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Somali Parliamentary Speaker visits Hudur to boost anti-Al-Shabaab operations and local governance

Somali Parliamentary Speaker visits Hudur to boost anti-Al-Shabaab operations and local governance

JUL 30, 2025

Hudur (HOL) — A high-level delegation led by Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur (Madobe), Speaker of Somalia’s Lower House of Parliament, arrived Wednesday i...

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Somaliland offers U.S. military base and mineral access in bid for international recognition

Somaliland offers U.S. military base and mineral access in bid for international recognition

JUL 30, 2025

Hargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Cirro has announced that his administration is prepared to host a U.S. military b...

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Somali Immigration director meets German Federal Police to enhance border security and passport recognition

Somali Immigration director meets German Federal Police to enhance border security and passport recognition

JUL 30, 2025

Berlin (HOL) — Somalia’s Director General of Immigration and Citizenship Agency (ICA), Mustafa Sheikh Cali Dhuxulow, met with Dr. Dieter Romann, P...

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Puntland Parliament accuses Federal Government of fueling regional conflicts

Puntland Parliament accuses Federal Government of fueling regional conflicts

JUL 30, 2025

Garowe (HOL) — Puntland’s regional parliament has accused Somalia’s federal government of deliberately inciting political and tribal conflict in...

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Shifting sand buries harvests of farmers in Nugal

Shifting sand buries harvests of farmers in Nugal

JUL 30, 2025

Shifting sand dunes in Puntland’s Nugal region have destroyed the recent harvests of farmers living in Godobjiran, where drought and loss of vegetat...

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Sudan condemns Kenya for facilitating RSF's formation of parallel government

Sudan condemns Kenya for facilitating RSF's formation of parallel government

JUL 30, 2025

Sudan has yet again condemned what it terms as the approval and facilitation by Kenya of preparatory meetings held by the rebel group Rapid Support Fo...

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Chinese-funded tech challenge launched to boost African youth skills

Chinese-funded tech challenge launched to boost African youth skills

JUL 30, 2025

The 10th edition of the Africa Tech Challenge (ATC), sponsored by Chinese firm AVIC International, officially commenced on Monday in Nairobi, the capi...

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UK plans to recognise Palestine in September unless Israel halts Gaza war

UK plans to recognise Palestine in September unless Israel halts Gaza war

JUL 30, 2025

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told his cabinet that the United Kingdom will recognise the state of Palestine by September unless Israel take...

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Minnesota judge orders Nolosha to repay Somali families over failed housing project

Minnesota judge orders Nolosha to repay Somali families over failed housing project

JUL 29, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (HOL) — A Minnesota judge has ordered Nolosha Development and its CEO, Abdiwali Abdullahi, to repay Somali-American families ...

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Ahmed Rashid trial unfolds as Kenya faces reckoning on police violence

Ahmed Rashid trial unfolds as Kenya faces reckoning on police violence

JUL 29, 2025

NAIROBI, Kenya (HOL) — Former Kenyan police officer Ahmed Rashid appeared before the High Court in Nairobi this week, facing two counts of murder ov...

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