Al-Shabaab militants kill 2 police officers in coastal Kenya

Somali militant group Al-Shabaab on Tuesday killed two police officers and injured two others in Kenya's coastal town of Lamu in its latest attack in the tourism resort region.

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High Level Meeting on Strand 4, P/CVE took place in Mogadishu

Speech H.E. Abdirahman Omar Osman (Eng. Yarisow) Minister of Information, Culture & Tourism The Federal Republic of Somalia High Level Meeting on Strand 4 (P/CVE) Mogadishu, 28 November 2017 Dear Co-Chair, Ambassador Andreas von Uexkull, Ministers, representatives of Federal Member States, Ambassadors,…

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Reflections on the 61st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

In October, DefendDefenders travelled to the Gambia, accompanied by human rights defenders (HRDs) from Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda to attend the 61st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR or the Commission). On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, DefendDefenders…

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Officers arrest man accused Melbourne New Year's attack

A 20-year-old Australian citizen has been arrested for plotting a shooting rampage in Melbourne's central square while it is packed with New Year's Eve revelers. Police say he was inspired by jihadist terrorists and associated with a local "extremist community." The man was rounded up…

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Gabar 12 Sano jir ah oo wacdaro ka dhigtay ciyaarihii Soomaalida ee Atlanta lagu soo gaba-gabeeyay Sawirro

Gabar Soomaaliyeed oo lagu magacaabo Ayaan Axmed Maxamuud oo ka mid ah kooxda Kubadda Cagta da'doodu ay ka yareyd 12 sano jirka ee Gobolka Tennessee u mataleysay, ciyaarihii qaboobaha Soomaalida ee dhawaan lagu soo gaba-gabeeyay magaalada Atlanta, ayaa wacdaro ka dhigtay intii ciyaarahu ay socdeen.

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Conflict in Somalia's south forces over 10,000 to flee

Aerial bombardment and ground fighting in Somalia's Middle and Lower Shabelle regions this month have forced over 10,000 people to flee for their lives, a Norway-based humanitarian agency said on Monday.

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Third Somali minster leaves office, PM appoints official temporarily

Somalia Prime minister, Hassan Ali Kheire on Sunday fired Imaan Abdullahi Ali who was the country's religious affairs minister.

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UN pushes refugee self-reliance as donor funding for Kenya dwindles

A steep shortfall in donor funding for refugee services in Kenya and other host countries is leading the United Nations to seek new ways of aiding the nearly 400,000 Somalis and South Sudanese living in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps. The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has requested $231 million…

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Post & Telecom Minister closes second conference of Somali Network Operators Group

The Minister for Posts, Telecom and Technology, H. E. Abdi Ashur Hasan, has officially closed the second annual conference of Somali Network Operators Group (SOMNOG), held at Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu. The two-day conference was attended by around 100 representatives from telecom operators, ISPS, universities,…

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Ahmed Iman alias Kimanthi flees after Al-Shabaab fallout

A Kenyan who rose through Al-Shabaab ranks to become the poster boy for the terrorist organisation is on the run after falling out with other commanders who want him executed. Ahmed Iman alias Kimanthi, who appeared in numerous Al-Shabaab propaganda videos taunting Kenyan troops fighting in Somalia,…

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Ruling party candidate Muuse Bihi Abdi wins Somaliland's presidential election

Somaliland's National Election Commission (NEC) has officially declared Kulmiye's candidate, as the winner of the presidential election in the just-concluded polls.

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Somaliland opposition party abandons election race, accuses NEC

Somaliland's main opposition party said on Monday that it will disassociate itself from the poll results expected to be declared in forthcoming hours by Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC). The leaders of Wadani party have raised fresh claims over vote counting barely two days after NEC…

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Somalia Statement on the UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S DAY, 2017

Today 20 November, 2017 the Federal Government of Somalia joins the rest of the world in commemorating the Universal Children's Day. We recall that on 20th November, 1989 the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to indicate that the world had accepted that…

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Robert Mugabe remains Zimbabwean president

Robert Mugabe clung on as Zimbabwe's president Sunday, using national TV to insist he still holds power despite a military takeover and mounting pressure for his autocratic 37-year rule to end. Crowds who gathered in bars and cafes in Harare to watch the address, which was widely expected would…

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Two killed and several injured in Somaliland after demos over poll irregularities erupted

Two people were killed and several others sustained injuries after demonstrations over alleged poll irregularities turned chaotic in Burao and Hargeisa towns of the breakaway Somaliland on Thursday night, officials and witnesses confirmed. Violent protests erupted in different parts of Marodi-Jeh and…

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Breaking: Somaliland's main Opposition Party cuts off cooperation with poll agency

Mohamed Yasiin, Osman Afgaab and Hussein Ahmed Aideed who are Wadani chief agent, deputy chief agent and alternate chief agent respectively have displayed several fake ballot papers during press conference in Hargeisa.

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Somalia-focused Kaah International Microfinance Services wins $100,000 EFICA 2017

DUBAI - Kaah International Microfinance Services (KIMS) has been named the 2017 recipient of the Ethical Finance Innovation Challenge and Awards (EFICA), which is co-organised by Thomson Reuters and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. KIMS beat UK-based asset management firm Arabesque and Malaysia's retirement…

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President and wife on way out – but what comes next?

It looks to be the end for Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule in Zimbabwe after the military put the despotic president under house arrest. As our story says, "few other than the close associates who benefited directly from Mugabe's rule will mourn his passing from power". This morning our…

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Somali government releases names of six individuals involve in Mogadishu truck bomb ( PHOTOS)

Somali governmenton Tuesdaypublished names of six men who involved in Zoobe truck bombing which killed more than 350 people and injured 600 others. Speaking to state owned television (SNTV), the country's security minister, Mohamed Abukar Islow said Osman Hajji aka Maadey was identified as the suicide…

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Shabaab touts deadly raid on Somali military base

The assault, which took place on Sept. 2, left over 20 Somali military personnel dead, far more than Somali officials admitted to after the attack. Shabaab detailed the attack in a video entitled "And Be Harsh Against Them." The video, which was released today, includes dramatic footage of the…

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