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Somaliland President reverses planned internet price hike, averts mass protests

Somaliland President reverses planned internet price hike, averts mass protests

AUG 10, 2025

Hargeisa (HOL) – Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Cirro has overturned a decision by telecom giants Telesom and Somtel to double in...

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Before Trump-Putin talks, Ukraine rules out ‘gifting land to occupier’

Before Trump-Putin talks, Ukraine rules out ‘gifting land to occupier’

AUG 10, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out ceding land to Russia and demanded his country take part in negotiations aimed at ending the war...

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Gov’t now says Gachagua must explain terrorism remarks to police upon return to Kenya

Gov’t now says Gachagua must explain terrorism remarks to police upon return to Kenya

AUG 10, 2025

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen have demanded that the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Ri...

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Somali Defense Minister accuses foreign powers of backing Al-Shabaab

Somali Defense Minister accuses foreign powers of backing Al-Shabaab

AUG 09, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi has accused unnamed foreign powers of directly supporting the Al-Shabaab militant group...

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Trump says U.S. is ‘Looking Into’ Somaliland proposal tied to Gaza refugee plan

Trump says U.S. is ‘Looking Into’ Somaliland proposal tied to Gaza refugee plan

AUG 09, 2025

Washington, D.C. (HOL) – U.S. President Donald Trump has addressed reports that Somaliland has expressed interest in taking in displaced Gazans in ...

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Gunmen on motorcycle wound Isiolo Somali Council leader

Gunmen on motorcycle wound Isiolo Somali Council leader

AUG 09, 2025

Nairobi (HOL) – Police in Isiolo have launched a manhunt for three gunmen who shot and injured Idle Hassan, Secretary General of the Isiolo Somali C...

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Somali, Ugandan forces kill over 100 al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle region

Somali, Ugandan forces kill over 100 al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle region

AUG 09, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali National Army (SNA), in collaboration with the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) under the African Union Transition M...

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Bus carrying mourners overturns in Kenya, killing 25 people

Bus carrying mourners overturns in Kenya, killing 25 people

AUG 09, 2025

A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in southwestern Kenya has overturned and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 25 people, police sai...

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A displaced woman’s struggle to raise 28 children in Mogadishu camps

A displaced woman’s struggle to raise 28 children in Mogadishu camps

AUG 09, 2025

Forty-year-old Maryan Muse Magoye is caring for 28 children – 10 of her own, and 18 of close relatives – without an income or stable living condit...

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Kenya pushes for ban affecting 21 countries

Kenya pushes for ban affecting 21 countries

AUG 09, 2025

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has called upon the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) to enforce a ban on hazardous pesti...

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