Politics
Somali president meets Swedish minister as deportations face scrutiny
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Tuesday with a senior Swedish delegation in Mogadishu to discuss strengthening bilatera...
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Opposition delegations begin arriving in Kismayo ahead of Somali opposition conference
Kismayo (HOL) - The first delegation of Somalia’s opposition groups arrived in Kismayo on Tuesday ahead of the Somali Opposition Conference, which i...
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Somalia launches first national reports on SDG environmental and energy indicators
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s National Bureau of Statistics on Monday launched the country’s first official reports tracking environmental and ene...
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Somalia’s Senate approves accountancy law changes, passes juvenile justice bill
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Upper House of Parliament on Monday approved amendments to the Somali Accountants Authority law and passed the Juvenil...
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Sweden pushes ahead with Somali deportations despite questions over redirected aid
Mogadishu (HOL) — Sweden will continue deporting Somali nationals whose asylum claims have been rejected, Migration Minister Johan Forssell said, de...
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Somalia appoints new commerce and public works ministers in cabinet reshuffle
Mogadishu (HOL) — Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre dismissed two federal ministers on Saturday and appointed new replacements in a focused reshuffle ...
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Nearly 200,000 Banadir voters receive cards as election deadlines tighten
Mogadishu (HOL) — Nearly 200,000 registered voters in Banadir have received their official voting cards ahead of the Dec. 25 local council elections...
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Somalia’s parliament advances police reform bill after first reading in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s House of the People on Saturday finished its first reading of a bill that would reshape the legal framework guiding th...
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Somali Electoral Commission Confirms 20 political organizations for Banadir local council elections
Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali National Electoral Commission announced on Thursday night that 20 political organizations have officially completed and submi...
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Former President Sharif says Kismayo meeting aims to unite opposition, not form new government
Mogadishu (HOL) - Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said on Friday that the agenda of the upcoming opposition coalition meeting in Kismayo i...
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