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(MENAFN) Residents of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, went to the polls on Thursday in local elections intended to set the stage for the nation’s first direct national vote in over fifty years.

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(MENAFN) Somalia's Defense Ministry announced Monday that national armed forces launched airstrikes against al-Shabab militants on the outskirts of Baidoa, killing 12 fighters and leaving several more wounded.

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(MENAFN) Somalia strongly rejected Israel’s recognition of its breakaway region, Somaliland, as an independent state, calling the move unlawful and a breach of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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(MENAFN) Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Ahmed Hassan Aden, welcomed a newly signed “Strategic Cooperation and Service Agreement” with Türkiye, emphasizing its potential to strengthen bilateral economic ties and benefit both...

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(MENAFN) The African Union (AU) on Sunday urged Somali leaders to engage in peaceful dialogue, cautioning that escalating tensions between the federal government and South West state could threaten the country’s stability, unity, and humanitarian...

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(MENAFN) Commercial air travel to Somalia’s South West state restarted Tuesday following a nearly two-week suspension that began on March 18, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Türkiye’s industrial group OYAK and Somalia’s Fisheries and Blue Economy Ministry signed a strategic cooperation and services agreement on Wednesday to collaborate in the fisheries sector.

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(MENAFN) The head of the United Nations nuclear monitoring agency called on Iran Tuesday to supply the information and inspection access required to verify its previously reported nuclear stockpiles, including 440 kilograms (970 pounds) of highly...

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(MENAFN) Somalia's prime minister has brushed aside US President Donald Trump's inflammatory statements targeting Somalia and Somali immigrants residing in America, local media outlets confirmed Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) Somali government forces killed more than 75 al-Shabaab fighters and injured another 56 during a prolonged confrontation in the southwestern Bay region, according to a Defense Ministry statement issued Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) announced on Saturday that it carried out two coordinated operations against the al-Shabaab militant group in central Somalia, resulting in the deaths of more than 22 insurgents.

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(MENAFN) The Somali military has captured a strategic area in southern Somalia that had been utilized as a refuge by the Al-Shabaab terror organization, the Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) Nearly 25% of Somalia’s population is grappling with severe hunger, with 1.85 million children under five now at risk of acute malnutrition, the World Food Program (WFP) warned on Thursday.

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(MENAFN) The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) has reaffirmed its determination to eliminate al-Shabaab’s insurgency and restore stability across the country, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) German authorities arrest a 21-year-old citizen at Frankfurt Airport over allegations that he attempted to join the Daesh terrorist organization abroad and planned a serious act of violence threatening national security, according to...

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(MENAFN) China announced on Tuesday that a fishing vessel hijacked by armed individuals off the coast of Somalia was successfully rescued on Monday, cautioning that efforts to disrupt relations between the two nations will not succeed, according...

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(MENAFN) Somalia is hurtling toward a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, with the number of people facing acute food insecurity projected to nearly double compared to last year as drought, armed conflict, and spiraling food prices converge,...

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(MENAFN) The African Union (AU) and Somalia have strongly condemned a deadly assault in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, which claimed at least 50 civilian lives and involved the abduction of women and children.

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(MENAFN) A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people was forced to make an emergency landing in the water near Mogadishu on Tuesday after veering off the airport runway.