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Prime Minister Roble meets with security officials

Photo/Somali Times Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble today addressed a joint press conference in Mogadishu. The Prime Minister has listened to reports on the security situation in the capital and the security is preventing terrorist groups plotting and planning to kill enemy civilians. Prime Minister Roble also said that

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Somali 60th Division Commander visits demining training troops

Photo/Somali Times Commander of the 60th Division of the Somali National Army Brigadier General Mohamed Sheikh Abdullahi inspected a number of troops undergoing demining training at the UK Training Camp in Baidoa. The commander was welcomed by the leaders of the troops and the army has been training better to prevent crime against peace Al-Shabaab

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Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the parliamentary decision for two-year extension has not changed

Photo/Somali Times The Somali government says the door to dialogue is open, but on the other hand the recent decision by parliament extending Farmajo’s term by two years has not changed. Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud said there had been no change in the recent parliamentary decision following President Farmajo’s visit to Kinshasa.

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Somali government says it has seized an undisclosed amount of money from Kenya at the Mogadishu airport

Photo/Somali Times Somali government says it has seized an undisclosed amount of money from Kenya at the Mogadishu airport. Somali Police Chief General Abdi Hassan Mohamed said the large amount of cash was seized at the Mogadishu airport on its way from Kenya. “I congratulate the police at Aden Adde International Airport for seizing the

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Roadside blast in Somalia kills top military commander

File Photo/Somali Times Al-Shabaab terror group claims responsibility for attack At least two people, including a top national army commander, were killed when a roadside bomb targeted a military vehicle outside Bal’ad, Middle Shabelle region, an official said on Saturday. The attack occurred near Gololey on the outskirts of Bal’ad, an agricultural town 40 kilometers

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Tensions mount between Farmajo’s forces and General Sadaq John

Photo/Somali Times Last night’s clashes in parts of Mogadishu between General Sadaq John and Farmajo’s troops subsided following the efforts of Galmudug Governor Qoor Qoor, a relative of Sadaq. Reports say that Qoor Qoor has succeeded in preventing a clash between Farmajo’s forces and the former Benadir regional police commander in the Shirkole neighborhood of

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Somali special forces killed 25 Al-Shabaab terrorists

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali National Army (SNA) said Monday its elite forces (Danab) killed 25 al-Shabaab militants and injured several others during an operation at Gambole about 48 km to Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State. According to Xinhua report. Hassan Mohamed Osman, acting commander of Danab said the troops will intensify

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Farmajo does a two-year extension in office following the footsteps of his dictator uncle Siad Barre

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Times reported 2019-2020 that Farmajo was planning a 2-year extension. Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has welcomed the two-year extension of the parliament’s mandate. A statement from Villa Somalia said, ”The President has indicated that the Government will play a leading role in the implementation of this law, which has

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Mogadishu police chief suspends Somali parliament, gets fired moments later

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu’s police chief announced he had suspended parliament on Monday, saying he was acting unilaterally to prevent lawmakers from extending the president’s term, only to be fired moments later by the police commissioner. “We have stopped the parliament session today. We have a responsibility bigger than a personal one. We have to solve

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The latest security tightened in Mogadishu, parliament convenes today

Photo/Somali Times Additional troops have been deployed on all roads leading to the Somali Presidential Palace, with lawmakers scheduled to convene at Villa Hargeisa on Monday. The meeting was attended by members of parliament and it was said that the agenda of the meeting will be a motion related to the upcoming elections in Somalia.

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