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Somalia: Dozens of Casualties in Suicide Blast

At least 15 people were killed in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, state television said, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in a restaurant that witnesses said was packed with local officials and politicians. A further 18 people were injured in the Beledweyne attack, the…

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At least seven people killed by blast in central Somalia

At least seven people were killed in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday after a suicide bomber blew themselves up in a restaurant packed with local officials and politicians, witnesses said.

Reuters

Exclusive-Voting delays risk starving Somalia of budget funds, says IMF

A key IMF-supported programme funding military wages and other essential services in Somalia could expire in May if there are any further delays to elections, the chief International Monetary Fund representative in the country said.

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Somalis in crowded camps on ‘brink of death’ as drought worsens

UN warns of looming catastrophe as hundreds of thousands more arrive at settlements that do not have enough food or water

The Guardian - UK

Somali doctors open war-scarred nation's only public blood bank

When Somalia's biggest bomb blast killed more than 500 people in 2017, Dr. Ahmed Abdikadir Mohamed watched helplessly as many of the injured bled to death.

Reuters

Five Killed as Gunfire, Explosions Rock Somali Capital

Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia's capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday, officials and the militants said, a show of force as the nation prepares for a much-delayed presidential election. State TV reported that five people, two of them children, were killed in two attacks,…

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Somalia says al-Shabab attack kills 6 outside capital

Authorities in Somalia say an attack by the al-Shabab extremist group has killed six people and wounded 16 on the outskirts of the capital of Mogadishu

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‘Men must be involved in the fight against girls being cut, it’s a violation’

Female genital mutilation cannot be considered solely a ‘women’s issue’ if it is to be stamped out by 2030, say male campaigners in Guinea, Somalia, Kenya and Nigeria

The Guardian - UK

Gunfire and explosions rock Somalia capital as terror group launch huge attack

Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, which aims to topple the central government and impose its severe interpretation of Islamic law, carries out frequent attacks against the government

Daily Mirror

Gunfire, explosions rock Somalian capital in militant attacks

Gunfire and explosions went off in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in the early hours of Wednesday as al Shabaab militants attacked police stations and security check points, the internal security minister said.

Reuters

Mystery over whereabouts of White Widow terrorist 10 years after she disappeared

Security analysts have told The Mirror the widowed wife of London 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay is probably being sheltered at a remote location in Somalia or Tanzania

Daily Mirror

Somalian held at RGIA, US $ 40,000 recovered

A Somalia national bound for Sharjah was intercepted by the Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, on Monday and recovered USD 40,000 from him.

The Hindu

Five reasons why militants are targeting Kenya's Lamu county

The frequency of terrorist attacks within Kenya’s Lamu County on the border with Somalia has been alarming. Frequent kidnappings there were the ostensible reason Kenya invaded Somalia in 2011. Three years later, the seaside county was the scene of a deadly attack in which 48 were killed during an Al-Shabaab…

The Conversation

Fleeing drought, hunger thousands trek to Somalia's capital

Thousands of desperate families have fled a severe drought across large parts of Somalia, seeking food and water in camps for displaced people outside the capital, Mogadishu

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Car bomb targeting Somalia election delegates kills six

A suicide bomber targeting a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia's parliamentary elections killed at least six people in Mogadishu on Thursday, the ambulance service said, while Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack

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Somalia hit by worst drought crisis in a decade: NGO

In a new report, Save the Children sounds alarm over humanitarian disaster as millions go hungry.

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Somaliland pitches 'huge' oil and gas potential during Taiwan trip

Somaliland has "huge" investment potential in untapped oil and gas reserves, the foreign minister of Somalia's breakaway region told Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday, pitching investment opportunities on a high-profile visit.

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U.S. restricts visa issuance for Somali officials accused of 'undermining democratic process'

The United States on Tuesday barred current or former Somali officials and others accused of undermining the democratic process in Somalia from traveling to the United States as Washington pushes for quick and credible elections in the Horn of Africa country.

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Taiwan to host Somaliland ministers in Africa diplomacy push

Taiwan will host a high-level delegation from Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region this week, the government said on Monday, as the island pursues diplomacy in Africa in the face of Chinese pressure to limit its international footprint.

The Independent UK

UAE welcomes Somali apology for seized cash, easing dispute

The United Arab Emirates has welcomed the Somali prime minister’s public apology for a Somali operation in 2018 that resulted in the seizure of Emirati aircraft and $9.6 million in cash, wrecking relations between the nations

The Guardian - AU

Covid news: UK health secretary says mandatory vaccination for NHS workers ‘no longer proportionate’ – as it happened

Sajid Javid says says mandatory jabs were ‘right policy at the time’ but announces review

Reuters

Taiwan tries hand at COVID diplomacy again with Somaliland vaccine gift

Taiwan's gift of 150,000 doses of its domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region, the Taiwanese foreign ministry said on Monday, part of the island's renewed pandemic diplomacy push.

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Somaliland's quest for recognition: UK debate offers hint of a sea change

While the rest of the Horn of Africa region is making waves on the battlefield, the tiny, self-declared republic of Somaliland has been having its presence felt where representative democracy and open debate lurk.

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AFRICOM: Al-Qaeda, ISIS Unity Efforts Threaten Lake Chad Basin

Last year, the US withdrawal from wars in Somalia and Afghanistan turned attention to other theaters of conflicts around the world to see if they, in turn, would witness similar US regression. Such a scenario poses risks threatening the fall of regimes and the growth of the influence of extremist…

Reuters

Four people killed, 10 hurt in suicide blast in Somali capital

At least four people were killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday in Somalia's capital Mogadishu in a suicide bombing at a tea-shop near a military base, state-run SONNA news agency said, and Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility.

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