Deadly blast targets at a Restaurant near local government HQs in Mogadishu.

At least 5 people reported killed, scores of others injured after a deadly car bomb attack targeted at a restaurant near Mogadishu's local government head quarters, officials say.

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At the WITW summit, female Somali army captain's story inspires women's peacebuilding drive

For Iman Elman, a 24 years-old female Somali army captain, the decision to return home and join Somali armywasn't an easy one, but rather a one which against all odds she had to take it to break barriers.

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The Fight To Stop Al Shabab From Disrupting Somalia's Elections

Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. This week, we speak with analyst Cedric Barnes about the international fight against the Somali Islamist militant group al Shabab.

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Somalia executes two Shebab fighters for killing journalist

Two members of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab jihadist group were executed by firing squad Saturday for the murder of a journalist killed by a car bomb last year, a judge said.

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I forgive you, DP William Ruto tells civil society, ICC witnesses

Deputy President William Ruto on Friday spoke for the first time after the termination of the case against him and former radio presenter Joshua Sang at the International Criminal Court.

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Isis: New terrorist group Jahba East Africa pledges allegiance to 'Islamic State' in Somalia

The jihadist group hailed a 'new era' in East Africa

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Happy 19th! Politicians join party to celebrate Somali community group

MORE than 100 people turned out to wish a society for exiled Somalians a happy birthday on Wednesday.

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Minneapolis donates used fire trucks, crime lab to Somali sister city

Thursday, as members of the council's intergovernmental relations committee voted to donate two trucks, a van and other used equipment to Bosaso, Somalia, they said the gesture is also a firm rejection of recent political commentary by presidential candidates. Council Member Abdi Warsame, who helped…

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The Right Patch (Tubta Toosan) Somalia Launches an Inclusive Process to Develop a National Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism

HE the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and HE the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, praised the efforts of the CVE Coordinator Hon Mustafa Duhulowand all stakeholders for their consultative meetings to develop a comprehensive…

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President Kenyatta wants AMISOM elevated to UN Mission status

At a meeting with de facto EU leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday morning, President Kenyatta said cutting the funding to the troops in Somalia would be a grave mistake.

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Diabetes cases have quadrupled since 1980: WHO

The number of adults estimated to be living with diabetes surged to 422 million by 2014, a nearly four-fold increase on 1980 figures, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, in its first-ever global report on the disease.

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IMF: Somalia's Efforts at Rebuilding its Economy 'Bearing Fruit'

The International Monetary Fund says Somalia has marked a milestone in its development by taking steps to normalize relations with international financial institutions.

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Somalia, Egypt seek new military cooperation, joint development

Egypt earlier announced that they are willing to train the Somali army and coast guards in 2012, saying that the war-torn horn of Africa nation was facing mounting challenges including regaining territory from militants.

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African Union Says 6 Al-Shabaab Commanders Killed in Somalia

Somalia's army and African Union forces said they killed at least six al-Qaeda-linked militant commanders in the country's southern Lower Shabelle region amid an upsurge in fighting.

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Obama: George W. Bush With Drones

It is a testament to how deeply the doctrine of neoconservatism has left its mark on the American foreign policy that the Obama Doctrine, for all its professed restraint, has ended up in practice looking very similar to the gung-ho interventionism of the George W. Bush administration, with the main…

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Pentagon confirms senior Shebab leader killed in Somalia

Hassan Ali Dhoore, who was killed Thursday, allegedly was part of the Islamist insurgent group's security and intelligence wing

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Ethiopia set to use northern Somalia port to boost its maritime traffic

The deal which has been in the making for years provides Ethiopia an alternative transit hub for Ethiopia which largely relies on the Red Sea port of Djibouti which handles millions of dollars goods that are shipping the port for Ethiopia each month. Officials in the Somaliland government told HOL that…

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Djibouti expels BBC journalists ahead of presidential elections

The team who arrived in Djibouti to cover the presidential elections which is due to take place onApril 8were put on a plane at the Djibouti city's airport after interviewing the foreign minister and an opposition candidate who is running for the presidential seat, BBC said. Djiboutian government…

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Whether It Works Or Not, U.S. Anti-Radicalization Plan Can Benefit Communities

In theongoing investigationinto theBrussels terrorist attacks, most of the attention is on one neighborhood called Molenbeek. Many of the terrorists responsible for both the attack

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Somali militants executed Tanzanian fighter over espionage

Isse James Muwaysiga, 27 from Dare Salaam, Tanzania's capital who joined Al Shabab in 2013 was executed by firing squad in Jilib, a town in Middle Jubba regionon Fridayafter a court run by the group convicted him of spying for the United States which carried out attacks against the group in the…

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