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Somalia: Army, Elders Discuss Security Boost in Ceeldheer District
Shabelle Media Network
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August 25, 2025
Ceeldheer, Somalia – Somali National Army (SNA) commanders held a high-level meeting with traditional elders and local community representatives in Ceeldheer district to discuss efforts to strengthen security and stability in the region, officials...
Ex-Mogadishu police chief Re-elected to Parliament Seat in Galmudug By-election
Shabelle Media Network
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August 25, 2025
DHUUSAMAREEB, Somalia – Former Benadir police chief and prominent political figure Saadaq Omar Hassan, widely known as Saadaq Joon, has regained his seat in the Federal Parliament after winning the Hop248 constituency in Galmudug during a...
Poetry Africa explores social justice
Berea Mail
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August 25, 2025
FOLLOWING its resounding success last year, the 2025 edition of Poetry Africa, presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at UKZN, is descending on Durban once again. The date has been set for October 6-11 at Seabrooke’s Theatre. This year’s...
Eclipse experts' best travel tips for the total solar eclipse 2027
Space.com
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August 25, 2025
On Aug. 2, 2027, a total solar eclipse will cast its shadow from the Strait of Gibraltar through North Africa and into the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. During the eclipse, the sun's disk will be completely covered from our perspective on Earth...
Three-quarters of asylum seekers who first received supports in 2022 were working two years later
Irish Examiner
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August 25, 2025
More than three-quarters of asylum seekers who first began to receive supports in 2022 were working in some form two years later, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has said.In a release on the data it has gathered around International Protection...
Kenya Defence Forces Kill Five Al-Shabaab Fighters in Boni Forest Operation
Garowe Online
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Somalia: U.S. Military Assists Puntland in Ongoing Fight Against ISIS BOSASO, Somalia - The US Africa Command has yet again confirmed airstrikes in Puntland state, following a two-week joint operation with the Puntland Counter-Terrorism Forces...
Nigeria News13 minutes ago ‘Somalia, Sudan Will Be Child’s Play If Hunger Crisis Explodes In Nigeria’ – Mahdi Shehu Human rights activist and public commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has raised alarm over what he described as the worsening state of hunger in N…
Naija News
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August 25, 2025
Human rights activist and public commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has raised alarm over what he described as the worsening state of hunger in Nigeria, blaming decades of bad leadership for the country’s dire economic and social condition. In a statement...
Ask Ilhan Why Her Beloved Somalia Has Been Starving An ‘Infidel’ Mother And Child To Death
Clash Daily
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August 25, 2025
Less than 2 months ago, Ilhan Omar scolded Trump’s America for becoming one of the ‘worst’ counties. She should take a closer look at her beloved Somalia. Here’s Ilhan popping off about how badly America sucks this past June after the crackdown on...
Somali PM visits Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base in China’s Ningxia region
Shabelle Media Network
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August 27, 2025
YINCHUAN, China — Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, on Wednesday paid an official visit to the Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of the country’s leading industrial and energy hubs....
Mogadishu’s Uncompromising Road: A Traffic Chaos Unlike Any Other
Shabelle Media Network
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August 23, 2025
In most cities around the world, traffic jams are a frustrating but orderly affair—lanes are (mostly) respected, signals are (usually) obeyed, and drivers yield to emergency vehicles. But in Mogadishu, Somalia’s bustling capital, traffic operates...
Somalia’s Northeastern state lawmakers elect new parliamentary speaker
Shabelle Media Network
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August 23, 2025
LASANOD, Somalia – Lawmakers from Somalia’s newly established Northeastern state on Saturday elected Dr. Adan Abdullahi Aw-Hassan as speaker of the regional parliament, marking a key milestone in the formation of the federal member state. Dr. Adan...
Puntland Regional Forces Seize Key ISIS Positions in Bari Mountains: Officials
Shabelle Media Network
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August 27, 2025
BOOSAASO, Somalia – Puntland regional forces have launched a series of successful military operations against Islamic State militants entrenched in the rugged Cal Miskaad mountains, previously a key stronghold for the group in northeastern...
Asylum seeker living in Essex hotel 'called names' by worried residents
Essex Live
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August 24, 2025
A resident of a controversial Essex asylum seeker hotel, which is at the centre of protests, has pleaded for the demonstrations to end after the Home Office was ordered to curb their stay. Khadar Mohamed, 24, has said those living inside the Bell...
Denis Onyango recalled to Uganda Cranes for World Cup qualifiers
Observer
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August 27, 2025
Legendary goalkeeper and former captain Denis Onyango has been recalled to the Uganda Cranes national team for the crucial 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Mozambique and Somalia. This marks a significant return for the 39-year-old, who...
Somalia Enters Crucial Phase as FGS Term Nears End, Opposition Ramps Up Pressure
Shabelle Media Network
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August 23, 2025
Mogadishu, Somalia – Somalia’s Federal Government has entered the fourth and penultimate year of its constitutional mandate, with just eight months remaining in office, as contentious political debates over elections and constitutional reforms...
People: David Sousa named board president of Nevada Veterans Memorial Plaza
Northern Nevada Business Weekly
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August 27, 2025
The Nevada Veterans Memorial Plaza announces David Sousa as its new board president. A decorated U.S. Army veteran and lifelong advocate for veterans and their families, Sousa brings more than three decades of military and civic leadership to this...
BlueHorn Tea’s Yubi Hassan brews success selling aromatic Somali tea
Sahan Journal - Minnesota
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August 27, 2025
Stay informed. Sign up for Sahan Sunday, our weekly newsletter with Minnesota news you need to know. Yubi Hassan remembers the aroma of tea filling his grandmother’s house in Somalia as he spent long afternoons chatting with relatives and friends....
Gazans Tell The Media Line: Hamas Is Starving Us
Media Line
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August 24, 2025
Is famine in Gaza the result of war, blockade—or Hamas itself? In a powerful report for The Media Line, journalist Ahmed Abd al-Salam takes readers inside Gaza City, where despair collides with anger at Hamas’s rule. The UN is preparing to declare...
Concerns grow over Somalia’s electoral roadmap as opposition questions government’s transparency
Shabelle Media Network
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August 24, 2025
MOGADISHU, Aug 24 – Tensions are rising in Somalia as opposition leaders and civil society groups voice growing concern over the government’s commitment to holding a long-promised one-person, one-vote election before the end of its term by 2026....
Somalia, Japan Pledge Stronger Development Ties at TICAD-9 in Yokohama
Shabelle Media Network
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August 22, 2025
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Somalia and Japan have pledged to deepen their development cooperation following high-level meetings held during the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-9) in Yokohama. Somalia’s Minister of Planning,...