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Rights groups allege 3,000 killed in Tanzania's post-poll crackdown since Oct 29
Over 40 African organizations have called for the prosecution of security officials for the alleged killings of approximately 3,000 people since the O...
Read More »Former Somali PM warns against giving regional states control over parliamentary elections
Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has warned that allowing regional states to manage the upcoming federal...
Read More »Somalia’s Deputy Prime Minister urges urgent global action at COP30 in Brazil
Belém (HOL) — Somalia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama on Friday called for urgent international action to combat climate change, a...
Read More »Somali Health Minister appoints new director at Banadir hospital after tragic birth incident
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Ali Haji Adam, on Friday appointed Abdirisaaq Sharif Ali as the new Directo...
Read More »Somali officers graduate from elite military training in Uganda
Kampala (HOL) — A group of Somali military officers has graduated from a year-long, high-level training program in Uganda, underscoring the deepenin...
Read More »European Union vessel reaches ship raided by pirates off Somalia; all 24 crew on board safe
A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, finding all its 24 mariner...
Read More »Uganda frees two Kenyans after Mudavadi’s protest letter to Museveni
Activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo have been released after spending more than 30 days in Ugandan custody....
Read More »Former British soldier contests extradition over alleged Kenya murder
A former British soldier wanted by Kenyan authorities has appeared in a London court after being arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a w...
Read More »Somali government launches urgent investigation after woman gives birth outside Banadir hospital
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s government has launched an urgent investigation into a tragic incident in which a woman gave birth at the entrance of ...
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