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Somali intelligence kills senior al-Shabaab leaders in Hiiraan region
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), with support from international partners, has killed several senior ...
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Somali President receives credentials of new EU and Dutch Ambassadors
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday accepted the credentials of two newly appointed ambassadors during a ceremony ...
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Somali President meets new U.S. AFRICOM commander in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Wednesday with the new commander of U.S. Africa Command, Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, in ...
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Somali Novelist Nuruddin Farah honored by SOAS in London
Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah, one of Africa’s most distinguished literary figures, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by SOAS University of Lo...
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Influx of Somali regional forces sparks fear in Kenya
NAIROBI: Kenyans in a border region expressed fear on Wednesday over an influx of Somali regional fighters, pushed over the border following clashes w...
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Kenya cult site death toll hits 34 as 11 arrested
Eleven suspects are in custody following the exhumation of 34 bodies and recovery of 102 human remains from shallow graves in Kenya’s Kilifi County,...
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Kenya denies Jubaland troops in Mandera as leaders warn of sovereignty breach
NAIROBI, Kenya (HOL) — Kenya’s government has dismissed reports that armed forces from Somalia’s Jubaland administration crossed into Mandera Co...
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GOP lawmakers urge State Department to revise travel advisory for Somaliland
Mogadishu (HOL) — Two senior U.S. lawmakers are urging the State Department to issue a separate travel advisory for Somaliland, arguing that the cur...
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Austria deports two Somali men to Mogadishu in first removal in 20 years
Mogadishu (HOL) — Austria has deported two Somali men to Mogadishu, the first such operation in 20 years, as European governments tighten asylum pol...
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