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Dozens Killed in Mogadishu Car Bombing
Mar 8, 2021 | 08:22 am[Shabelle] A suicide car bomb exploded just outside a restaurant near the port in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday, sending plumes of smoke into the sky and triggering gunfire, witnesses and state-owned media reported.
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AMISOM is saddened by the death of Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira
Mar 7, 2021 | 13:33 pmAMISOM will remember Ambassador Bwakira for his mediatory role between the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and other Somali ...
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Deadly Blast Hits Mogadishu Restaurant
Mar 6, 2021 | 20:24 pm[DW] Police suspect a suicide bomber blew up a car outside a popular restaurant in the capital city. Victims were still reportedly being pulled from the rubble through the evening.
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UN Condemns Blast in Somali Capital
Mar 6, 2021 | 14:02 pm[Shabelle] The UN mission in Somalia has strongly condemned the vicious Al-Shabaab attack on 5 March in Mogadishu.
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At least 10 Die in Bombing at Restaurant in Mogadishu
Mar 6, 2021 | 14:00 pm[Shabelle] A car packed with explosives rammed into a popular restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday night, and police said at least 10 people were killed and more than 30 wounded.
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Turkey Condemns Bomb Attack in Somalia
Mar 6, 2021 | 13:59 pm[Shabelle] Turkey on Friday condemned the deadly suicide car bomb attack that hit Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
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AMISOM lauds military Staff Officers for their contribution to security in Somalia
Mar 6, 2021 | 09:37 amMogadishu, Somalia – The African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM, on Thursday hosted 23 senior military staff officers serving at the Force ...
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Military Court Sentences Journalist Kilwe Adan Farah to Prison
Mar 5, 2021 | 12:34 pm[CPJ] Nairobi -- Prosecutors in Puntland, the semi-autonomous Somali region, must not appeal to lengthen the prison sentence of journalist Kilwe Adan Farah, and the authorities must desist from harassing or intimidating him and ensure that military courts are not[…]
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Talks On Electoral Process Collapse
Mar 5, 2021 | 12:32 pm[Shabelle] Talks between the Somali government and opposition presidential candidates have collapsed, but some progress in the negotiations has resulted in relative calm in the past few days, Prime Minister Mohamed Roble said Friday.
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Al-Shabaab Launches a Brazen Attack On Bosaso Police Jail
Mar 5, 2021 | 09:51 am[Shabelle] At least two people have been killed and three others wounded in an attack by suspected militants early Friday on a prison in the port city of Bosaso in Somalia's Bari province.
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Key Actors Commit to Smart Nutrition, Ensuring Faster Progress to Ending Malnutrition
Mar 5, 2021 | 08:50 am[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- In the world, 1 in 9 people are hungry or undernourished, and 1 in 3 adults are overweight or obese. Progress towards nutrition target is too slow, progress in Eastern and Southern Africa is too slow, according[…]
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Journalist Jamal Farah Adan Shot and Killed, Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility
Mar 5, 2021 | 08:23 am[CPJ] Nairobi -- Authorities in the Somali semi-autonomous region of Puntland should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Farah Adan and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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Somali, AU Military Chiefs Visit Troops to Plan Joint Operations
Mar 4, 2021 | 15:48 pm[Shabelle] Senior African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army (SNA) military chiefs visited the Ugandan troops in the southern region as part of efforts to plot joint operations against al-Shabab.
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UN - 20 Migrants Die After Thrown Overboard En Route to Yemen
Mar 4, 2021 | 15:48 pm[Shabelle] The International Organization for Migration says at least 20 migrants are dead after smugglers threw 80 overboard during a voyage from Djibouti in East Africa to Yemen.
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Al-Shabaab Executes 5 People for Spying
Mar 4, 2021 | 08:54 am[Shabelle] The Somali-based al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group al-Shabaab has executed five people in the southern town of Jilib in Somalia's Middle Juba region.
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Journalist Kilwe Adan's Conviction By Military Court a "Miscarriage of Justice", Rolls Back Puntland's Democratisation Process
Mar 4, 2021 | 08:54 am[Shabelle] The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) rejects in totality, the conviction of freelance journalist Kilwe Adan Farah today, by a military tribunal in Garowe, capital of Puntland State of Somalia.
