Tanzania rout Somalia

advertisements Captain John Bocco and Elias Maguli each scored a brace to inspire Tanzania to an emphatic 4-0 victory over Somalia at the ongoing Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup on Sunday afternoon at the National Stadium in Addis Ababa.

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Somali, Libyan remanded in custody over Paceville fight

advertisements A Somali and a Libyan who were involved in a fight in Paceville in the early hours of yesterday have been remanded in custody after both of them pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them.

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Can Ethiopia's railway bring peace to Somalia?

"We decided to open the railway early because of the drought, the worst in decades," says Getachew Betru, chief executive of the Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC).

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Mogadishu ranked second fastest growing city in the World

Is the planet's fastest growing metropolis in China, Indonesia or Niger? With many different methods of measurement, there's no simple, single answer

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Insight into the earliest settlers of EA: Somalis

Members of the Gar Gaar dance troupe perform a Somali traditional dance during Kenya's first Somali Heritage Week at the Nairobi National Museum starting today ending November 21, 2015. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA

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Updated | Human smuggler arrested, another on the run

Police arrest Somali man suspected of having aided over 200 migrants to reach Malta from Italy using false documents, another on the run

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Report details how terrorists outsmarted security system to execute Garissa University attack

In a confidential report filed with the National Assembly's Committee on Administration and National Security, the spy chief revealed an elaborate plan of surveillance, intelligence collection, stockpiling of weapons and movement of militants which all culminated in an attack carried out with near-military…

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Amid tension, Hiiran governor flown to Mogadishu for criminal inquiry

The governor of the central Somali region of Hiiraan has been flown to Somalia's capital as the government opened a criminal inquiry related to the killing of a UN employee last week, sources saidSaturday.

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Somali to consider rehabilitating Fanoole hydro dam

advertisements The Somali Government has submitted its Intended National Determined Contributions (INDC) to the UN this week. INDCs outline climate actions that individual countries intend to undertake under the new climate agreement to be decided at the COP21 conference in Paris, starting on 30 November.…

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Puntland authorities arrest Somali Channel TV presenter

dvertisements Authorities in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland arrested Jama Yusuf Deperani, a reporter and presenter with Somali Channel TV, on Thursday, according to one of his colleagues and a member of the Media Association of Puntland, who both spoke to CPJ.

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Al-Shabaab camps destroyed in forest

Kenya Defence Forces at Nyali bridge on their way to Boni forest, Lamu. The terror group was believed to use the forest to launch attacks on Kenyans as well as a conduit for new recruits to join the group in Somalia.

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First snowfall 'really amazing' for Yahya Samatar, Somali who swam into Canada

Snow started blanketing Winnipeg and southern Manitoba on Wednesday

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White House Backing Program To Curb ISIS Recruiting In Minnesota

Thursday November 19, 2015 MINNEAPOLIS —A quarter of ISIS recruits from the United States have come from Minnesota, as the state's large Somali community is often targeted by terrorist recruiters.

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Prominent Somali journalist dies in Ethiopia

A prominent Somali journalist has died in Ethiopia's Somali region on Monday night, after a sudden heart attack, his colleague said.

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Regional consultations to discuss the 2016 electoral process began today across Somalia.

The forums are being held in Mogadishu, Baidoa, Kismayo, Garowe and Adado, and will each be attended by up to 150 people from the region.

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Regional forums across Somalia convene to discuss the 2016 electoral process

Regional consultations to discuss the 2016 electoral process began today across Somalia.

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KDF not selling sugar and charcoal -- Duale

National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale has absolved the Kenya Defence Forces of claims they are involved in sugar and charcoal smuggling in Somalia. He accused the opposition of being behind the misleading report.

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Uganda steps up security after Paris attacks

KAMPALA, -- Ugandan security agencies have stepped up security following coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris that have killed at least 127 people and wounded many others on Friday night.

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Somali MPs vote for KDF to leave

THE Somali Parliament on Saturday overwhelmingly voted for a motion that compels the Kenya government to withdraw its forces from Somalia. At least 160 MPs voted for the motion, in which they singled out the Kenya Defence Forces and demanded they leave the country forthwith.

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Growing Tension In Beledweyne Town After UN Official Is Killed

15 November - Source: Hiiraan Online - 181 Words Tension ran high in the central Somali town of Beledweyne after government troops shot dead a UN official in the town on Saturday, residents said on Sunday

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