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Somalia: An airplane crashed in the Abudwak district

A photograph appear on the Internet The latest from the Abudwak district in central Somalia says that today a plane carrying Khat miraa crashed in Abudwak district in the north of the region. The plane crashed near the airport of the district, and suffered severe damage, according to local sources. Pictures taken from the wreckage

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Somalia gets 70 million USD World Bank grant to improve services-sources say

Photographer Somali Times/Somalia president Hassan Sheikh The World Bank said it has approved a 70 million U.S. Dollar International Development Association grant to develop resilient water, agriculture, and environmental services for rural communities in Somalia’s drylands, according to Xinhua News Agency reported. The Somalia Water for Rural Resilience Project, known as “Barwaaqo” and builds on

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The five regional presidents of Somalia are forming a new alliance against Hassan Sheikh’s group

File Photo/Somali Times Five regional presidents are expected to cooperate against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud’s group and the government he leads. This cooperation is organized by the president of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni, and the South West president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Lafta-Gareen’ is already participating, while the presidents of Galmudug and Jubaland, Ahmed Abdi Karie,

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Why does dictator Ismail Omar Guelle hate politicians in Darood community?

Credit: Associated Press/Dictator Ismail Omar Guelle The Djibouti people need to be free from dictator Ismail Omar Guelle and his two sons in-law from Ivory Coast Tom and Senegalese Lekula terrorising the Somali people when themselves are not from Djibouti but the Ivory Coast and Senegal. Wife of dictator Kadra Mahamoud Haid, daughters Haïbado Ismaïl

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Somali President Hassan Sheikh says that the government has armed the clans to fight Al-Shabab has not worked, instead they are fighting against each other

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh says that the government has armed the clans to fight Al-Shabab has not worked, instead they are fighting against each other. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said that he never intended to arm the Somali tribes, but he said that the government supported the tribes to liberate their areas from the Al-Shabab

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Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh convened an emergency meeting of the Standing Committee Members

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia President Hassan Sheikh has called an urgent meeting of the Standing Committee of the People’s Assembly of the Somali Parliament, together with the Speaker of the Assembly, according to Somali Times. It is reported that the president will discuss with the committee and the committee’s several motions that have been submitted

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Somali MPs adopted an urgent motion against the president and the spy chief

Somalia president Hassan Sheikh and serial killer Mahad Salad Members of the Somali People’s Assembly today succeeded in passing an urgent motion on the state of the country, especially the general security of the country which is currently at its worst, against the president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and the spy chief serial killer Mahad Salad

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The World Bank reports that the Somali economy grows by 2.9% in 2021 under the previous government

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Minister of Finance today chaired an annual meeting organized by the World Bank, and presented the information on the economy of Somalia (Economic Outlook). The report stated that in 2021 the economy of Somalia increased by 2.9 percent, compared to the previous year in 2020. Underlined that the Federal Government of

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Al-Shabab is still fighting the Villa Rosa hotel in Mogadishu

The special forces of the government and armed men of Al-Shabab, have been fighting since last night in the Villa Rosa hotel near the Villa Somalia Presidency. Eyewitnesses said that the attack started with a suicide bombing, after which armed men entered the hotel. The official casualties of the attack are not yet known, but

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Al-Shabab attack on Villa-Rosa in Mogadishu government officials injured sources say

The Villa-Rosa hotel, located between the National Theater and the Jiliow cave in the presidential palace, is under direct attack by a group of Al-Shabab terrorists. The attack started with large explosions, and the hotel and its surroundings are occupied by many ministers, parliamentarians and government officials. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption

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