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Traders protest forced evictions at Bakara Market, accuse officials of illegal land grabs
Mogadishu (HOL) — Merchants at Bakara Market, Somalia’s largest commercial hub, staged protests this week over forced evictions they say are part ...
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Somali PM orders urgent relief for drought-hit Awdal region
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre has ordered immediate relief efforts for communities affected by severe drought in the Awda...
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Puntland rejects SSC-Khaatumo administration, citing legal grounds
Garowe (HOL) — Puntland authorities have declared that they do not recognize the SSC-Khaatumo administration, asserting that there is no legal basis...
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Somali Defense Minister, new UK Ambassador discuss security cooperation in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Minister of Defense Ahmed Moalim Fiqi met Wednesday with the newly appointed British Ambassador to Somalia, Charles Nichola...
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Somalia’s First Lady Marwo Sahro participates in historic voter ID registration
Somalia’s First Lady Marwo Sahro Omar Hassan has officially registered as a voter in a landmark national exercise, marking a pivotal step in the cou...
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First water, toilets, lighting for Mogadishu IDP camp families
Khadija Dahir Mahmoud and her five children now have access to free, clean water and their first toilets in Warcaasho internal displacement camp, in M...
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Blast kills three Kenyan soldiers on road near Somali border
A blast has killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border, the military said....
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US says 'specific steps' agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus
Israel's military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria for a third day on Wednesday, as deadly secta...
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Al-Shabab offensive sparks militia mobilization near Jalalaqsi
Beledweyne (HOL) — A tense standoff is unfolding in central Somalia after Al-Shabab militants began mobilizing near Ceel Baraf in an apparent attemp...
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Ethiopia arrests 82 ISIS suspects trained in Somalia’s Puntland region
Mogadishu (HOL) — Ethiopian security forces have arrested 82 individuals accused of plotting terror attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group (I...
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