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  US military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete
  Staff Reporter - January 17, 2021
  The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one of the last actions of President Donald Trump’s presidency.Some experts have...
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  Iraq Issues an Arrest Warrant for President Donald Trump
  Staff Reporter - January 7, 2021
  An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi...
  Somali News
  Turkey provides commando training to Somali soldiers
  Staff Reporter - January 5, 2021
  Some 150 Somali army soldiers are receiving special commando training in Turkey under a military cooperation pact between the two countries, the Turkish National...
  Somali News
  Turkish nationals killed, many injured in Al-Shabab terrorist attack in Somalia
  Staff Reporter - January 2, 2021
  Five people, including two Turkish nationals, were killed and more than a dozen others injured on Saturday after a suicide bomber carried out an...
  Somali News
  Al-Shabab ‘collects more revenue than Somali government’
  Staff Reporter - October 27, 2020
  Using intimidation and violence, Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab raises as much revenue as the country's authorities, a report says.The militants collect at least...
Somali News
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  US military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete
  Staff Reporter - January 17, 2021
  The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one of the last actions of President Donald Trump’s presidency.Some experts have...
  Somali News
  Turkey provides commando training to Somali soldiers
  Staff Reporter - January 5, 2021
  Some 150 Somali army soldiers are receiving special commando training in Turkey under a military cooperation pact between the two countries, the Turkish National...
  Somali News
  Turkish nationals killed, many injured in Al-Shabab terrorist attack in Somalia
  Staff Reporter - January 2, 2021
  Five people, including two Turkish nationals, were killed and more than a dozen others injured on Saturday after a suicide bomber carried out an...
  Somali News
  Al-Shabab ‘collects more revenue than Somali government’
  Staff Reporter - October 27, 2020
  Using intimidation and violence, Somalia-based Islamist militant group al-Shabab raises as much revenue as the country's authorities, a report says.The militants collect at least...
  Somali News
  October 14 tragedy: Why Somalia needs a national biometric system
  Staff Reporter - October 14, 2020
  By Thabit MohamedFormer Mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of Benadir RegionOn October 14, 2017, a terrorist operative belonging to Al-Shabaab drove off from Somalia’s breadbasket...
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  Iraq Issues an Arrest Warrant for President Donald Trump
  Staff Reporter - January 7, 2021
  An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi...
  Somali News
  Trump Demands Plan to Pull Hundreds of U.S. Troops From Somalia
  Staff Reporter - October 13, 2020
  President Donald Trump has told top advisers he wants to withdraw U.S. troops from Somalia, according to people familiar with the matter, allowing him...
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  Former Islington mayor Rakhia Ismail quits Labour party over racism
  Staff Reporter - October 11, 2020
  The UK’s first hijab-wearing mayor has resigned from the Labour party citing racism and a “system that allows white men to have what they want, when...
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  Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power
  Staff Reporter - September 24, 2020
  US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November's election."Well, we'll have to see what...
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  lhan Omar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: ‘This is my country’
  Staff Reporter - September 23, 2020
  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday night fired back at President Trump, who went after her at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.Trump on Tuesday said Omar, a refugee from Somalia...
Africa
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  Alshabab Extremists release two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Somalia
  Staff Reporter - October 7, 2020
  The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for a year and a half in...
  Africa
  Kenyan Silverstone cargo plane crashes at Airport in Mogadishu crew members rescued
  Staff Reporter - September 19, 2020
  A Kenyan cargo plane on Saturday crashed at Mogadishu’s main airport in Somalia, injuring two of the five crew members.Following the accident, the Aden...
  Africa
  Mali President Keita arrested by mutinying soldiers
  Staff Reporter - August 18, 2020
  Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was arrested on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako, two security sources told the Media.Their actions began...
  Africa
  Ethiopia reads mischief in Egypt plan for Somaliland military base
  Staff Reporter - July 29, 2020
  Ethiopia on Monday warned Egypt against establishing any military base that would pose a security threat to the East African region.The reaction comes days...
  Africa
  Uganda’s Museveni seeks re-election to extend rule to four decades
  Staff Reporter - July 22, 2020
  Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has collected papers to seek nomination as the ruling party’s candidate in next year’s presidential election, the party said...
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  Feared Shabab Exploit Somali Banking and Invest in Real Estate, U.N. Says
  Staff Reporter - October 12, 2020
  The Shabab, the Somalia-based militant group that is Al Qaeda’s most powerful ally in Africa, is not only collecting millions of dollars in tariffs...
  Somali News
  As Somalia chooses delegate voting system, outsider sees his chances rise
  Staff Reporter - September 21, 2020
  For most of the Somalia presidential aspirants the Nation has interviewed so far, the aspect of replacing an incumbent who has ‘failed’ in his mandate seems...
  Somali News
  The rape and murder that shook Mogadishu
  Staff Reporter - September 16, 2020
  There are many violent incidents in Mogadishu that often go unnoticed. But when Hamdi Mohamed Farah was tossed over a six-storey building in the...
  Somali News
  Somalia election: Old rivals unite to fight Farmaajo
  Staff Reporter - September 6, 2020
  In Somalia’s political scene, the revolving door is brutal and not even presidents can be safe.Every sort of election held in and out of...
  News
  Iman Elman: ‘I feel like I can do just as much if not more than any of the men’
  Staff Reporter - August 24, 2020
  When Iman Elman decided to enlist in the Somali National Army in 2011, the officer distributing uniforms gave her one shirt and two pairs of pants....
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  Resignation of President Farmajo is the Right Option before Somalia Falls Apart
  Staff Reporter - January 3, 2021
  by: Dr. Mohamud UlusoThe high level of political antagonism, public agitation, insecurity, and fear for violence afflicting Somalia demand the immediate resignation of President...
  Somali News
  October 14 tragedy: Why Somalia needs a national biometric system
  Staff Reporter - October 14, 2020
  By Thabit MohamedFormer Mayor of Mogadishu and Governor of Benadir RegionOn October 14, 2017, a terrorist operative belonging to Al-Shabaab drove off from Somalia’s breadbasket...
  Articles-Op
  Save Somalia from Farmajo, rogue MPs
  Staff Reporter - July 30, 2020
  By MICHAEL MUGWANG'ASomalia is on the brink of civil war once again.The Horn of Africa nation seems to be cursed with unrealistic and vengeful...
  Articles-Op
  The State Department spent $1.5 billion on Somali democracy and built a dictatorship
  Staff Reporter - July 27, 2020
  On July 25, Somalia’s appointed Parliament voted to oust Hassan Ali Khaire, the country’s prime minister. The move, which allows Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also...
  Articles-Op
  Somalia should allow al Shabaab to participate in polls
  Staff Reporter - July 20, 2020
  by CHARLES MWANZIASomalia is a federal, sovereign, and democratic republic founded on the inclusive representation of the people, a multiparty system, and social justice according...
Somali Diaspora
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  Former Islington mayor Rakhia Ismail quits Labour party over racism
  Staff Reporter - October 11, 2020
  The UK’s first hijab-wearing mayor has resigned from the Labour party citing racism and a “system that allows white men to have what they want, when...
  News
  Why a Somali-born fighter is being honoured in Rome
  Staff Reporter - August 23, 2020
  In the series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe looks at how some Italians are revaluating their colonial past in Africa.Rome's city council...
  Somali Diaspora
  Being a Premier League referee? That’s the mission, says Jawahir Roble
  Staff Reporter - August 11, 2020
  BRITAIN’S first female Muslim referee has set her sights on officiating in the Premier League.Jawahir Roble, 26, moved with her parents to Britain at...
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  Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
  Staff Reporter - August 1, 2020
  President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will act as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States, NBC...
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  Marist College International Student Relieved ICE Order Was Removed
  Staff Reporter - July 16, 2020
  International students around the country are breathing a sigh of relief after the Trump administration reversed an order that would remove international students from...

