PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate Release)AMISOM Condemns Terror Attack in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, July 26, 2016- The African Union Mission in Somalia strongly condemns the terrorist attack that occurred this morning near the Mogadishu International Airport (MIA).

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Examination of Burundi by the Committee against Torture: civil society condemns a human rights crisis Version française ci-dessous

Geneva, 26 July 2016 – A coalition of Burundian NGOs[1], with the support of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (FIACAT), TRIAL International, the Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) and DefendDefenders…

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Despite advances, democracy in Africa hobbled by 'rigging'

In Africa, military coups and election violence are becoming rarer but poll rigging and manipulation remain rife, hobbling the continent's democratic progress, experts say.

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Black Lives Matter in Canada Too: Witness who recorded arrest that left man critically hurt describes emotional toll

Ottawa police arrested Abdirahman Abdi, a neighbour of hers whom she describes as a man with a mental illness who didn't intimidate or worry residents. (Idil Mussa/CBC)

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FESTU Welcomes the Landmark ruling by the Somali High Court with Respect to NUSOJ Elections Mogadishu, July 24, 2016

Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) welcomes the landmark rulling by the Somalia's high court which endorsed the Elections of our affiliate the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), which took place Mogadishu's City Palace Hotel on May 2016.

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For Immediate release Mogadishu, July 24, 2016Somalia Supreme Court endorses result of NUSOJ election in Mogadishu

National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), has welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court of Somalia, endorsing the free and fair elections of NUSOJ Leaders on 17th May, at the Union's General Assembly that was held in Mogadishu from 3rd to 17th of May 2016.

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Hillary Clinton running mate Tim Kaine battles Trump with optimism

Media captionHillary Clinton: "Tim is so qualified to be vice-president... he fights for the people he represents" Virginia Senator Tim Kaine has attended his first rally as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate, saying: "America was not built on fear".

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Pictures: Road closure marks the launch of 'Somali Week' in Canada

Dixon road, a main artery of Etobicoke was blocked off on Saturday afternoon to commemorate the beginning of 'Somali Week ', the first time a major road was closed to celebrate the event since its inception. The event which is put on annually by the Toronto Development Association of Youth (TODAY)…

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Why does Uhuru encourage miraa growing and use?

There has been considerable controversy over the consequences of consuming miraa. For a long time it was consumed in Somalia, northern parts of Kenya, and Ethiopia.

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Puntland: Minister of Information restricts free speech, harasses and threatens journalists

22 July 2016 Puntland's Minister of Information Mohamud Hassan So'ade should stop trying to muzzle and intimidate the press through death threats, undue legal restrictions and his Ministry's interference in the registration and accreditation of journalists, said DefendDefenders (East and…

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The dangerous route of Ethiopian Migrants

The other day, on the outskirts of Fantahero, a small village in the desert of northern Djibouti, Sebhatou Mellis was sheltering from a-hundred-and-four-degree heat in the shade of an acacia tree. Mellis, who is twenty-six and has the rangy build of a runner, was about a thousand miles away from his…

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Kenya: Disappearances, Deaths in Northeast

(Nairobi) – Kenyan security forces have forcibly disappeared at least 34 people in the past two years during abusive counterterrorism operations in Nairobi and in northeastern Kenya, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Kenyan authorities should end the abuses in counterterrorism operations…

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One man's mission, one city's dramatic change

MOGADISHU – For Brig Gen. Hassan Mohamed Hussein, the former Mogadishu mayor, the idea of fixing and running a major city devastated by decades of conflict wasn't an easy job that one could take easy to take, but rather one which against all odds required a determination and persistence to start…

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PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate Release) AMISOM's new Force Commander formally assumes office

Mogadishu, 19 July 2016– The new Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia Lt. General Osman Noor Soubagleh has formally assumed office. Lt. General Soubagleh who replaces Lt. General Jonathan Rono arrived in Mogadishu yesterday to take up his duties.

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14 Somali Civilians Killed in Clashes in Southwestern Somalia

At least 14 Somali civilians were killed and three others wounded following a shooting between Ethiopian troops and al-Shabab fighters in southwestern Somalia on Sunday, officials and witnesses said.

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Morocco seeks to rejoin African Union after 32 years

Morocco has formally announced its wish to rejoin the African Union, 32 years after leaving the organisation. In a message to the AU summit in Rwanda, the Moroccan King Mohammed VI said the time had come for his country to retake its place within its institutional family.

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The Federal Republic of Somalia Ministry of Information, Culture & Tourism Somali Security forces arrested nearly ten suspected Al-Shabaab militants

Mogadishu 17 July 2015 – H.E. Mohamed Abdi Hayir (Mareye), the Minister of Information, Culture & Tourism of the Federal Government of Somalia paised the efforts of Somali forces and AMISOM for their continual defeat against terrorists groups in Somalia.

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For Immediate release Mogadishu, July 17, 2016

Somalia Police released two arrested journalists on bail. National Union of Somali Journalists welcome the release of two Somali journalists who have been arrested last two days in East Police station in Abdul-Aziz neighborhood in north of the Somali capital Mogadishu.

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Turkey army group announces takeover on TV

PM Binali Yildirim earlier denounced an "illegal action" by a military "group", stressing it was not a coup. He said that the government remained in charge.

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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud condemns an attempted coup in Turkey

Mogadishu, 16 July 2016 (Villa Somalia)--- The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud condemned an attempted coup in the Republic of Turkey on Friday, after a group of military officers tried to disrupt the stability and the democracy of the country.

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