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Somalis among dozens charged in US with Covid fraud
US-based Somali nationals with ties to Kenya have been identified among 47 people accused of stealing from a programme aimed at providing meals for...
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100 militants killed in operations in Somalia
More than 100 al-Shabab militants have been killed in operations over the last three days by the Somali National Army (SNA) in the central...
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Somalia Drought : About 1 million people displaced
The number of people displaced by the record-breaking drought in Somalia has topped one million, with the United Nations warning of widespread famine if...
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Kenya, Somalia resume khat trade, ink range of deals
Newly elected Somalian president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, ended Friday a two-day official visit to his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta.At the end of his trip,...
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Somalia: President Biden reverses Trump’s withdrawal of US troops
US officials say President Biden has approved the redeployment of US troops in Somalia, reversing a decision by his predecessor Donald Trump.The deployment was...
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Somalia’s new president elected by 327 people
Somalia's former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected president after a final vote that was only open to the country's MPs.He defeated the...
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Somalia’s newly elected MPs set to be sworn in
Some of Somalia's newly elected members of parliament are set to be sworn in on Thursday in the capital, Mogadishu, following parliamentary elections that...
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Several killed, others hurt in suicide bombing in Somalia
At least five people were killed in Mogadishu on Tuesday after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt near a police academy, according to...
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Somalia faces new desert locust invasion
Somalia is facing a fresh desert locust invasion, the latest in a string of invasions in the last year.This comes as United Nations agencies...
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Police deploy officers to Somalia
The Police Administration has deployed One Hundred and Forty-seven Police Officers drawn from the Formed Police Unit (FPU) to the African Union Peacekeeping Mission...
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