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AMISOM condemns attack on UNCC compound in Mogadishu
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has strongly condemned today’s terrorist attack on the United Nations Common Compound in Mogadishu by Al-Shabaab
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Families displaced by fighting in Janale for help
Three hundred families displaced from their villages by fighting towards the west of Janale, Lower Shabelle region, are living in poor conditions in a makeshift camp. They fled a recent outbreak of fighting
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Kenyan police kill suspected militant in raid, seize arms
Kenya has suffered a series of grenade and gun attacks since it sent troops into neighboring Somalia in October 2011 in pursuit of insurgents it blames for kidnapping security personnel and Western tourists from
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AMISOM concludes Gender Workshop on drafting Somalia’s National Gender Policy
He Gender Unit of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) today concluded a four-day workshop on drafting Somalia’s National Gender Policy held in Kampala-Uganda at Golf Course Hotel. Participants identified key opportunities
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Kuwait Calls On Int”l Community To Support Somalia
Kuwait called on the international community to supports human rights in Somalia in the session of ethe UN’s Human Rights Council on Thursday. The international community has the duty of supporting Somalia in
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Tea shop bomb in Somali town kills at least seven
Regional capitals and Western donors are nervous of any reversal of security gains made in Somalia by African Union peacekeepers in the fight against al Qaeda-linked militants, seen as a threat to stability in
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SRSG KAY Visits Hargeisa
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary–General (SRSG) Nicholas Kay arrived in Hargeisa, Somaliland yesterday (13 June), to meet with His Excellency President Ahmed Mahamed Mohamud (Silaanyo) and officials of the Somaliland government.
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Charges Reinstated Against Alleged Pirate
The Somali man who helped pirates negotiate hostage ransoms should face claims of hostage taking, as well as aiding and abetting piracy, the D.C. Circuit ruled. “Ali Mohamed Ali, a Somali national, helped
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European Union officials visit Somalia
The European Union’s Political and Security Committee (PSC), the key body that contributes to define and monitor the EU’s crisis response as part of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, made its first
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AMISOM begins a four-day workshop on drafting Somalia’s National Gender Policy
Somalia will this week begin formulating and drafting its first National Gender Policy with a workshop aimed at exploring and developing gender-sensitive policy whilst providing a framework to the government that will encourage and
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