Tag: Somalia
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Somalia suspends athletics boss over inexperienced ‘snail-paced’ sprinter
The head of Somalia's athletics organization has been suspended following a viral incident involving an inexperienced runner who took almost 22 seconds to complete...
Independent Africa
Somalia regrets fielding a sprinter with a slow record
Since Somalia entered a rookie 100-meter sprinter at the World University Games in China, there have been calls for authorities to be fired.Nasra Abubakar...
Independent Africa
20 troops in Somalia murdered in suicide attack
At least 20 soldiers were killed on Monday in a suicide bombing by an Islamist inside a camp for the Somali army in Mogadishu,...
Independent Africa
13 troops killed in a suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital
On Monday, a suicide bomber carried out an attack inside a military academy in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, resulting in the deaths of at least...
Independent Africa
AU force hands over bases in Somalia
The African Union (AU) force in Somalia has handed over three more military bases to the Somali army as part of a gradual withdrawal...
Independent Africa
Somalia: 8 people killed in Puntland violence
In fighting on Tuesday outside parliament in Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in northern Somalia, between local security personnel and armed militiamen supporting the opposition,...
Independent Africa
Eritrea returns to East African bloc Igad after 16 years
Eritrea has re-joined the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), the regional organization for East Africa after 16 years of absence.Information Minister Yemane Meskel tweeted...
World
54 Uganda soldiers killed by al Shabaab found
Ugandan soldiers found the dead bodies of 54 other Ugandan soldiers who were attacked by al-Shabaab in Somalia. The UPDF found something when they...
Independent Africa
Explosions occur as Ugandan forces fight insurgents in Somalia
Explosions occur as Ugandan forces combat militas.On Friday morning, the extremist al-Shabab organization launched an attack on a Ugandan soldier post of the African...
Independent Africa
Community in central Somalia engulfed by a flood
Almost 250,000 people in central Somalia have had to flee their homes after a river flooded the town of Beledweyne.People had to shelter under...
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