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Ethiopia reaffirms backing for Somalia at UN gathering as peace mission faces $180 million shortfall
New York (HOL) — Ethiopia pledged continued support for Somalia’s peace and security process on Thursday, even as the African Union’s new stabil...
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Man wanted for smuggling firearms extradited from Kenya to the US
An Ivorian national accused of conspiring to smuggle firearms into West Africa has been extradited from Kenya to the United States....
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Kenya Defence Forces signs historic military cooperation pact with Ethiopia in Addis Ababa
Kenya and Ethiopia have signed a new Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA), 60 years after the first defence pact was signed in 1963, the year Kenya gai...
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Barca comes from behind after Reina's goal gives Oviedo first half lead
FC Barcelona came from behind to win 3-1 away to Oviedo on Thursday and stay two points behind Real Madrid at the top of La Liga....
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Omar Fateh’s Minneapolis mayoral campaign office vandalized with Islamophobic threat
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (HOL) — Minnesota state Sen. Omar Fateh, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmaker running for Minneapolis mayor, said his campaign ...
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Kenyan police arrest two Somali teens over viral flag desecration
NAIROBI, Kenya (HOL) — Kenyan police have arrested a second teenager accused of desecrating the national flag during last weekend’s CAF Champions ...
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Somali president warns world on ‘dark path,’ calls for global solidarity at UNGA80
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud warned Wednesday that the world is on a “dark and dangerous path” as rising nationalism...
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Somali government deploys troops near opposition homes as speaker warns of unrest
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s government on Thursday deployed armoured vehicles and heavily armed troops across Mogadishu, concentrating forces on r...
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NISA raids kill al-Shabab leaders in Hiiraan, Galgaduud and Lower Shabelle
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s intelligence service said Thursday that its forces, supported by international partners, carried out simultaneous oper...
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AFRICOM conducts airstrike on ISIS-Somalia in Puntland’s Golis range
Mogadishu (HOL) — U.S. Africa Command said it carried out an airstrike against Islamic State fighters in northern Somalia, striking caves in the Al ...
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