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Somali region launches nearly $3 million water project in Qabridaharre town
Jigjiga (HOL) — Ethiopia’s Somali Regional Government on Sunday laid the foundation stone for a 407 million birr water purification plant in Qabri...
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Flood disaster hits Garissa as 10,000 families flee homes, thousands more at risk
Thousands of families have been forced out of their homes in Garissa County after raging floods triggered by heavy rains and rising water levels along...
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‘It’s like we went bankrupt overnight’: poorest Somalis suffer as piles of worthless shillings mount up
Banknotes are now so tattered that even buses refuse to accept them, as a dollarised economy and mobile phone payments push up the cost of essentials...
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Somalia’s Southwest State holds direct elections as opposition boycotts vote
Baidoa (HOL) — Voters in Somalia’s Southwest State began casting ballots Sunday in direct elections for the regional House of Representatives and ...
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Somali government defends protest limits as Mogadishu opposition standoff deepens
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s federal government on Sunday defended its decision to restrict planned opposition demonstrations in Mogadishu to a sin...
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Former Somali president says troops blocked access to his home ahead of Mogadishu protest
Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said Sunday that security forces had blocked roads leading to his home and prevented l...
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Somali region ruling party launches election campaign with rallies across Ethiopia’s east
Jigjiga (HOL) — Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State has officially launched campaigning for its seventh regional and national elections, with large r...
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Guardian reporter and colleagues detained and beaten by Somali police
A journalist who covered the case of a woman who said she was being tortured in prison was detained and beaten with pistols by Somali authorities, alo...
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Explainer: What is behind Sunday’s planned anti-government protests in Mogadishu?
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s opposition-aligned Somali Future Council vowed Saturday that planned demonstrations against forced evictions and demol...
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Six killed, several injured in gunmen attack on passenger vehicle in Mandera
At least six people were killed and several others injured after suspected gunmen ambushed a passenger vehicle in Mandera East Constituency on Saturda...
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