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Somalia introduces new tax law to boost revenue and cut reliance on foreign aid
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia introduced a new tax law at its annual tax forum this week, a reform officials say will modernize revenue collection and r...
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Somali-American doctor’s St. Cloud clinic serves 4,500 patients in first year
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — A Somali-American physician is tackling barriers to health care in central Minnesota, where thousands of immigrant familie...
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War in Lower Shabelle leaves hundreds living in misery near Afgoye
Hundreds of families displaced by conflict between government forces and Al-Shabaab in Barire, southern Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, are living ...
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Warwickshire police reject claim Nuneaton is ‘more dangerous than Somalia’ as crime figures released
LONDON, United Kingdom (HOL) — Warwickshire Police pushed back against a viral claim that Nuneaton is “more dangerous than Somalia,” pointing to...
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Somalia edges up in peace index but still near bottom globally
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s standing on the Global Peace Index has inched upward over the past decade after a low point early in the 2010s, and t...
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Somali intelligence kills senior al-Shabaab leaders in Hiiraan region
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), with support from international partners, has killed several senior ...
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Somali President receives credentials of new EU and Dutch Ambassadors
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday accepted the credentials of two newly appointed ambassadors during a ceremony ...
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Somali President meets new U.S. AFRICOM commander in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Wednesday with the new commander of U.S. Africa Command, Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, in ...
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Somali Novelist Nuruddin Farah honored by SOAS in London
Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah, one of Africa’s most distinguished literary figures, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by SOAS University of Lo...
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Influx of Somali regional forces sparks fear in Kenya
NAIROBI: Kenyans in a border region expressed fear on Wednesday over an influx of Somali regional fighters, pushed over the border following clashes w...
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