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Mogadishu streets locked down Police seized a car packed with explosives

Somalia’s capital Mogadishu was under security lockdown Monday, with roads closed a day after the Police seized a car packed with explosives near the office of the city’s mayor. Hundreds of security forces have been deployed on the main roads in the capital, including Jubba, Afisyoni, El-Gabta junctions and as well as areas around Mogadishu

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Ethiopia’s prime minister, Said Political prisoners in Somali Region were kept with lions and Hyenas, a form of torture. In Ogaden jail

Ethiopia’s prime minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed, has held a press conference in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Somali regional government arrested political prisoners along with Lions and Hyena. And it was meant to be a form of torture. Revealed information that shocked Ethiopians to the core. Somali regional government arrested political prisoners along with Lions

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Ethiopia: Aid needed for more than 900,000 people displaced by violence in the south

More than 900,000 people have fled a recent surge in violence between communities in southern Ethiopia, with many displaced people living in rough conditions and in urgent need of humanitarian aid, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. MSF is responding to urgent medical and humanitarian needs among displaced

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Somali forces arrested 27 Al-Shabaab militants in Marka and killed several Al-shabaab

Marka -Somali government forces backed by African Union troops have captured the strategic town of Marka from the Al Qaeda-linked Shabaab, media reports. The operations and investigations carried out by the Armed Forces in the town of Marka have been arrested at about 100 people, most of whom have been released except the 27 members

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Hargeisa leader Muse Bihi is not ready to diminish Somali blood

Hargeisa leader Mr. Muse Bihi Abdi, reacted to recent comments by the Garowe Defense Forces, which swore in the war in Sool. “We have no plans to send troops to Somalia,” he said. “We have no plans to send troops to Somalia,” he said.”If we are all North Somalia we follow the Sunnah of the

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“Respect has to be earned ‘mate’! Don’t you forget that.”

For the attention of the new Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Magid Magid from Somalia. I am very pleased you worked hard and made it to the top in Sheffield. I am very proud Sheffield gave you sanctuary at the age of five years, housed you, schooled you, fed and watered you, gave you hope and

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Immigration probes how Somali deputy spy chief got Kenyan passports

“Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa told the Star that the department seeks to establish how Fahad’s citizenship was approved.”The Immigration Department is investigating Somalia deputy spy chief Fahad Dahir Ahmed got four Kenyan passports. Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa told the Star that the department seeks to establish how Fahad’s citizenship was approved. The officer in question

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Ethiopia: Probe Years of Abuse in Somali Region

Redress and Accountability Needed for Crimes The government of Ethiopia should commit to an in-depth, independent fact-finding mission into many years of rights abuses and violations of the laws of war in eastern Ethiopia’s Somali region, Human Rights Watch said today. This should include specific investigations into the responsibility of senior Somali region officials, including

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Somali government officials question by police regarding corruption in Mogadishu port

The commander in chief of the inland tax department General Abdullahi Hassan Barise has provided more details about the detention of more than ten government officials over corruption charges. Several staff members in the Ministry of Finance, including Mr. Ahmed Ali Samow, the managing director of Mogadishu seaport revenue authority arrested on Saturday evening at

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American Charged In Uganda After Racist Assault On Hotel Workers

Uganda police arrested an older American man after reviewing a video that showed him striking out at hotel workers and using racial slurs. The police identified the man as Jimmy L. Taylor, a U.S. citizen who claims to be a missionary. The alleged assault took place in the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala, the capital,

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