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At the Somalia Police Transport headquarters in Mogadishu, ‘elections’ of the remaining seats for people who claim to be representing the people of the Republic of Somaliland, and supported in full by the United Nations in Somalia (UNSOM) resumed. https://twitter.com/UNSomalia/status/810807482725568512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/UNSomalia/status/810766597564596224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Despite the well-founded protestations of the...

On December 12, a Waddani delegation led by Waddani new “leader”, Hersi Ali Haj Hassan,  left for Nairobi, where, ostensibly, they were to join the Somaliland House Speaker, the founder of Waddani Party and its candidate for President in the upcoming elections and its...

Heavily armed al-Shabab fighters in pickup trucks moved into Somalia's Mahaday district in the Middle Shabelle region early Saturday, killing two government soldiers before voluntarily withdrawing, residents and officials said. The militants attacked about 4 a.m. local time, seizing a police station and administrative offices,...

US President-elect Donald Trump got plenty of attention -- but not the kind he was looking for -- after a tweet calling out China for its seizure of an unmanned US naval probe. "China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters -- rips...

Tens of thousands of Syrians stranded in rebel areas of east Aleppo, days after government claimed victory. Tens of thousands of civilians are anxiously waiting to leave eastern Aleppo after a new deal was reached between rebel fighters and the Syrian regime. Al-Farouq Abu Bakr, a...

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) have jointly embarked on an operation to open up key supply routes in HirShabelle region in central Somalia. AMISOM Sector 5 Commander Venuste Nduwayo said the operation dubbed Antelope...

Twelve people were killed, including nine civilians and three Al-Shabaab militants, in their clashes in south Somalia on Saturday, officials said. Ahmed Mohamud Ahmed, spokesman for Jubaland State security agency, said their forces backed locals near Kismayo town who were fighting Al-Shabaab. "Al-Shabaab militants killed nine...

The Iftiin Somali graduate program has paired nine Muslim Somali university graduates with early-and mid-career professionals from the Young Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) network. The mentoring program is a six-month program that includes regular one-on-one meetings and workshops. ‘Iftiin’ is the Somali word for...

A girl whose mother fled war-torn Somalia in the 1980s has won a scholarship to the leading private school that Kate Middleton and Samantha Cameron attended. Nadia Hassan, 16, a comprehensive school girl from one of London’s poorest areas, has been accepted to Marlborough College. She...

On 15 December 2016, an AMISOM Police vehicle was involved in a fatal road accident along KM4 road, Mogadishu, resulting in the death of a civilian. Preliminary report indicates that the victim, who was walking on the right hand side of the pedestrian lane, suddenly...