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Attackers storm Somalia’s Sahafi Hotel after Car Bomb Explosion

AMA — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 11:35:15 +0000

At least five people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on a hotel in the centre of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses tell Al Jazeera. A car bomb exploded at the main gate of the Sahafi Hotel early on Sunday morning, with attackers then storming the hotel as they exchanged gunfire with [...]

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Mogadishu Book Fair brings Somali Talents together

AMA — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:12:47 +0000

The Somali capital, Mogadishu, is hosting an international book festival, the first such event in the city in more than two decades. Authors, playwrites, poets, artists and musician have travelled from across the world to attend the three-day event that was also guested by the Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. “We are holding this fair [...]

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On the frontline of Somalia’s fight against Al-Shabab

AMA — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 08:05:15 +0000

http://bc05.ajnm.me/665003303001/201508/2618/665003303001_4431575048001_20150819-fight-mad-somalia-nostraps.mp4 The Somali army is training new recruits in the port city of Kismayo, one of the last remaining strongholds of al-Shabab. Until they finish their training, fighters from the regional administration have the task of defending the territory under government control. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from the frontline. Source:: Al Jazeera

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IOM Builds Capacity of Bosaso Fisheries Community in Puntland

apofeed — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 06:15:44 +0000

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM, with support from Japan, and in collaboration with the regional authorities of Puntland, including the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and the Port Authority, has conducted its first ever training for the fishing community in Bosaso. The training aimed to help improve the livelihoods [...]

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Somalia: Urgent food aid for 36 000 displaced people

apofeed — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 05:15:59 +0000

GENEVA, Switzerland, September 23, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), assisted by the Somali Red Crescent Society, just completed a distribution of food to over 36,000 displaced people in the town of Beletweyne, in the central part of the country. In addition, 4,000 children under five years of [...]

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Somalia: Sexual Abuse by African Union Soldiers / Troop-Contributing Countries, Donors Should Promote Justice for Victims

apofeed — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 05:15:11 +0000

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 8, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have sexually abused and exploited vulnerable Somali women and girls on their bases in Mogadishu, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Troop-contributing countries, the African Union (AU), and donors to AMISOM should urgently address [...]

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Canada Providing Humanitarian Funding to Support UNICEF in Somalia / Canada's support is improving health, well-being and protection of children, women and their families in Somalia

apofeed — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:05:50 +0000

OTTAWA, Canada, July 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Nina Grewal, Member of Parliament for Fleetwood-Port Kells, announced humanitarian assistance funding to support the efforts of UNICEF in Somalia. The support will help improve the health, well-being and protection of [...]

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Security Council ‘appalled' at deadly bomb blast in Somali capital

UN News — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 06:35:51 +0000

27 February 2014 – The United Nations Security Council said it is “appalled” by today’s terrorist attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for which the Islamic insurgent group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility and which has killed at least 12 people and wounded several others. “The members of the Security Council condemned the attack in the [...]

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AMISOM condemns attack on Villa Somalia

apofeed — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:15:44 +0000

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 22, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has condemned the cowardly attack on Villa Somalia today. As people gathered for Friday prayers, a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) went off at the entrance of the [...]

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Bomb blast wounds one in Kenyan capital

Ade Adewale — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:57:56 +0000

One person was wounded Saturday when an improvised bomb exploded in the Kenyan capital, police said, in a shop in Nairobi's mainly ethnic Somali district Eastleigh. The attack is the latest of a series of bomb or grenade blasts in Kenya. "One person…

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Somali PM ousted in no-confidence vote

Adewale A. — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:26:10 +0000

The prime minister of Somalia was ousted by parliament Monday amid a bitter power struggle within the internationally-backed government that could undermine efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation and tackle Islamist rebels. Abdi Farah Shirdon, prime…

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Somali Diaspora Experts Develop 3-Year Strategy for Skills Transfer to Somalia

Adewale A. — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 10:50:00 +0000

GENEVA, Switzerland, November 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM Somalia has brought together 41 Somali diaspora experts from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, the United States and the United Kingdom to develop a three-year strategy for institutional capacity development in Somalia. The group, meeting at IOM’s annual Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA) conference, [...]

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