmed Abdullahi Isse (If the parliament were independent and free to exercise their constitutional power, many wrongdoings by the government may possibly monitored regarding the federal constitution and other laws of the country). Somalia like many other countries, the parliament house is the most important government institution mandatory making/changing laws, preparing motions

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Puntland President said “No Extension For Somalia President Farmajo

Photo/Somali Times In recent days, there has been reports that the current Somali government leaders want to extend the extension, but the president of the semi-autonomous Puntland region has spoken out. The president said that the people of Somalia have agreed that the elections must be held on a four-year basis and that there is

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President Farmajo building his reputation in Galmudug election

Photo/Somali Times A delegation led by the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has arrived in Dhusamareb, the headquarters of Galmudug state. The head of Galmudug government, Sheikh Mohamed Ali Hassan Shakir, the Minister of Interior, the Minister of Homeland Security, MPs and the different sections of the community welcomed President

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Somaliland sets tough rules on Somalia talks

Photo/Somali Times Somaliland president Musa Bihi Abdi The self-declared independent Somaliland has given tough conditions for future dialogue with Somalia on bilateral relations after the last talks collapsed in Turkey in 2015. They include demands that Mogadishu admit that Somaliland was an independent country, and that international intergovernmental organisations and institutions use the name, map,

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Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, slaps Jubaland State with more sanctions

Photo/Somali Times • Sources say the latest embargo is being enforced by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, who ironically hails from the same Darod clan as Sheikh Ahmed Islam Madobe. • Law experts are worried of the government reaction in fighting Jubaland State for “contravening Somalia’s election laws and regulation” and yet they themselves break

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