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Most Somali health workers know WHO surgical checklist but few use it
Mogadishu (HOL) — Most healthcare workers in Mogadishu are familiar with the World Health Organization’s surgical safety checklist, but only a fra...
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Somalia graduates first female officers from Türkiye’s TURKSOM military academy
Mogadishu (HOL) — For the first time in Somalia’s history, eleven women have graduated as officers from the Türkiye-Somalia military academy in M...
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Somalia introduces new tax law to boost revenue and cut reliance on foreign aid
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia introduced a new tax law at its annual tax forum this week, a reform officials say will modernize revenue collection and r...
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Somali-American doctor’s St. Cloud clinic serves 4,500 patients in first year
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — A Somali-American physician is tackling barriers to health care in central Minnesota, where thousands of immigrant familie...
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War in Lower Shabelle leaves hundreds living in misery near Afgoye
Hundreds of families displaced by conflict between government forces and Al-Shabaab in Barire, southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, are living ...
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Warwickshire police reject claim Nuneaton is ‘more dangerous than Somalia’ as crime figures released
LONDON, United Kingdom (HOL) — Warwickshire Police pushed back against a viral claim that Nuneaton is “more dangerous than Somalia,” pointing to...
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Somalia edges up in peace index but still near bottom globally
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s standing on the Global Peace Index has inched upward over the past decade after a low point early in the 2010s, and t...
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Somali intelligence kills senior al-Shabaab leaders in Hiiraan region
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), with support from international partners, has killed several senior ...
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Somali President receives credentials of new EU and Dutch Ambassadors
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday accepted the credentials of two newly appointed ambassadors during a ceremony ...
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Somali President meets new U.S. AFRICOM commander in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Wednesday with the new commander of U.S. Africa Command, Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, in ...
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