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Baidoa residents applaud Norway’s commitment to infrastructural development in the region. - Mohamed Sheikh Nor
Is Nicholas Haysom a Victim of U.S. ‘Dual Track’ Policy on Somalia? - International Policy Digest
Getting it wrong again: UN diplomacy is failing Somalia - Daily Nation
2018 HOL Person of the Year: Mustafe Muhumed Omer (Cagjar) - HOL Editorial
Shaqsiga Sannadka 2018 ee HOL: Mustafe Muxumed Cumar (Cagjar) - Tafatirka Hiiraan Online
The Dangers of Misplaced Allegiance. - Ibrahim Abikar Noor, Ph.D.
2019 will be the worst year of Donald Trump’s life - LAtimes
A giant step forward for Muslim women is finally here - Rafia Zakaria
Waa kuwama lixda shaqsi ee ugu cadcad Musharaxiinta Puntland - Farah Aw-Osman
Legalizing Stolen Fish - Abdiaziz Hassan Giyaajo Amalo

AU condemns yesterday's attack on AMISOM base camp in Mogadishu

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, has condemned yesterday’s mortar attack on AMISOM Basecamp in Mogadishu, Somalia.

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Australia closes controversial detention centre - AFP
Sudan: Calls grow for Omar al-Bashir to step down - AlJazeera
British MPs, lawyers request visit to detained Saudi activists - AlJazeera
Two Migrants Were Discovered Inside Mattresses Trying to Cross the Spanish Border - Time
These are the world's biggest billionaire winners and losers of the year - Bloomberg
Tougher penalties for texting and driving in Ontario start Jan. 1 - CBC News
Sharp rise in air crash deaths in 2018 - BBC
KDF kills 7 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia - Daily Nation

Somali News Update -Tuesday - January 1, 2019

UN Envoy declared Persona non-grata in Somalia

MOGADISHU (HOL) - The Somalia government through the Ministry of foreign affairs has declared UN's envoy Nickolas Haysom to be person non grata in the country.

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Somalia Military Executes 6 Militants Without Trial - VOA
3 injured in mortar attack on UN compound in Somalia - Xinhua
RECAP: A look back at Somali journalists struggling to survive media attacks - NUSOJ
UK, EU and Germany suspend Financial aid towards soldiers in South West State over arrest of Mukhtar Robow - HOL
Measles kills two in Wajir County - Daily Nation
Puntland Selects only one Female Parliamentarian - HOL
Abiy Ahmed: The Ethiopian Prime Minister who captured Africa's imagination - CNN
Dubai stocks limp to end of worst year since financial crisis - Aljazeera
Germany has big plans for UN Security Council seat - Dw
Houthis stole food 'from the mouths' of hungry Yemenis: UN - Aljazeera
Glorified and Vilified, Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar Tells Critics: ‘Just Deal’ - The New York Times
Mayweather stops Nasukawa in 1st round, flooring him 3 times - AP
Arab Parliament Speaker Welcomes Establishment of Group of Red Sea States - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
From ESL Student to Canadian Novelist: Interview with Author Fartumo Kusow - MuslimLink
S.African, Tanzanians among suspected jihadist leaders in Mozambique - The East Africa

Somali News Update -Monday - December 31, 2018

Big win for people living with disability as Farmajo signs law

MOGADISHU (HOL) - The National Disability Agency bill that seeks to serve people with disability in equality has been assented by President Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo. The bill was approved by the country's bicameral parliament.

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