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Somalia's West-backed president suspends PM Roble as election row deepens
Dec 27, 2021 11:53Somalia's Western-backed president has announced the sacking of his prime minister a day after the two top officials quarreled over long-delayed elections in the restive Horn of Africa country.
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At least five killed in al-Shabab car bombing in Somalia's capital
Nov 25, 2021 08:09At least five people have been killed and several others wounded in a car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, witnesses and officials have said.
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Washington is not telling the truth about US troops in Somalia
Nov 15, 2021 12:27The U.S. first dispatched commandos to Somalia shortly after 9/11 and has been conducting air strikes in the country since 2007. Journalists and human rights organizations have documented scores of civilian victims of these attacks.
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Thousands displaced, millions in need of urgent humanitarian aid in Somalia, UN warns
Oct 26, 2021 14:06The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm about severe humanitarian issues in central Somalia, after 100,000 people were displaced by fighting between pro-government forces and militia.
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Is US military backtracking on airstrikes transparency?
Aug 16, 2021 09:42With the United States seemingly returning to waging an active air war in Somalia, AFRICOM’s recent press releases should raise concern that it may be backtracking on providing transparent reporting of the impact of its strikes.
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Sanders, Lee, and Murphy slam Biden administration's first drone strike in Somalia
Jul 27, 2021 04:50The Biden administration like its predecessors, has been accused of drastically undercounting civilian deaths in U.S. military operations.
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At least 30, including 13 civilians, killed in al-Shabab attack in Somalia
Jun 28, 2021 10:50At least 30 people have been killed when Somalia's al-Shabab militant group launched an attack in a town in the state of Galmudug, a security official said.
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Fearing new bout of fighting, civilians flee homes in Somali capital
Apr 27, 2021 11:57Civilians caught in the middle of fighting between government forces and armed opposition militia in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu have started to flee their homes, as disagreements over President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s extension of his own term takes on increasingly violent forms.
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Somalia’s president signs law extending own term for 2 years
Apr 14, 2021 06:17Somalia’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 03:16Somalia’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.