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Somali Ambassador presents credentials to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv

Somali Ambassador presents credentials to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv

NOV 06, 2025

Kyiv (HO) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has officially accepted the credentials of Somalia’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Ukraine, Ambas...

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Middle Shabelle villagers left stranded after river floods in Mahaday

Middle Shabelle villagers left stranded after river floods in Mahaday

NOV 06, 2025

Villagers north of Mahaday in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region have been cut off by river floods in September, leaving them lacking clean water, sho...

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Lobby seeks state intervention after two Kenyans go missing in Tanzania

Lobby seeks state intervention after two Kenyans go missing in Tanzania

NOV 06, 2025

Human rights organisation Vocal Africa has called on Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urgently intervene regarding two Kenyan citizens reporte...

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Barcelona draw at Club Brugge in six-goal Champions League thriller

Barcelona draw at Club Brugge in six-goal Champions League thriller

NOV 06, 2025

Spanish giants Barcelona needed to come from behind three times to earn a 3-3 draw at Club Brugge in the Champions League, with teenage winger Lamine ...

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Omar Fateh defeated by Frey as Minneapolis mayor wins third term

Omar Fateh defeated by Frey as Minneapolis mayor wins third term

NOV 05, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey won a third term Wednesday after a second round of ranked-choice tabulation pushed him just o...

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Somali singer Hodan Afrika, daughter die in Mayotte migrant boat tragedy

Somali singer Hodan Afrika, daughter die in Mayotte migrant boat tragedy

NOV 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali singer Hodan Aden, known to fans as Hodan Afrika, and her young daughter have died after a boat carrying Somali migrants ca...

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Somalia confirms Bosaso-Sudan flights as UAE network faces scrutiny

Somalia confirms Bosaso-Sudan flights as UAE network faces scrutiny

NOV 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s defence minister has confirmed that planes have been flying from Bosaso, the commercial hub of Puntland, to Sudan, the...

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Somali government denounces rape of 11-year-old girl in Hingalool, vows swift justice

Somali government denounces rape of 11-year-old girl in Hingalool, vows swift justice

NOV 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s federal government has condemned the brutal rape of an 11-year-old girl in Puntland, describing it as a “barbaric ac...

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Somali Democratic Alliance calls for delay of Banadir elections to ensure fairness and transparency

Somali Democratic Alliance calls for delay of Banadir elections to ensure fairness and transparency

NOV 05, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali Democratic Alliance (SDA), a coalition of 23 political organizations, has urged President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to dela...

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Minneapolis mayor’s race heads to second-round count as Frey holds lead over Fateh

Minneapolis mayor’s race heads to second-round count as Frey holds lead over Fateh

NOV 05, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey leads State Sen. Omar Fateh after the first round of voting in the city’s ranked-choice may...

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