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Somalia’s universal suffrage plan could run into headwinds
Somalia’s new radical proposals, meant to upend the country’s political system from parliamentary to presidential, are raising a storm, and…
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Crime Africa
Al-Shabab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Somalia – Museveni
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in an al-Shabab attack on a base housing…
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Region rallies to Somalia’s defence in fight with Al-Shabaab
Somalia has received another round of endorsement from neighbours to pursue Al-Shabaab after leaders met in Kampala, where President Yoweri…
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Somalia drought may have killed 43,000 in 2022, half under 5 – UN
Somalia’s ongoing record drought may have killed as many as 43,000 people last year, and half of them were children…
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Crime Africa
Somalia seizes key port town from Al Shabaab
Somalia government troops, local state forces and militia have captured an Al-Shabaab stronghold, a former pirates’ haven along the Indian…
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Crime Africa
Somalia wants even more drone strikes against the Shabaab
This week, President Hassan gathered federal state leaders in the capital to re-establish unity in the long-running fight to eliminate…
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News Africa
Horrific video captures moment plane crashed in Somalia
A turboprop plane carrying 36 passengers and crew flipped on its back and caught fire after crash-landing Monday at the…
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30 Burundian AU soldiers killed in al-Shabab attack in Somalia
At least 30 Burundian soldiers were killed and 20 others injured in Tuesday’s attack by al-Shabab militants on an African…
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Crime Africa
Two killed in twin Al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia
Al-Shabaab militants launched simultaneous attacks on police stations around Somalia’s capital Mogadishu overnight, killing two girls and wounding over a…
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Somalia’s Puntland region executes 21 al-Shabab fighters
IMAGE COPYRIGHTAFPimage captionThe Somali government has been fighting al-Shabab for more than a decade Twenty-one men have been executed in…
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