Security
Somalia hosts 35th Eastern Africa Standby Force security chiefs meeting
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia on Tuesday hosted the 35th regular session of the Committee of Defence and Security Chiefs of the Eastern Africa Standby F...
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Laftagareen meets Turkish military academy chief to expand security training
Mogadishu (HOL) — South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen on Tuesday met with the commander of Turkey’s Turksom Military Tr...
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Police arrest soldier suspected of killing Bajaj operator in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) - Police in Mogadishu have arrested a government soldier suspected of killing a young Bajaj motorcycle operator in the Dayniile distri...
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AUSSOM commanders meet in Mogadishu as concerns deepen about funding and security
Mogadishu (HOL) — Senior commanders from the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia, or AUSSOM, met Monday in Mogadishu to revie...
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Somalia joins African Union defense and security talks in Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (HOL) — Somalia joined African Union defense and security talks this week in Addis Ababa, signaling its continued commitment t...
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Rickshaw operator who won U.S. Visa Lottery shot dead in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) - An armed man believed to be a Somali government soldier shot and killed a rickshaw operator identified as Abdirisaq Abuukar Mohamud�...
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Military court issues death sentence and prison terms for crimes in Mogadishu
Mogadishu (HOL) - The First Instance Court of the Armed Forces on Sunday handed down a range of sentences to several defendants accused of murder, inj...
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Southwest administration executes police officer convicted of killing civilian over $2
Baidoa (HOL) – Southwest Somali administration on Saturday executed a member of its special police force who was convicted of killing a civilian ove...
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UN Security Council extends Al-Shabaab arms embargo on Somalia to 2026
Mogadishu (HOL) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously renewed sanctions targeting Somalia-based Al-Shabaab, extending naval inspections and ex...
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Turkey builds Somalia spaceport as U.S., China and France increase satellite surveillance
Mogadishu (HOL) — Turkey has begun construction of a satellite and rocket launch site on Somalia’s Indian Ocean coast, a project officials say wil...
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