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If Somalia is dangerous, why is it experiencing a surge in tourism?
For decades, Somalia’s name has been shorthand for conflict, piracy and danger. Since the country’s civil war began in the 1990s, the country has ...
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Somalia arrests suspect after 14-year-old boy killed, another injured in knife attack
Mogadishu (HOL) — Police in Dhoobley, a key border town in Somalia’s Lower Jubba region, have arrested a man suspected of fatally slashing a 14-ye...
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Cloudflare outage takes Hiiraan Online, ChatGPT and X offline in global internet disruption
Mogadishu (HOL) — Hiiraan Online and several major digital platforms experienced intermittent outages on Tuesday after a large-scale disruption at C...
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Somalia backs U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution endorsing Trump’s Gaza plan and stabilization force
New York (HOL) — Somalia voted in favor of a U.S.-drafted UN Security Council resolution on Monday that endorses President Donald Trump’s plan to ...
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Somalia risks delays in one-person, one-vote election plan without stronger backing, election officials say
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission has urged international partners to step up support for the c...
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Somali Attorney General opens criminal probe into Turkish Airlines station manager over alleged abuse of passenger
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s Attorney General has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Turkish Airlines station manager in Mog...
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Home food deliveries for displaced workers in Kismayo city clean-up
A city clean-up campaign in the southern Somali city of Kismayo is sprucing up the streets and giving direct support to impoverished displaced women a...
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Museveni sends delegation to Kenya days after threatening to take over Indian Ocean
The Ugandan government has sent a high-level delegation to Kenya for a three-day benchmarking mission, days after President Yoweri Museveni made headl...
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Hackers target government websites, temporarily take over presidency portal
Several government websites, including president.go.ke, the official site of the presidency, were hacked on Monday and rendered inaccessible....
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Tanzania's President Suluhu Hassan appoints daughter, son-in-law to cabinet
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed her daughter, Wanu Hafidh Ameir, as the new deputy minister for education....
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