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Somalia President meets a delegation led by a former president of South Africa

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, received a delegation from the African Union and IGAD delegation led by the former South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The mission of the delegation is based on the assessment of the security and economic situation in the country, in the

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Somalia President addresses Puntland governor on the release of members the government

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed addressed the governor of the Puntland State of Somalia Mr. Said Abdullahi Deni, emphasized the importance of co-operation between the Government and the states. The President underscored that the Federal Government of Somalia will extend the country’s development programs to all

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Former South African President a surprise visit to Somalia

Mogadishu, The former South African President and head of the African Union high-level implementation panel for South Sudan and Sudan, Thabo Mbeki arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday. Mbeki and his delegation were received by Somali Foreign Minister, Ambassador Ahmed Isse Awad and others, including the UN Special envoy in Somalia, James Swan. The African Union

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Manchester Arena bomber’s brother Hashem Abedi has arrived in UK and will be charged with murdering 22 people

Hashem Abedi (Image: PA) A plane from Libya with the 22-year-old on board landed back on UK soil at a London airport on Wednesday afternoon Hashem Abedi, the younger brother of the Manchester Arena mass murderer Salman Abedi, has been arrested ‘for murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life’

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13 nations military drills kick off in Horn of Africa

The two-week exercise will be financed by US while Ethiopia provides venues and platforms for the drills. The contributing countries to the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Rwanda, and Uganda – are to be the focal participants. US Army Africa Commanding General Roger L. Cloutier said at the launch of the

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Loved ones of Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh mourn after terrorist attack

Photo/Facebook page Hodan Nalayeh Family and friends of Hodan Nalayeh are remembering the Somali-Canadian journalist killed in a terrorist attack this week for her work redefining the global Somali identity through positive storytelling. Nalayeh, a broadcast reporter born in Somalia with roots in Edmonton and Toronto, died with her husband in an attack at a

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Somali President expresses condolences to citizens lost loved one in the terrorist attack in Kismayo

Photo/Somali Times Kismayo. (Somali Times). The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has sent condolences to the families and relatives of the Somali national who died in the terror attack in Kismayo. President Mohamed has called on the international community to step up its efforts to stabilize the Horn of

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Mogadishu Mayor returns to the owner’s property has been occupied non-owner by force since the civil war started in 1991.

Photo/Somali Times Somali diaspora escape the civil war, but the people are more than welcome to come back and get their property Mayor of Mogadishu and Benadir Regional Governor; Eng Abdirahman Omar Osman handed over a key to a Somali citizen Lul Mohamed Ahmed, she left in 1991 Mogadishu when the civil war started property

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Death toll in hotel attack in Somalia’s Kismayo jumps to 26: regional president

Photo/Somali Times The death toll from the attack on a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayu has risen to 26, with Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians among the dead, Jubbaland region’s president said on Saturday. A presidential candidate for upcoming regional elections was also killed in the assault by four militants, Jubbaland president

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Somali Canadian journalist among the dead in terrorist attack in Kismayo

Photo/Facebook Page Hodan Naleeye, According to Associated Press at least 10 people confirmed dead. The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab extremist group, which often targets , claimed responsibility for the attack. Those killed include Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh, local officials confirmed . Hodan Nalayeh is the founder and host of Integration TV , an English TV show that

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