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Somalia outlines new government’s impending 100 days work

Prime Minister Sharmarke closes 2-day Government Agenda Harmonization Workshop Mogadishu (BARTAMAHA) – H.E Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke today addressed participants at the end of a 2-day government workshop aimed at finalizing the administration’s priority activities. The workshop attended … read more »

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Somali boy kidnapped and beaten by traffickers who raped pregnant woman on Italy migration

The Independent — The teenager was kidnapped, beaten and ransomed and saw female migrants get repeatedly raped by men who preyed on their desperation and helplessness. Ismail, not his real name, is one of more than 8,000 migrants who have … read more »

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Scientists Urge East Africa Get Ready for Global Warming

VOA – NAIROBI— As the world gears up for a new global treaty on climate change in December this year, experts warned that millions of people around East Africa are faced with grave risks from changing disease patterns to extreme weather … read more »

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Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Somalia

Ms Harriet Mathews OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Somalia. Ms Harriet Mathews OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Somalia in succession to Mr Neil Wigan, who will be transferring … read more »

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Qaar kamid ah shaqaalaha Dekedda Muqdisho oo ka cabanaya shaqo joojin lagu sameeyey

Muqdisho(Bartamaha)  Qaar kamid ah shaqaalaha Muruq maalatada ah ee ka xoogsada Dekedda weyn ee magaalada Muqdisho ee caasimadda Soomaaliya ayaa ka cabanaya shaqo joojin lagu sameeyey. Shaqaalahan cabanaya ayaa ku eedeeyey qaar ka mid ah masuuliyiinta Dekedda weyn ee magaalada … read more »

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Somalia: Al Shabaab Ignored And Abandoned

Strategy Page – March 15, 2015: Defectors and captured al Shabaab members report that that group’s leaders are dismayed that other Islamic terror groups like ISIL (al Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant) in Syria and Boko Haram in Nigeria are … read more »

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Who wants Mandera Governor Ali Ibrahim Roba dead?

Daily Nation — A wave of deadly attacks launched by Al-Shabaab and long-standing conflicts among rival clans threaten to turn Mandera County into a killing field. Despite assurances from the government that the county is safe, the militants, who have … read more »

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Midwives in China-built hospital bring solace to Somali women

(Xinhua) MOGADISHU — When China constructed the maternity wing of Somalia’s biggest public referral hospital four decades ago, little did they know that this department would stand to be the source of hope for Somali mothers.The dream of providing quality and … read more »

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Madaxweynaha Soomaaliland oo isku shaandhayn cusub ku sameeyey golihiisa wasiirada

Hargeysa(Bartamaha) Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyada Somaliland Mudane Axmed Maxamed Silaanyo waxa uu digreeto madaxweyne oo summadeedu tahay JSL/M/XERM/249-3082/032015, uu ku magacaabay saddex wasiir, laba wasiiru-dawle, agaasime guud, Gudoomiyaha banka dhexe, Gudoomiye ku xigeenka Gobolka hawd iyo Maareeye ku xigeenka Wakaalada Biyaha, isla … read more »

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U.S. Targets Shabab Unit in Somalia

New York Times – WASHINGTON — The United States has carried out airstrikes against a senior member of the Shabab extremist group who is believed to have helped plan the 2013 attack on the Westgate mall in Kenya, American officials said Friday. Pentagon … read more »

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SOMALIA: FM Dr. Hadliye: Djibouti and Ethiopia to support Somalia counter terrorism

Djibouti (BARTAMAHA) Somalia foreign minister Dr. Abdusalam Hadliye unveils additional support deal singed with Djibouti and Ethiopia, allowing Somalia counter terrorism more stiffer, RBC Radio reports. Dr. Abdusalam Hadliye, Somalia’s foreign minister, who has just returned from Djibouti disclosed that Ethiopia and … read more »

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Death toll rises to four in Mandera attack, Says Official

Mandera – NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) – An attack by suspected Somali Islamist gunmen on a convoy of a Kenyan state governor killed three police officers and a regional elder, a regional official said on Saturday. Gunmen attacked the convoy of Ali … read more »

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Video: Facing death row in Somalia

Al Jazeera – Somalia’s government has executed more people than any other country in Sub Saharan Africa, according to Amnesty International.It says more than 150 death sentences have been handed down since 2013 and 86 people have been executed.Al Jazeera’s Hamza … read more »

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Somalia: People with disabilities exploited, raped and abused

Amnesty International – More than two decades of conflict, inadequate health services and discrimination have left people with disabilities in Somalia at risk of forced marriage, violence, rape and repeated forced evictions, said Amnesty International in a new briefing published today. … read more »

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Kenya: Three dead in attack on Mandera Governor Ali Roba’s convoy

Daily Nation – At least three people, including two policemen, died on Friday in an attack on Mandera County Governor Ali Roba’s convoy on the Mandera-Arabia road. A former chairman of the Mandera County Council was also killed when two vehicles … read more »

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Suspected drone attack kills three Somali militants

Reuters – MOGADISHU – A suspected drone attack killed three members of Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist rebel group on Thursday in southern Somalia while they were driving in a car, residents said.Al Shabaab made no immediate comment and there was no … read more »

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A new homeland: OSU advisor’s return to his native Somalia reveals a nation on the rebound

Gazette Times — Ismail Warsame still bears a scar over his eyebrow from when he was 6 years old living in Beledweyne, Somalia, and he woke up to a 7-foot warhead plowing through his house and exploding next door — … read more »

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Edmonton: Man’s death on 118 Avenue a homicide, police say

EDMONTON (Global News) — Edmonton police have confirmed the death of a man earlier this week was a homicide. Police say Mohamed Ahmed Adam died from gunshot wounds. The 33-year-old’s body was discovered outside a north-central Edmonton business early Monday … read more »

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Sources: US Drone Strike Targets Somali Militant Commander

AFP – Sources in Somalia are reporting an apparent U.S. drone strike against a vehicle carrying officials from militant group al-Shabab.Somali officials and individuals close to al-Shabab told VOA’s Somali Service the drone attacked a vehicle late Thursday outside the southwestern … read more »

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Local Filmmakers Making Documentary About Somali School

Falls Church News-Press – Something had changed in Harry Lee, who had just gotten back from three years working at Abaarso School of Science and Technology, a boarding school in a tiny village in northwest Somalia. Opened in 2009 by a … read more »

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