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AMISOM troops secure Wanla Weyn on Afgooye – Baidoa corridor
Somali government forces with the support of AMISOM troops secured the strategic town of Wanla Weyn on the Afgooye to Baidoa corridor in lower Shabelle.Wanla Weyn is 93km from Mogadishu. The securing of this town
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Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds MP welcomes new Somali PM designate
Following news of the nomination of Mr Abdi Farah Shirdon ‘Saacid’ to the post of Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, the UK Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds MP, said yesterday evening:
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Somalia’s president names newcomer as PM
Abdi Shirdon has been a businessman in Kenya and is believed to be untainted by the country’s volatile clan politics. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia’s new president, has named Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid as the
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We will forever be grateful, says Somalia President
The people of Somalia will forever be grateful to Kenya for helping them liberate Kismayu and other towns in the south of the war-torn country. This is the passionate message to Kenyans from Somalia
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UK promises Somalia solid partnership
Britain will help Somalia build a more stable and prosperous future by boosting its public services and operations, officials said. International Development Secretary Justine Greening and minister for Africa Mark Simmonds made the announcement
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Kenya army enters Somali port of Kismayu
Kenyan troops from the African Union force in Somalia entered the southern port of Kismayu for the first time Monday, witnesses said, three days after launching a beach assault that led Islamist insurgents to
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Fear grips Kenya’s worshipers after grenade attack at church
Souce:Xinhua Fear engulfed worshippers in Kenya’s capital Nairobi after an explosive device blasted inside a Sunday school at an Anglican church near Eastleigh on the east of the city. The explosion at St
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AMISOM Condemns Targeted Assassination of Journalists
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Ambassador Boubacar Diarra has urged Somalia’s newly elected authorities to do more to protect journalists and promote the right to free
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AMISOM forces arrive in Kismayo
AMISOM troops have today successfully inserted into Kismayo, AMISOM Force Comm ander Lt-Gen Andrew Gutti confirmed this morning. Further AMISOM forces are making thei r way towards the city of Kismayo. AMISOM Force Commander,
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IFJ Welcomes UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Safety of Somali journalists as a Major Endorsement of Union’s Campaign
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today praised the United Human Rights Council for adopting a resolution on the “Assistance to Somalia in the Field of Human Rights” adopted by the 21st session of
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