Somali News

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International community urges Parliament to approve 2016 electoral model swiftly

Staff Reporter - May 14, 2016

Mogadishu, 14 May 2016 – The United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, the European Union, the United...

Articles-Op

“I don’t even know where Somalia is”- refugee born in Dadaab

Staff Reporter - May 14, 2016

Dadaab was meant as a temporary home for Somalis fleeing their country's civil war. Twenty five years later, it's home to 330,000 people -...

Articles-Op

Somalia says decision by Kenya to close refugee camps will have negative implications

Staff Reporter - May 12, 2016

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion of the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) has expressed its grave reservation regarding the decision by...

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Maj-Gen Nkaissery: “Refugee camps had become hideouts for terrorists”

Staff Reporter - May 11, 2016

The government has announced it will spend Sh1 billion to repatriate refugees, as the country enhances its fight against terrorism.Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery...

Articles-Op

UNHCR appeals to Kenya over decision to end refugee hosting

Staff Reporter - May 10, 2016

The UN Refugee Agency is calling on the Government of Kenya to reconsider its recent announcement that it intends to end the hosting of...

Articles-Op

Al Shabaab car bomb attack kills at least two Somali police

Staff Reporter - May 9, 2016

A suicide car bomb at Mogadishu's traffic police headquarters killed at least two officers on Monday, Somali police said, and the country's al Shabaab...

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