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UN envoy to Somalia James Swan will not please Hassan Sheikh

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced James Swan will be his special envoy for Somalia and head of the UN Mission in Somalia, abbreviated as UNSOM. Read: James Swan has been

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Chinese naval task group completes the escort mission in the Gulf of Aden

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Somalia thanks Qatar for civil aviation aid

Photo/Associated Pres/A Somali civil aviation official says at least 15 Qatar Airways flights have used Somalia’s airspace since Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations moved to sever links with the

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