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Sweden under fire over secret $517,000 payment to Somalia for deportations
Mogadishu (HOL) — Sweden’s opposition parties have called for a parliamentary investigation into Migration Minister Johan Forssell after revelatio...
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Clan revenge attack kills father and son in Somalia’s Galgaduud region
Mogadishu (HOL) — A father and his son were shot dead Tuesday in what authorities say was a clan revenge attack in Somalia’s Galgaduud region. The...
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UN links UAE to weapons transfers fueling wars in Sudan and Somalia
MOGADISHU (HOL) — The United Nations has accused the United Arab Emirates of breaching international arms embargoes after investigators traced Briti...
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Kenyan software engineer charged with recruiting Al-Shabaab fighters
MOMBASA, Kenya (HOL) — A Kenyan software engineer has been charged in a Mombasa court with recruiting and financing fighters for the Somali militant...
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U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS-Somalia bases in Puntland’s Al Miskaad Mountains
Mogadishu (HOL) — The United States military has confirmed carrying out two airstrikes targeting ISIS-Somalia militants in the rugged Al Miskaad mou...
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Somali migration to Europe surges threefold in 2025, IOM report shows
Mogadishu (HOL) — The number of Somali migrants reaching Europe has tripled this year compared to 2024, according to new figures from the Internatio...
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Hirshabelle President Guudlawe reshuffles cabinet, appoints four new ministers
Jowhar (HOL) – Hirshabelle regional President Ali Abdullahi Hussein Guudlawe has made changes to several key positions within his Cabinet....
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Haramcad police forces repel al-Shabaab attack on Kahda security checkpoint in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) – Suspected al-Shabaab militants attacked a government security checkpoint in the Kahda district of Mogadishu on Monday night....
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Somalia and Rwanda sign cooperation agreement to strengthen bilateral ties
Kigali (HOL) – Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdisalam Abdi Ali, signed on Monday in Kigali a General Cooperatio...
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Kenya engages Russia to free citizens trapped in military operations
The government has confirmed ongoing diplomatic efforts to secure the release and safe return of Kenyans caught up in Russia’s military operations. ...
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