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Somalia’s president signs law extending own term for 2 years
Apr 14, 2021 10:47Somalia’s president has signed a contentious law passed by the lower house of the parliament that extends his term for two more years.
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Somali military kills 76 Shabab militants in attack on army bases
Apr 04, 2021 07:46Somalia’s army has killed scores of al-Shabab militants after the al-Qaeda-linked Takfiri terrorist group attacked two key military bases in the country’s southwest.
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Three-quarters of Somali families lacking safe water as drought looms: Report
Mar 23, 2021 04:46Nearly three-quarters of Somali families lack safe drinking water as drought looms across the country and depletes wells, raising the risk of hunger as crops fail and livestock dies, UK-based charity Save the Children said on Monday.
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Mogadishu attack leaves at least 10 dead, over 30 wounded
Mar 06, 2021 13:40A car packed with explosives rammed into a popular restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday night, and police said at least 10 people were killed and more than 30 wounded.
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Gunfire erupts in Mogadishu as Somali government forces seal off streets
Feb 19, 2021 16:21Gunfire, rocket fire and mortar blasts have been reported in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where opposition parties launched a protest rally despite a coronavirus lockdown enforced by the government.
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Several killed as car bomb explodes near Somali presidential palace
Feb 13, 2021 15:40Several people have been killed and many others injured after a car bomb exploded outside the Somali parliament compound near the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu.
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US warship to help ongoing troop withdrawal from Somalia
Dec 21, 2020 08:34A US warship and an aircraft have launched an operation to withdraw American forces out of Somalia, the Pentagon declared this week as it carries out a Defense Department order to transfer hundreds of troops to other locations.
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Somalia accuses Kenya of arming local militia to attack its forces amid rising tensions
Dec 20, 2020 13:49Somalia has accused Kenya of arming local militiamen on the border to attack its security forces as tension rises between the two African neighbors.
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Somalia severs diplomatic relations with Kenya
Dec 15, 2020 12:23Somalia has announced it is cutting diplomatic ties with neighboring Kenya over what it said was Nairobi’s interference in its political affairs.
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Trump orders Pentagon to pull nearly all troops from Somalia
Dec 05, 2020 08:09US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to withdraw nearly all of the hundreds of American troops deployed to Somalia, which is part of a global pullback by the outgoing president that will also see him drawdown forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.