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Somalia, China Discuss Climate Response
Somalia and China have held talks aimed at bolstering disaster preparedness as the Horn of Africa faces worsening climate risks.Chairman of SoDMA, Mohamud Moalim, met Chinese Ambassador Wang Yu in ...
Helicopter on African Union mission crashes in Somalia, killing 5 Ugandan soldiers
Five Ugandan soldiers were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia ...
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At least five dead after AU helicopter crashes at airport in Somalia
Helicopter with eight people on board crashes at Aden Adde airport, the main international airport in Mogadishu.
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Somalia: Runaway Somali MP Accused of Working As Foreign Agent for Hire and Abandoning Public Office
Somali Member of Parliament Abdullahi Hashi Abib is facing intense political and public criticism following his extended absence from the country and Parliament. Accused of abandoning his ...
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Somalia in need of humanitarian aid as it faces worst drought in decades
Somalia faces one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises. The country is seeing its worst drought in 40 years, famine and an ongoing armed conflict. Humanitarian agencies warn nearly 8 ...
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Somalia Asks U.S. to Step Up Drone Strikes Against Qaeda-Linked Fighters
Somalia is now the center of the U.S. counterterrorism drone war. The military has justified most of its strikes there as the “collective self-defense” of Somali partner forces who have ...
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Somalia braces for famine : NPR
Somalia has suffered droughts throughout its history, Chinyama with UNICEF says, but now they are more frequent. "So, for example, now in 2022, we have a drought. The last one was in 2017," he says.
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Somalia suspends athletics chief after video of slow runner goes viral, amid accusations of nepotism
Somalia's university union said it had not sent any runners to China as part of an official Somali team. In her qualifying race, Abukar was immediately left behind by the other runners and ...
Ugandan military helicopter catches fire in deadly Somalia crash
A Ugandan military helicopter with eight people on board has crashed at the main international airport in Somalia's capital, ...
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Somalia deploys new border technology to get off Trump’s US visa blacklist
Somalia has launched a digital border system to fight Al-Shabaab and smuggling, aiming to lift the US visa ban after decades ...