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Somalia Imposes Strict Measures to Curb Spread of Covid-19
Mar 4, 2021 | 08:54 am[Shabelle] Somalia on Wednesday imposed strict measures to stem the second wave of COVID-19 in the country, banning large public gatherings for 30 days and closing schools and universities, government offices, and sports arenas for two weeks.
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Somalia Election Stalemate May Embolden Al-Shabaab
Mar 4, 2021 | 08:43 am[Nation] There is near-unanimity that Somalia is on the edge of a precipice due to an election stalemate created by outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmaajo" despite pressure from the Council of Presidential Candidates -- a formidable coalition led by former[…]
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Troops Kill 10 Al-Shabaab Militants
Mar 3, 2021 | 09:54 am[Shabelle] Somali National Army's(SNA) elite forces on Tuesday killed ten al-Shabab militants and injured several during a special operation near Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State in Somalia.
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MP Dies of Covid-19 in Mogadishu
Mar 3, 2021 | 09:54 am[Shabelle] A member of the Somali national assembly Ahmed Dhimbil has passed away after contracting the Covid-19 in Mogadishu.
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Maritime Border Row With Somalia Threat to Lapsset
Mar 3, 2021 | 09:25 am[Nation] The ongoing Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor project that is billed to become East Africa's light to economic growth is walking a tightrope. Kenya is the third-largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Horn of Africa's top. But[…]
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Opposition Accuses Farmaajo of Sidelining It, Again
Mar 3, 2021 | 07:08 am[East African] Somalia's opposition group on Tuesday accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo of undermining reconciliation after his office invited election stakeholders for dialogue, but excluded his rivals.
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Somalia Seeks to Reintroduce Covid-19 Restrictions
Mar 2, 2021 | 12:04 pm[Shabelle] The Somali Ministry of Health on Monday said it's planning to reintroduce COVID-19 restriction measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus amid the resurgence of infections across the country.
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Somali Premier Appoints Committees to Probe Clashes
Mar 2, 2021 | 12:04 pm[Shabelle] Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble appointed two committees late Monday to investigate clashes on Feb. 19 between government forces and opposition protesters in the capital Mogadishu.
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Deadlier 2nd Wave Makes Face Masks Mandatory in Somalia
Mar 2, 2021 | 09:00 am[Shabelle] Somalia on Monday made the face masks mandatory after rising in COVID-19 cases amid a deadlier second wave.
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Uganda Recalls 1,000 Retired Soldiers for Deployment in Somalia
Mar 1, 2021 | 13:49 pm[Shabelle] More than 1,000 Uganda People's Defense Forces - UPDF soldiers under the Reserve Forces have been recalled for deployment in Somalia.
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Hearing Kenya-Somalia Case On Zoom Insecure
Mar 1, 2021 | 13:49 pm[Shabelle] Covid-19 pandemic has stretched its virulent hands over all aspects of life, threatening to wring the productivity out of anything that doesn't employ the necessary steps to adapt and evolve to the "new normal".
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Hope Versus Despair in Somalia - the Internationally Imposed Ethnic 'Solution' Has Failed Dismally
Mar 1, 2021 | 11:10 am[Daily Maverick] The supposed solution to more than three decades of civil war in Somalia is a tribal-based political scheme sanctioned by the African Union, the international community and the dominant Somali elite. The fundamental political effect of these divisions[…]
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EAC Heads of State Delay Somalia's Application to Join Bloc
Mar 1, 2021 | 10:10 am[Dalsan Radio] The leaders of the East Africa Community (EAC) bloc have agreed to delay the verification of Somalia's application to join the bloc.
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District Commissioner Survives Bomb Blast in Mogadushu
Mar 1, 2021 | 10:10 am[Dalsan Radio] Yaqshid district commissioner Abdullahi Ahmed Arif has narrowly survived an attempt on his life after a roadside bomb struck his convoy.
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Bomb Blast Targets Local District Commissioner in Mogadishu
Mar 1, 2021 | 10:07 am[Shabelle] A landmine explosion in the Somali capital targeted a local district commissioner in the second bomb blast in Mogadishu city on Sunday, police said.
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Al-Shabaab Militants Dead in Army Operation
Mar 1, 2021 | 10:07 am[Shabelle] At least nine al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in Somalia Sunday when the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group mounted an attack Sunday morning on an army base in the country's southwest.
