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Puntland rejects SSC-Khaatumo administration, citing legal grounds
Garowe (HOL) — Puntland authorities have declared that they do not recognize the SSC-Khaatumo administration, asserting that there is no legal basis...
Read More »Somali Defense Minister, new UK Ambassador discuss security cooperation in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Minister of Defense Ahmed Moalim Fiqi met Wednesday with the newly appointed British Ambassador to Somalia, Charles Nichola...
Read More »Somalia’s First Lady Marwo Sahro participates in historic voter ID registration
Somalia’s First Lady Marwo Sahro Omar Hassan has officially registered as a voter in a landmark national exercise, marking a pivotal step in the cou...
Read More »First water, toilets, lighting for Mogadishu IDP camp families
Khadija Dahir Mahmoud and her five children now have access to free, clean water and their first toilets in Warcaasho internal displacement camp, in M...
Read More »Blast kills three Kenyan soldiers on road near Somali border
A blast has killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border, the military said....
Read More »US says 'specific steps' agreed to end Syria violence after Israeli strikes hit Damascus
Israel's military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria for a third day on Wednesday, as deadly secta...
Read More »Al-Shabab offensive sparks militia mobilization near Jalalaqsi
Beledweyne (HOL) — A tense standoff is unfolding in central Somalia after Al-Shabab militants began mobilizing near Ceel Baraf in an apparent attemp...
Read More »Ethiopia arrests 82 ISIS suspects trained in Somalia’s Puntland region
Mogadishu (HOL) — Ethiopian security forces have arrested 82 individuals accused of plotting terror attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group (I...
Read More »Israel strikes Syrian military HQ in Damascus as fighting rages in Suwayda
Israel has struck the headquarters of the Syrian military and close to the presidential palace in the capital Damascus, compounding a volatile situati...
Read More »Puntland soldiers killed in clashes with ISIS in Bari region
Bosaso (HOL) — Several Puntland soldiers were killed on Tuesday in heavy fighting with ISIS militants in the Calmiskaad Mountains of the Bari region...
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