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Somali lower house ends monthly $100 deduction from lawmakers’ salaries
Mogadishu (HOL) — The leadership of Somalia’s House of the People on Saturday announced the suspension of a monthly $100 deduction from each lawma...
Read More »Somalia expected to launch first satellite in 2027, Turkish envoy says
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia is expected to launch its first satellite into space in 2027 as part of growing cooperation with Türkiye on space-related...
Read More »Somali army opens investigation into killing of soldier in El Baraf district
Mogadishu (HOL) — The Somali National Army has opened an investigation into the killing of one of its soldiers, Ahmed Shire Hussein, who was reporte...
Read More »Puntland defends Bosaso land clearance as urban development plan
Bosaso (HOL) — Puntland authorities announced on Friday that the plan to clear government-owned land and facilities in Bosaso is different from the ...
Read More »27 dik-dik carcasses seized in Garissa bushmeat trade
KWS officers on Friday intercepted 27 carcasses of dik-dik and an antelope believed to have been killed for illegal bushmeat trade in Garissa county....
Read More »Hirshabelle vice president accuses president Hassan Sheikh of breaking Hawadle leadership pledge
Mogadishu (HOL) — Hirshabelle Vice President Yusuf Hagar Dabageed has accused Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of reneging on a promise that t...
Read More »Somalia shares climate finance experience at Brazil inter-regional meeting
Salvador, Brazil (HOL) — The Executive Director of the National Climate Fund (NCF), Liban Obsiye, attended the 2nd Inter-Regional Exchange of Minist...
Read More »St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay
Immigration authorities have sent a Somali man arrested in St. Paul to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Adam Abdullah was living legally in the Twin Cities when ...
Read More »Somali soldier’s killing sparks outrage and calls for justice
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali communities across the country and in the diaspora have strongly condemned the killing of Somali National Army soldier Ahme...
Read More »IDP families kicked off Baidoa land lose their assets, income, schools, and health centre
Landowners in Baidoa have forcibly evicted more than 160 displaced families from a camp where they had initially invited them to settle, leaving them ...
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