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Ahmed Rashid trial unfolds as Kenya faces reckoning on police violence
NAIROBI, Kenya (HOL) — Former Kenyan police officer Ahmed Rashid appeared before the High Court in Nairobi this week, facing two counts of murder ov...
Read More »OLF-OLA slams Somali region’s restructuring as political provocation
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HOL) — Ethiopia’s Oromo Liberation Front (OLF-OLA) has condemned the Somali Regional State’s newly approved restructuri...
Read More »Drowning of 3 Somali teens in Finland sparks grief, safety calls
HELSINKI, Finland (HOL) — Three Somali-Finnish teenagers drowned last Friday while swimming at Kalajoki’s Hiekkasärkät beach, prompting widespre...
Read More »‘Nobody thinks about Rochester’: Somali-American team earns respect on national stage
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (HOL) — The squeak of sneakers echoed through Renton High’s gym as Rochester’s Somali-American team, one of the smallest ...
Read More »AU names Karie deputy head of AUSSOM
Mogadishu (HOL) — Ambassador Mouktar Osman Karie has officially assumed the post of Deputy Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African ...
Read More »Kuwait urges global support for Somalia’s recovery at OIC meeting in Doha
DOHA, Qatar (HOL) — Kuwait has urged the international community to coordinate efforts in support of Somalia’s rebuilding and reconciliation proce...
Read More »Somaliland defends Taiwan maritime deal after China calls it violation of sovereignty
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somaliland has defended its recent maritime agreement with Taiwan after China labelled the deal a violation of its sovereignty, sa...
Read More »Taiwan rejects China’s claims over Somaliland maritime deal
Mogadishu (HOL) — Taiwan has rejected China’s condemnation of its recent maritime cooperation agreement with Somaliland, calling Beijing’s objec...
Read More »Somali federal, Jubbaland forces clash in Beled Hawo for fourth time in 10 days
Mogadishu (HOL) — Heavy fighting broke out Tuesday in the town of Beled Hawo, as Somali federal forces and troops aligned with the Jubbaland adminis...
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