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Three women voted in, former warlord locked out in Puntland Senate polls

Puntland concluded senatorial elections Thursday with women getting three seats out of 11. Former warlord Mohamed Hersi…

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UN Special Representative and AU Special Representative welcome Hubert Price as Head of UN Support Office in Somalia

PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release – Mogadishu, 20 October 2016 – The Special Representative of the…

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Asha Abdulle Siyad – Pushing the boundaries for Somali women

October 21, 2016 – Asha Abdulle Siyad could have chosen to remain in relative comfort in Canada…

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Somalia: Somali Pirates Holding Five Kenyans, 39 Seafarers for Ransom, UN Chief Says

Muqdisho, October 19, 2016: By Kevin J. Kelley  Pirate gangs in Somalia are believed to be holding five…

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Could Fadumo Dayib Become Somalia’s First Female President?

Muqdisho, October 14, 2016: Death threats haven’t deterred Fadumo Dayib from running to be Somalia’s next president. The…

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Corruption investigation into Michael Howard’s African oil firm Soma dropped By : Christopher Williams, chief business correspondent

Mogadishu, October 13, 2016: Corruption investigators have dropped a probe of allegations that Soma, the oil explorer chaired by…

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Briton arrested in Gigiri al Shabaab swoop identified as Tom James

Mogadishu, October 12, 2016:The British national earlier arrested in a swoop on suspected al Shabaab trainers has…

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“With Dadaab closing, we have no option but to return to Somalia”

EQUAL TIME | October 11, 2016 | by Christabel Ligami | University students Abdirehman Abdi and Sahro…

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Somali-American outreach workers bridge divide between community and government

They are among a growing number of Somali-Americans recruited as bridge-builders to overcome mistrust and misunderstanding. By…

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Educating the Horn: Paving a path to college for Somali youth. By: Ahlaam Ibraahim

I recently took a trip to Minnesota, home of one of the biggest Somali-diaspora communities in the…

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Delayed Elections Sabotage Somalia’s Democratic Dreams

FAIR OBSERVER | By Yusuf Hassan  |  October 4, 2016 – For Somalia to achieve peace and democracy, state-building…

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We don’t want more refugees, says Jubaland as it stops flights

Muqdisho, October 5, 2016: Repatriation of Somali refugees from the Daadab camp has been suspended after the Jubaland…