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African Union opens 50th anniversary celebrations
African leaders on Saturday opened celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa’s myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. African Union Chairman
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Press releases on Polio outbreak from Somali authorities
The first confirmed case of the Wild Poliovirus in more than six years has been reportedin Somalia. The case occurred in a two-year old girl from the capital Mogadishu As polio is an infectious
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Canadian sisters on front lines of rebuilding Somalia
Ottawa-raised sisters Ilwad Elman, 23, and Iman Elman, 21, pose inside the Elman Peace Centre, a rape crisis shelter in Mogadishu. Ilwad works at the centre, while Iman is a commander in the Somali
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Somalia lists 1,345 foreigners in Mogadishu
The Government of Somalia has registered,1,345 foreigners in the capital Mogadishu, official said. General Abdullahi Gafow Mohamoud, the Director of Immigration and Citizenship of Somalia, stated those listed included diplomats, NGOs staff and business
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Fight for Somalia turns town to dust
Once a bustling haven away from Mogadishu’s battles, Elasha Biyaha has almost become a ghost town as residents flee. In a town not far from Mogadishu, vehicles slow to a crawl to negotiate the
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Iranians to pay $1m for illegal fishing in Somalia
A court in northeastern Somalia’s Puntland state has slapped 92 people with nearly $1 million fine for illegal fishing. The lower court in Bossaso, about 1,500 northeast of Mogadishu, imposed $100,000 fines on the
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Somali central bank chief has experience of troubled jurisdictions
Governor of Somalia’s Central Bank Abdusalam Omer. Picture WHEN the District of Columbia was in a financial crisis in the 1990s, Somali-born Abdusalam Omer joined a team that turned its “junk” bonds into investment
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Fragile hope for Somalia
Why now? It’s a rare day anyone can say the future looks bright for Somalia, but for the first time in years, the state preyed on by jihadis, pirates and warlords has a
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Seychelles cells: The Somali pirates ‘jailed in paradise’
There are more than 1,000 convicted Somali pirates in prisons around the world. Some of them end up in a UN-funded jail on the tiny island nation of Seychelles. The Indian shopkeepers along the
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Somalia:Land mine explosion at roadside in outskirt of Mogadishu
Somalia:Land mine explosion at roadside in outskirt of Mogadishu Two s land mine attacks aimed at federal government troops occurred early morning near the ministry of defense offices in Mogadishu. Eye witness confirmed that
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