British Government: "shocked and saddened" by further reports from Tigray of massacres and Eritreans forcibly returned

Questions by Lord Alton, Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Eritrea in the UK Parliament and responses from the British Government Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL12040):

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Somalia: Jubbaland Massacre is not acceptable

Sunatimes.com - Violence Is Not Acceptable The reports of Jubaland violence is disheartening for the locals who have been struggling to cope with severe drought. The people in that region said that they did not get enough rains last season and life there is very hard for them as most of boreholes dried…

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UAE opens kidney dialysis centre in Hargeisa, Somaliland

Sunatimes.com - The facility will benefit more than 30 patients per day.A delegation from the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has opened a kidney dialysis centre in Somaliland for the benefit of more than 30 patients per day.

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Electoral frauds in Somalia once for all - High Public expectation

Sunatimes.com - In the last few days there were shuttled diplomacy on the part of UN envoy to mediate the Somali Federal States and the Federal Government in an attempt to bring about all inclusive elections to take place in Somalia. All parties were encouraged to compromise and work effectively in…

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Somali troops may have been drawn into Ethiopia's civil war

Sunatimes.com - Multiple sources suggest that Somali troops may be fighting alongside Eritrean forces in the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region. But, in a tweet, the Somalia government "strongly denied false reports" that Somali soldiers were killed in the Ethiopian war.

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Somali soldiers have been sent to fight in Ethiopia's deadly Tigray

Sunatimes.com - Pressure is growing on Somalia's government amid allegations that Somali soldiers have been sent to fight in neighboring Ethiopia's deadly Tigray conflict. Mothers have held rare protests in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, and elsewhere, demanding to know the fate of their…

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Somalia:UN silently crafting AMISOM's future without AU's input

The UN is silently working out a new direction for the African Union force in Somalia (AMISOM) locking out the continent's voice as the mission which has been in operation for over a decade faces an uncertain future amid absence of stability in Somalia.

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In St. Cloud Somali language class, using greetings to build connection

Sunatimes.com - On an evening last November, Farhiya Iman spoke to a screenful of faces on a Zoom call — among them: A retired Spanish teacher, a doctor, a librarian, a graduate student and a judge. She explained how to say "Good morning" in the Somali language: "Subax wanaagsan."

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Somalia:Business magnate Abdi Hosh dies in Mogadishu

Sunatimes.com - Former military man and business magnate Abdi Hosh Ashkir who made a name in the 1970s through marine resources exports and real estate has died. Ashkir died in Mogadishu Friday. The circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately clear.

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Somali PM calls for investigation into the killing of Hodan DC

Sunatimes.com - The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, strongly condemned the Hodan district commissioner's assassination in Mogadishu last night.

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Somali parliament demands Farmaajo comes clean on Somalis 'fighting' in Tigray war

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's parliament has demanded an explanation from President Mohamed Farmaajo on the whereabouts and state of hundreds of Somali youth who were reportedly undergoing military training in Eritrea.

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Mogadishu: Manhunt Underway After District Commissioner Killed

Sunatimes.com - Manhunt operation is underway after police officers shot dead a district commissioner in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, hours after he returned from an overseas medical trip. The Mayor of Mogadishu Omar Filish ordered action taken against those involved in the murder of the official…

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US Secretary of State Nominee Terms Ethiopia's Tigray War as "Aggression"

Sunatimes.com - US Secretary of State Nominee Antony Blinken has termed the war raging in Ethiopia's Tigray region as an "aggression" and raised fear it might spill over to other countries in the Horn of Africa region. Asked whether he would appoint a special envoy to Horn of Africa as conflict…

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Ethiopia Blames 'Third Party' for Sudan's Capture of Land on Disputed Border"

Sunatimes.com - Ethiopia has called on Sudan to avoid "trap" set by a third party that wants to lead it to war and get ready to resolve the border dispute with Ethiopia through negotiations.

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Who is Kamala Devi Harris Vice President of USA

Kamala Devi Harris, a senator who has represented California in the U.S. Congress since 2017, will break barriers when she is inaugurated as vice president of the United States on January 20.

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President-elect Joe Biden will not reverse Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

US New President President-elect Joe Biden will not reverse Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital but will seek a state for the Palestinian, his nominee for secretary of state said. President-elect Joe Biden will not reverse Donald Trump's landmark recognition of Jerusalem…

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US Launches 3 Airstrikes in South Somalia Days after Troop Pullout

Sunatimes.com - The US military has conducted three airstrikes in Al-Shabaab held areas in Somalia's south, days after AFRICOM said withdrawal of American troops from the war-torn nation had been completed.

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Somalia: The Haunting Reality

Sunatimes.com - The experimental state building in Somalia is over. Somalis are known to have been a resilient people, they have been patient and waiting for a government of the people to come about for so long with international help. Now, they have released that they have been putting up with the…

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U.S. Ambassador to Ugand attempted to visit presidential candidate Bobi wine

U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown attempted to visit presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi at his residence on January 18, but was denied access by Ugandan security forces. The United States regularly meets with actors across Uganda's political spectrum as part of its diplomatic engagement.…

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Averting Electoral Violence In Somalia

Without an urgent agreement on the implementation of the 17 September agreement, the prospects for a partial election by the FGS and its allies is real and that would almost certainly lead to the conflagration of violence across the country. The recently concluded Annual Forum for Ideas in Garowe, organized…

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