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  • A suicide car bomber killed 15 at an army barracks in Mogadishu

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    Photo/Somali Times According to Villa Somalia, officials 15 people have been killed and 20 others injured following a car bomb attack on a military base in Mogadishu. The attack which happened at

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  • A suicide car bomb has exploded at an army barracks at the 12th Battalion in Mogadishu

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    Photo/Somali Times A car bomb has exploded at an army barracks at the 12th Battalion at the back of the Stadium Mogadishu. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a Somali military base.

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  • Will US kill nuclear goals of belligerent Gulf states?

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    United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia reveal interest in going nuclear amid escalating tensions in Middle East Nuclear proliferation is bigger than global warming, the US president said in an

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  • Ethiopia objects to Egyptian base plans in Somaliland

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    Proposed Egyptian military base in self-declared breakaway territory Somaliland causes regional tension Ethiopia said Friday the relations Egypt wants to establish with territories in the East

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  • Russia may have deployed S-400 air defence system in Libya

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    Pictures circulating on social media suggest Russia may have deployed its S-400 air defence system in Libya, an analyst writing for Forbes said on Thursday. Images posted online appear to show a

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A suicide car bomber killed 15 at an army barracks in Mogadishu

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Photo/Somali Times According to Villa Somalia, officials 15 people have been killed and 20 others injured following a car bomb attack on a military base in Mogadishu. The attack which happened at

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Truck bomb kills at least 90 in Mogadishu: international organization

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At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in the

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Ruling on maritime dispute to severely test Kenya’s soft power

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The clock is ticking towards the September 9-13, 2019, tipping point, when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, Netherlands, will decide on the maritime delimitation case filed

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Canada: Trudeau defends handling of asylum seekers

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Trenton- Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday defended his government’s handling of thousands of asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States. He was reacting to criticism

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‘Somalis are the Irish of Africa’: Irish man helps rebuild Somalia’s rule of law

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Irish Coast Guard director and head of mission for EUCap in Somalia Chris Reynolds (right) speaking with officials in Mogadishu earlier this year ahead of the Covid-19 outbreak. Conor Gallagher

Natural gas finds pushing U.S. allies towards open confrontation – WSJ

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Competition for natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean is pushing U.S. partners and allies towards open confrontation, the Wall Street Journal reported. A developing alliance between Israel,

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the Lul Yameni restaurant in Mogadishu

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Photo/Somali Times The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a restaurant called Luul Yemeni, one of the country’s most popular restaurants. Preliminary reports says the blast was

Villa Somalia organised corrupted 50 MPs announce that they are working to hold for ‘one-person-one-vote’ election

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Photo/Somali Times The lawmakers, who were about 50, said they stood up to save the country, which is currently in a state of crisis. The members of the cabinet, who were disqualified, said in a

British woman in Malaysia court for trial in husband’s death

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British woman Samantha Jones, left, is escorted by police as she arrive at Alor Setar’s courthouse, Kedah state, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Jones, 51, accused of stabbing her husband

Famajo sold the Fisheries to China. Now planning to sell the oil.

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Photo/Somali Times China getting fishing rights in the fragile state of Somalia has been of grave concern especially with regards to the plight of local fishermen and stocks but the fisheries

Syria says US oil firm signed illegal deal with Kurdish rebels to steal oil

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Syria’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that a US oil company had signed an agreement with Kurdish-led rebels who control northeastern oilfields in what it described as an illegal deal aimed at

Puntland President Deni says whoever buys Somali Petroleum will be held accountable

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Photo/Somali Times “I am telling the world that the Petroleum of the Somali people is not in agreement and whoever buys it is responsible,” said President Deni. Puntland President

Russian oil output rises to 9.37 million bpd in July, missing OPEC+ target: Interfax

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A well head and drilling rig in the Yarakta oilfield, owned by Irkutsk Oil Company (INK), in the Irkutsk region, Russia, March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters)

Somali government requires foreigner to have COVID-19 certificate

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Photo/Somali Times The Somali Immigration and Nationality Agency has today issued a new statement on the reopening of international flights in the country. The agency said in a statement that