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Kenya Allows Flights To Hargeisa

The Kenyan government allows two planes to leave Kenya and deliver electronic equipment to Hargeisa, Somaliland, although it has unilaterally banned flights to and from Somalia just few days ago. The planes, authorized yesterday by the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will allow two aircraft operated by Astral Aviation to carry a cargo from Jomo […]

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Finance Ministry Issued Statement On Flood Control Project In Hirshabelle

The Somali Ministry of Finance has responded to allegations from the Hirshabelle administration that it has withheld funds intended to address the Shabelle River floods. A statement from the Somali Ministry of Finance reads: The Ministry of Finance of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), following a press release from the Hirshabelle Disaster Management Committee, […]

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Education Ministry Launches Braille Textbooks or Primary and Middle School Curriculum

The Deputy Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Government of Somalia, Ms. Nuriyo Adan Isse, has unveiled Braille textbooks for the Primary and Middle School Curriculum for the Braille. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Deputy Minister of Education, Ms. Nuriya Adan Isse, said that the Ministry of Education is committed […]

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Army Deserters Responsible For Mogadisho Violence Will Reintegrate SNA

At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble at the Galmudug President’s residence, the decisions of the technical committee tasked by the prime minister to resolve the recent crisis in Mogadishu were announced. The terms of the agreement reached this afternoon in Mogadishu. 1. That all troops who arrived in Mogadishu during the […]

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Opposition Militias Refuse To Leave Mogadishu If Conditions Are Not Met

A meeting was held last night in Mogadishu by militias leaders and high-ranking army deserters loyal to the opposition united under the National Salvation Forum.

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President Farmajo Briefs Parliament On Elections Issues

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, addressed a special session of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia on the situation in the country and the electoral process.

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President Farmajo’s Full Speech

This is the translated version of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s Full Speech on May 1st at the Somali Parliament. In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful • Speaker of the House of the People Honorable Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman and his deputies • Honorable Members • Members of the Council of Ministers of […]

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President Farmajo Addresses The Nation

Following the shift in the political discourse initiated by the Hirshabelle and Galmudug leaders yesterday, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, addressed the Somali people last night, expressing deep concern over the current situation, the elections and the future of the country. The President spoke of the Government’s commitment to […]

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Money smuggled from Kenya

Police Seized Large Sums Of Money Being Smuggled From Kenya

The Somali Police at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport seized a large amount of cash that was smuggled into the country by a plane from Kenya. Somali police spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali, who released the statement, did not give many details but said investigations were ongoing and the owner of the money in question is […]

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Prime Minister Roble Commemorates SNA Day With Troops on the Battlefield

Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, congratulated all members of the Somali National Army (SNA) forces, including officers, non-commissioned officers, officers, soldiers, wives, children and all members of the armed forces. “Your successes on the battlefield and the fact that you have weakened the strength of the terrorists give a good indication of the momentum and […]

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