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Displaced women in Adado close shops and fear jail due to debt crisis
Mother-of-eight Hamadi Abdullahi Ibrahim is living in fear of being thrown in jail if she doesn’t clear the debts she has incurred running her small...
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Kenya brace for tough Madagascar test in CHAN quarterfinals
Kenya’s fairy-tale run in their debut African Nations Championship (CHAN) faces its sternest test yet when they clash with Madagascar in the quarter...
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China-built Mombasa-Nairobi railway marks 3,000 days of safe operation
The Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya has recorded 3,000 days of safe operation as of Saturday, Africa Star Railway ...
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US would help assure Ukraine's security in a peace deal, Trump tells Zelenskiy
U.S. President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to...
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Somali defense minister urges troops to push against al-Shabab in Middle Shabelle region
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s defense minister on Monday called on government forces and allied militia to press deeper into al-Shabab strongholds i...
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Four al-Shabaab militants surrender to security forces in Bakool region
Mogadishu (HOL) – Four Al-Shabaab militants surrendered to the Southwest State branch of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA...
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Somali forces kill senior Al-Shabaab commander Magaalabeen in Bakool region
Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali National Armed Forces have killed senior Al-Shabaab commander Hussein Moallim Hassan, known as Magaalabeen, during a milita...
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Somalis from Tana River plot political future in landmark Nairobi meeting
A group of Somali professionals from Tana River County convened at a Nairobi hotel for a landmark meeting aimed at fostering unity within their commun...
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Morocco and Kenya reach quarterfinals of Africa contest
Co-hosts Kenya held their nerve to beat Zambia 1-0 on Sunday and reach the African Nations Championship quarterfinals on their tournament debut....
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Trump told Norwegian minister he wants Nobel Prize, newspaper says
When U.S. President Donald Trump called Norway's finance minister last month to discuss tariffs, he also told him he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize, Nor...
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