Al-Shabaab executes two men by firing squad

Al Shabaab militants in Somalia have shot and killed two young men with on Monday morning, accusing the men of being soldiers in the Hiiraan government army.

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Sir Mo Farah: 'I am a clean athlete'

Sir Mo Farah has insisted he is "a clean athlete" following a newspaper report alleging the athlete's American coach Alberto Salazar may have broken anti-doping rules.

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UN relief chief to travel to Yemen, Somalia, Kenya

Stephen O'Brien, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, will travel from Oslo to Yemen, Somalia and Kenya between Feb. 26 and March 5 to meet people most affected by humanitarian crises, a UN spokesman said here Friday.

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Saudi-Somali Summit Discusses Bilateral Cooperation, Regional Developments

Riyadh- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo have discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation and the developments in the region.

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Communiqué on the Third General Assembly of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network

24 February 2017 The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net) held its third General Assembly from 21 to 22 February 2017 at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort, Kampala, Uganda.

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To be American and Muslim is not a contradiction

A day after 10 Jewish Community Centers across the country were the target of bomb threats and over 170 Jewish graves were toppled in Missouri, President Donald Trump said "anti-Semitic threats... are horrible and painful." Feb. 21, 2017. (C-SPAN)

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The First Somali-American State Lawmaker Has A Message For Donald Trump

MINNEAPOLIS — On the night Donald Trump was elected president, Ilhan Omar became the United States' first Somali-American state lawmaker.

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Who is Hassan Ali Khaire? Somalia's newly appointed Prime Minister

President Farmajo announced on Thursday morning that he has appointed Hassan Ali Khaire as Somalia's Prime Minister.

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Open letter: UN Human Rights Council should strengthen mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

To Permanent Representatives of member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

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Asylum seeker says husband, mother were killed on wedding day in Somalia

It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, but on Naimo Ahmed's wedding day, her new husband and her mother were killed.

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BREAKING: President Farmajo appoints Prime Minister after celebrating inauguration

President Farmajo has just announced that he will be appointing Hassan Ali Kheyre as Somalia's Prime Minister.

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MOGADISHU DECLARATION ON REGIONAL COOPERATION ON THE CURRENT DROUGHT

Mogadishu- Wednesday 22 February 2016-The following joint declaration was made in Mogadishu by H.E. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of…

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VIDEO: Uhuru attends Mohamed Abdullahi swearing-in

President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Mogadishu for the inauguration of new Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

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Immediate Press Release NUSOJ Congratulates Somalia President Mohamed A.Farmaajo on Inauguration Day.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, February 22, 2017 The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) congratulates the newly elected president of Somalia, his excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmaajo) on his inauguration as the President of Federal Republic of Somalia.

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1.4 million children face famine in four countries: UNICEF

Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children's agency said Monday.

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IMF to Help Somalia Print First Banknotes in a Quarter Century

The International Monetary Fund is backing Somalia's plans to replace tattered currency notes that were printed before the Horn of Africa nation plunged into civil war almost three decades ago.

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NUSOJ concerns the recent series detention against journalists in Somaliland.

Mogadishu – Feb-20-2017 National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is very concerned about General Director and owner of Universal TV aLondon basedSomali TV , Engineer Ahmed Abuubakar who was arrested in Hargeisa, the capital of the of Somaliland on Sunday night February 19, 2017, the latest in…

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What it's like to travel to the US when your passport says you're from Somalia

Liban* has a British passport, but there's a problem with it. It says he was born in Mogadishu. Of course, that shouldn't be a problem. But according to Liban, it has caused him no end of complications when travelling to the US.

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Former Man United Star Denied Travel to U.S. Over Iranian Passport Stamp

On Saturday January 28th, massive protests erupted at airports all across the United States. It was a response to the most extremely controversial and inherently discriminatory executive order that President Donald Trump has signed.

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Senior intelligence officer targeted in drive-by shooting

An assassination attempt targeted a senior intelligence official in Mogadishu this morning.

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