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Somalis anxiously await news of loved ones as hotel siege ends

Mogadishu – Somalis anxiously waited to know the fate of their missing relatives on Sunday as emergency workers attempted... Read more

21 Aug, 2022

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Somali forces end jihadist hotel siege, security commander says

Mogadishu – Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu... Read more

21 Aug, 2022

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22 million face starvation in Horn of Africa, says WFP

Nairobi – The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to... Read more

20 Aug, 2022

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Eight dead as Somali forces battle al-Shabaab at besieged hotel

Mogadishu – At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist militants on a hotel... Read more

20 Aug, 2022

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Hadraawi, ‘Shakespeare of Somalia’, dies aged 79

Mogadishu – Award-winning Somali poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, better-known by his pen name Hadraawi, died Thursday aged 79, prompting... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

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Pope urges help for drought-hit Somalia

Vatican City – Pope Francis on Sunday called for international help for Somalia to fight a “deadly” drought that... Read more

15 Aug, 2022

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Mortar fire hits Somalia capital as parliament approves cabinet

Mogadishu – Mortar shells struck residential neighbourhoods near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday shortly after... Read more

8 Aug, 2022

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Somalia appoints former al-Shabaab leader as religion minister

Mogadishu – Somalia has appointed the former deputy leader and spokesperson for the al-Shabaab Islamist group as religion minister,... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

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Somalia PM given 10 more days to form government

Mogadishu – Somalia’s parliament agreed on Monday to give Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre more time to form a... Read more

25 Jul, 2022

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Al-Shabaab fighters ‘destroyed’ in Ethiopian incursion

Nairobi – Authorities in the Ethiopian region of Somali on Saturday said they had “destroyed” fighters from the al-Shabaab... Read more

24 Jul, 2022