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Said Deni orders 100 people arrested, mostly teenagers, none from the Mohamoud Salebaan community in Bosaso

File Photo/Somali Times More details are emerging from an operation by Puntland security forces last night in and around Bosaso. The operation was planned and carried out in the neighborhoods in Bosaso, which is the commercial center of Puntland. Sources say about 100 people, mostly teenagers, none from the Mohamoud Salebaan community in Bosaso were

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Mogadishu car bombing killed over 20 in a restaurant

Photo/Somali Times ”Mogadishu seaport restaurant Lul-Yemeni has twenty innocent people feared dead or injured after a car bomb blast has targeted a busy restaurant near the Mogadishu seaport on Friday evening,” Somali police spokesman said. Police spokesman Sadaq Adan Ali told Somali Times after the explosion that an explosive-laden car hit the restaurant, adding investigations

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The Somali Prime Minister and puppets opposition presidential candidates talks 2021 election collapse

File Photo/Somali Times Somali prime minister Roble said talks with the opposition presidential candidates to end the election stalemate in the country have collapsed. Somali prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said the government has made a number of concessions during the three day talks at the Dècalè Hotel inside Adan Adde International Airport in Mogadishu.

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Somalia President Farmajo calls regional leaders to meet and discuss 2021 elections

File Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is hosting a ceremony on 4 March 2021 to mark the culmination of the efforts and discussions related to the implementation of the country’s elections between the Federal Government of Somalia, state governments and the Benadir Regional Administration. The meeting will

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Journalist Jamal Farah killed in Galkayo Puntland security officials are behind

Galkayo in Mudug region witnesses confirm to Somali Times that Jamal Farah Aden, a Puntland journalist was shot dead by unknown assailants. A group armed with pistols killed the journalist near the Sinai camp in north Galkayo tonight. The assailants fled the scene of the killing, and Puntland security forces arrived at the scene of

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Somalia suicide bombing took place in Mogadishu

Photo/Somali Times The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police station in the capital, Mogadishu. Benadir regional deputy security commissioner Ali Abdi Wardhere issued a statement detailing the incident, saying security forces suspected the man who carried out the blast, and then fled, throwing off his seatbelt, which he noted later exploded.

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Somali foreign minister said the September 17 2020 agreement and 2021 election needs to be implemented

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud addressed the media at a special session of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Somalia. The minister said the conference focused specifically on elections and the humanitarian situation in Somalia, presenting a multi-faceted report. Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud stressed

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Somali Minister of Information Osman Dubbe says, ”What happened on February 19th in Mogadishu was a coup attempt.”

Photo/Somali Times Somali federal government Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe said, ”What happened on February 19th in Mogadishu was a coup attempt.” He described it as “surprising” that someone was declaring that there was no government in the country, and that he was holding a press conference in front of the Somali presidential palace.

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Farmajo presides over a preliminary meeting of the National Electoral Consultative Conference

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, February 21, 2021: The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo chaired a preliminary meeting of the National Consultative Conference on the implementation of the recommendations of the Federal Electoral Technical Committee. The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble,

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Somalia’s most famous singer Fadumo Ali Nakruma dies in Mogadishu

Photo/Somali Times Fadumo Ali Nakruma, a popular singer from the Waberi group has passed away today at the Martini Hospital in Mogadishu. She was admitted to Martini Hospital in the last few days with a coronavirus infection, which eventually led to her death. Fadumo Nakruma was a national singer and one of the pillars of

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