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Opinion - Frikado

The Death of President Morsi Means Much for the Muslim World - Mohamed Ibrahim
Potential Risks and Rewards of Sino-Somalia Fishing Agreement - Mohamed Amin
BELEDWEYNE MASSACRE: Remembering victims on the 10th anniversary of the terror attack - M. Omar Hashi & B. Omar Hashi
Guban View: We should not let Wadani party hold Somaliland elections hostage with frivolous demands - Ali-Guban Mohamed
The Father of African Democracy - Mohamed Abdullahi Ahmed
US, EU, and UN Abandoned Joint Support to Democratic Governance in Somalia - Dr. Mohamud M Uluso
Jubaland: Kenya’s last desperate throw of the dice ahead of ICJ court ruling - HASSAN YUUSUFWAAL
From 4.5 System to Proportional Representation (PR 101) - Aden Hire
Somali politicians must think of Community Engagement beyond Ramadan - L. Obsiye & S. Hussein
Mental Health issues in the Somali spoken territories and in the Somali Diaspora - Dr. Fatuma S. Ali Jiumale

US diplomat succeeds ousted UN envoy for Somalia

A former US special representative to Somalia who also served as Washington's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was named Thursday to be the next United Nations envoy to Somalia, replacing an emissary who was expelled four months ago.

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Trump finally admits Russia helped get him elected - Vox
Egypt and Somalia share African poetry prize - Brunel University
Sudan Rebel Leader Returns Home Despite Death Sentence - VOA
US only seeks to weaken Shabaab to reach political settlement - Daily Nation
South Africa’s president names Cabinet that is 50% women - AP
How Does Swimming Keep You Fit? - Livestrong
Ethiopian pilot pleaded for training weeks before Max crash - AP
Boeing 737 Max won't fly again before August, says airline trade body - The Guardian
Rural women access health centres in remote parts of Somaliland - Radio Ergo
Mueller declares his Russia report did not exonerate Trump - AP
US airstrikes interrupt ISIS and al-Shabaab battleground - Miltary Times
Security forces kill 4 al-Shabab fighters in southern Somalia - Xinhua
Regional partnership underway to help Somalia enforce the ban on illegal charcoal trade - UN Environment
Seychelles Supreme Court charges 5 suspected Somali pirates - Seychelles News Agency

Somali News Update -Wednesday - May 29, 2019

Kenya bans unaccompanied cargo from Somalia

NAIROBI (HOL) - The Kenyan Government has said that it will not allow unaccompanied luggage to be ferried into the country on flights from Somalia.

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Somali News Update -Tuesday - May 28, 2019

Somalia President Farmaajo snubs JKIA, again

In what could be now a diminishing relationship between Kenya and Somalia, President Mohammed Farmaajo on Monday snubbed Kenyatta International Airport on his way to Mogadishu

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Somali News Update -Monday - May 27, 2019

Ethiopia sorry for map which wipes out Somalia

Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it "sincerely regrets" that a map of Africa which incorporated Somalia into Ethiopia had "crept on its website".

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