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Aid cuts leave vulnerable families in Merka IDP camp desperate

Aid cuts leave vulnerable families in Merka IDP camp desperate

JUN 13, 2025

Three hundred vulnerable displaced families living in an internal displacement camp in Merka, Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, are appealing for sup...

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Kenya to support Somali Parliamentary Staff in capacity building, Wetang’ula says

Kenya to support Somali Parliamentary Staff in capacity building, Wetang’ula says

JUN 13, 2025

Kenya’s National Assembly has pledged to strengthen parliamentary ties with Somalia through a comprehensive capacity-building program aimed at train...

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Police fire tear gas on crowds protesting Kenya blogger’s death in custody

Police fire tear gas on crowds protesting Kenya blogger’s death in custody

JUN 13, 2025

Protesters took to the streets of Kenya’s capital Nairobi to express their fury over the death of a blogger arrested by police last week, as the cou...

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Israel hits Iran nuclear facilities, missile factories; Tehran vows revenge

Israel hits Iran nuclear facilities, missile factories; Tehran vows revenge

JUN 13, 2025

Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran on Friday, saying it targeted nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders a...

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Somali government calls for dissolution of C6+ framework, citing obsolescence

Somali government calls for dissolution of C6+ framework, citing obsolescence

JUN 12, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali government has formally called for the dissolution of the C6+ international coordination framework, arguing that the mechan...

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Egyptian Foreign Minister hails growing ties with Somalia at Oslo Forum

Egyptian Foreign Minister hails growing ties with Somalia at Oslo Forum

JUN 12, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates, Badr Abdelatty, has praised the strengthening of Egyp...

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Somali army kills 13 Al-Shabaab fighters in Middle Shabelle region

Somali army kills 13 Al-Shabaab fighters in Middle Shabelle region

JUN 12, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali National Army (SNA), with support from international partners, carried out a planned military operation in the Buurta C...

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Mogadishu Mayor appoints new district commissioners to advance urban development

Mogadishu Mayor appoints new district commissioners to advance urban development

JUN 12, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Governor of the Banaadir Region and Mayor of Mogadishu, Dr. Hassan Mohamed Hussein (Muungaab), has announced the replacement o...

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Indonesia signs $10bn deal to buy 48 Turkish Kaan fighter jets

Indonesia signs $10bn deal to buy 48 Turkish Kaan fighter jets

JUN 12, 2025

Indonesia will purchase 48 Kaan fifth-generation fighter jets from Turkey in a deal valued at more than $10bn, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

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Rural communities in Lower Juba can no longer access urgent healthcare in their villages

Rural communities in Lower Juba can no longer access urgent healthcare in their villages

JUN 12, 2025

A critical lack of healthcare services due to funding cuts has left large numbers of people living in remote parts of Somalia’s Lower Juba region un...

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