Security
UN Security Council renews mandate of peacekeeping force in Somalia for another year
New York (HOL) – The United Nations Security Council has unanimously renewed the mandate of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in S...
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Man sentenced to life for planning 9/11-style attack on Atlanta's Bank of America Plaza, prosecutors say
A Kenyan man will spend the rest of his life in prison for plotting what prosecutors called a "9/11-style attack" on Atlanta's tallest building on beh...
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Garissa MP demands probe in controversial death of taxi driver
A row is brewing up in Garissa between a section of leaders and community members on one hand and police on the other following the death of a taxi dr...
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Somali police arrest 11soldiers for carrying weapons illegally in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Police Force has arrested 11 soldiers who were caught illegally carrying weapons in central Mogadishu on Tuesday, authoriti...
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Third National Cybersecurity Forum opens in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) – The Third National Cybersecurity Forum officially opened in Mogadishu on Monday to strengthen Somalia’s digital security ecosyst...
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Somalia, Egypt pledge to deepen cooperation on security, development
Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdisalam Abdi Ali, met with his Egyptian counterpart, Dr. Badr Ab...
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Kenyan doctor held by Al-Shabaab appeals to UN, President Ruto for release
Mogadishu (HOL) - A Kenyan doctor Ambrose Kimiti who was part of a United Nations (UN) medical evacuation team operating in Somalia, has released a vi...
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Somali, Djiboutian Defense Ministers hold talks in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Defense Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi on Wednesday held talks in Mogadishu with Djibouti’s Minister of Defense, Hassan Omar Mo...
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NISA operation kills Al-Shabaab fighters in Hiiraan region
Beledweyne (HOL) - Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) forces, with support from international partners, carried out a planned sec...
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Somalia hosts 35th Eastern Africa Standby Force security chiefs meeting
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia on Tuesday hosted the 35th regular session of the Committee of Defence and Security Chiefs of the Eastern Africa Standby F...
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