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Somali Prime Minister suspends minister over fake US Currency charges

Mogadishu- Somali prime minister has suspended one of his cabinet deputy ministers after he was allegedly implicated in a fraud scheme involving the manufacturing of counterfeit US currency. Prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire said Wednesday that Mohamed Khalif Diriye, the deputy Trade and Industry Minister should step aside following recommendations by the attorney general who

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Somali spy chief National Intelligence and Security Agency quit

The Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Hussein Osman Hussein resigned from the position of the Director of the Agency, and submitted his resignation to the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. “The Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Hussein Osman Hussein, today posted 13.October 2018,

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Two suicide bomber detonated in restaurant Baidoa

Two suicide bomber targeted a restaurant and a coffee shop, official says. The blasts took place in the southwest city of Baidoa, where the bombers walked into the two locations and detonated their vests within minutes of each other, according to witnesses. “The number of the dead, we have confirmed from the two blasts is 16

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Somali special forces raid counterfeit currency linked to members of parliament

Mogadishu-Somalia, secret service raid counterfeit currency linked to parliament working in intelligence have broken up a counterfeit money ring based in the Somali capital, the country’s intelligence announced. The bust took place after two men thought to be the kingpins of a network suspected of having been involved in manufacturing a counterfeit US currency note

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Somalia: Puntland Governor End of dictator Abdiwali Gas regime

Somalia: Bosaso Bari state imposed a ban on political gatherings, despite End of the Gaas regime, elections scheduled for early next year, hoaping pressure on independent Governor’s candidates who started large election campaigns across the region. The move, which analysts warned could fester tensions between the state and candidates greedy Governor Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas

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Somali spy chief meets Ex terrorist Al-Shabaab deputy in Baidoa

A trip was not planned by the Somalia federal government Somali spy chief Hussein Osman Hussein today in Baidoa region.After reaching Baidoa, they were welcomed by the officials of the Baidoa region of Somalia, parliamentarians and other members, and the Somali spy chief and his delegation will be staying in Baidoa town in the Bay

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Ethiopia’s challenge in Somali region: overcoming ‘mafia’-style violence

Roving militias killing civilians. Prisoners stripped naked and rolled in hot ashes. “Mafia”-style murders and violence that forced more than a million people from their homes. That’s the legacy that Mustafa Omer, the new president of Ethiopia’s gas-rich Somali region in the east, will have to overcome following the ouster after 11 years of the

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Former terrorist Al-Shabaab deputy leader to seek elected in office -joke

A former terrorist-Al Shabaab deputy leader has announced an entry candidate, politics, is a joke .Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur is said to have announced his candidacy for leadership of the Southwest regional administration on Thursday, October 4. The elections are to take place next month. Abu Mansur, a one-time candidate on the United States terror

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Three die after Somalia car bomb strikes EU convoy: police

Three people were killed in a suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab which hit a European Union armored convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, police and an emergency service worker said. The blast struck the convoy around 12:10 PM local time on Industrial Road, a major thoroughfare in the heart of the

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Somalia car bomb strikes EU convoy, no casualties – police

Mogadishu-A suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab hit a European Union armoured convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties, police and the Islamists said. A Reuters witness saw men towing their damaged vehicle after the explosion hit its rear end. The armoured vehicles had Italian and

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