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Somali government mobilizes troops to retake Aden Yabaal in Middle Shabelle region

Somali government mobilizes troops to retake Aden Yabaal in Middle Shabelle region

AUG 02, 2025

Jowhar (HOL) – Somali government is preparing to launch a major military offensive to retake Aden Yabaal district in the Middle Shabelle region from...

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Somali Interior Minister vows support for new Northeast Regional Administration

Somali Interior Minister vows support for new Northeast Regional Administration

AUG 02, 2025

Las Anod (HOL) – Somali federal government has reaffirmed its support for the newly formed Northeast Somali Regional State, following the conclusion...

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Somali refugees in crisis in Dadaab as women’s jobs disappear amid aid cuts

Somali refugees in crisis in Dadaab as women’s jobs disappear amid aid cuts

AUG 02, 2025

Somali women earning a living in traditional house plastering have been put out of work by the shrinking of the overall social economy in Dadaab refug...

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Uhuru, Ruto reunite publicly for DRC peace talks

Uhuru, Ruto reunite publicly for DRC peace talks

AUG 02, 2025

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and his successor William Ruto were on Friday publicly seen together for the first time since their December 9, 2024 m...

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Trump envoy visits Gaza aid sites as Israel accused of starvation policy

Trump envoy visits Gaza aid sites as Israel accused of starvation policy

AUG 02, 2025

United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has travelled to Gaza to inspect aid distribution as pressure mounts on Israel ...

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Afar party warns Somali region's restructuring threatens fragile peace, violates borders

Afar party warns Somali region's restructuring threatens fragile peace, violates borders

AUG 01, 2025

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HOL) — The Afar People’s Party (APP) has accused Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State of violating territorial boundaries wit...

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Play exploring Somali identity, family ties debuts at Minnesota Fringe Festival

Play exploring Somali identity, family ties debuts at Minnesota Fringe Festival

AUG 01, 2025

What happens when the eldest daughter in a Somali household decides to leave home for the first time?...

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U.S. offers $5 million reward for al-Shabaab commander tied to Kampala and Westgate attacks

U.S. offers $5 million reward for al-Shabaab commander tied to Kampala and Westgate attacks

AUG 01, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — The United States is offering a combined reward of $8 million for information leading to the arrest of Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir...

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Houthis sink aid ship from Somalia, detain 10 crew members

Houthis sink aid ship from Somalia, detain 10 crew members

AUG 01, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked and sank a merchant vessel carrying humanitarian aid from Somalia earlier this month, killing at ...

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Puntland captures foreign ISIS fighters fleeing Cal-Miskaad mountains

Puntland captures foreign ISIS fighters fleeing Cal-Miskaad mountains

AUG 01, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Puntland security forces have arrested two foreign ISIS fighters who fled into the mountainous Kalabayr area following a major mil...

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