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UK issues alert as Somalia and Somaliland enforce conflicting visa rules under new e-visa system
Mogadishu (HOL) — The United Kingdom has warned its citizens to expect conflicting visa requirements across Somalia after the federal government’s...
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Boxer and model Ramla Ali returned to Kenya to give refugees hope
Somali-born boxer Ramla Ali has spent her life fighting — first for survival, then for change. From escaping Somalia’s civil war to stepping into ...
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Hormuud University, Somalia: Fifteen Years of Excellence
Hormuud University is a private, non-profit institution, established in 2010 by distinguished members of Hormuud Telecommunication Company (Hormuud Te...
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Amnesty: Somalia drought displaced thousands and revealed major rights failures
Mogadishu (HOL) — A four-year drought that emptied riverbeds, wiped out crops and killed entire herds across southern and central Somalia forced ten...
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Kenya’s miraa sector hit by 17% export slump to Somalia in first half of 2025
NAIROBI, Kenya (HOL) — Kenya’s miraa exports to Somalia fell 16.9 percent in the first half of 2025, dropping to 1.7 million kilograms from 2.1 mi...
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Somalia warns declining donor aid is slowing 2025 economic growth
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s finance minister says a steep decline in global development assistance has weakened the country’s economic outlook, ...
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Laftagareen urges Immediate end to deadly clan clashes in Wala-weyn
Baidoa (HOL) — Southwest State President Abdiasis Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen called Friday for an immediate halt to the deadly clan clashes in Wala-...
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Thousands of travelers potentially exposed in Somalia E-Visa data breach, U.S. embassy says
Mogadishu (HOL) — The United States Embassy in Mogadishu has issued a security alert warning that personal information belonging to thousands of tra...
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Somali cabinet approves media and cultural cooperation MoUs with Saudi Arabia
Mogadishu (HOL) - The Council of Ministers of the Federal Government of Somalia on Thursday approved two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Ki...
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Somaliland Central Bank denies Premier Bank role in Somalia’s E-Visa payment system
Hargeisa (HOL) - The Central Bank of Somaliland has clarified that Premier Bank Somaliland played no part in the Somali federal government’s E-Visa ...
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