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US Strikes Double Blow Against Al Qaeda in Libya and Somalia
In a set of two simultaneous stealth raids in Libya and Somalia, the United States military Saturday delivered a double blow against al Qaeda terror leaders. By far the most significant action, according to
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“Police discipline is the prerequisite of public confidence,” President declares, opening new training course for officers
H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, today opened a 45-day training course for 450 police officers in Mogadishu. The Minister of Interior & National Security, the Police Commissioner
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Foreign troops attack al-Shabaab Somalia stronghold
Foreign troops have October 5, 2013 attacked an al-Shabaab stronghold in the Somalia town of Barawe about 200 km south of Mogadishu, reports indicate. The unidentified foreign forces targeted a house situated close to
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President commemorates lives lost on twentieth anniversary of “Black Hawk Down”
His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today commemorated the Somali and American lives lost during the Battle of Mogadishu on 3-4 October 1993. “Twenty years ago Somalia was plunged into anarchy as the result
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‘They’re a menace to society’: 100 Somalis rally in Toronto to condemn Al-Shabab in wake of Kenya attack
The Somali-Canadian radio host behind a rally held Thursday to condemn Al-Shabab said the community could not remain silent in the wake of the Nairobi shopping mall attack that left more than 60 dead.
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Man Allegedly Beheaded Children In Somalia
Police in Somalia said Wednesday they were questioning a man accused of beheading four of his children more than three years after divorcing their mother. Omar Shire Hassan was apprehended late Tuesday by the
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IFJ Welcomes UN Resolution on Protection of Media Rights in Somalia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has welcomed the recent resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Somalia. According to IFJ records, Somalia is the deadliest country
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No evidence of ‘White Widow’ involvement in Kenya attack
The name of Samantha Lewthwaite, dubbed the White Widow by the British media, has been widely associated with the massacre in Nairobi, but there is no evidence of her involvement in the attack. Ms
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Somalia’s Said Arab: commissioner at FIFA beach soccer world cup Final
Somali Football federation Secretary General and Member of FIFA beach soccer committee Abdi Qani Said Arab has been appointed by the global football body as the commissioner of the FIFA beach soccer world cup
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29 dead in 3 days of Sudan riots
New protests broke out in Sudan on Thursday as medical officials said 29 people were killed in KHARTOUM New protests broke out in Sudan on Thursday as medical officials said 29 people were killed
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