Bula-Barde traders boycott business activities following militant’s tax increase

Business activities in Bula-Barde town have been paralysed after local traders shutting down shops and markets in protest of Al-Shabaab's tax increase.

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Corrupt Commission Pushes Somaliland to the Brink of Political and Security Crisis

The looming political crisis has started in June 2010 when the National Electoral Commission (NEC) literally high-jacked and railroaded the presidential elections in favor of the KULMIYE Party. Motivated by self-interest and perhaps by clan-allegiance, the NEC members hastily conducted the elections…

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Somalia: Galmudug State Cabinet Declares

Galmudug State President Mohamud Abdi declares his New Cabinet

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Hiran security boosted as more Djiboutian troops arrive

The African Union Force in Somalia on Friday boosted its personnel presence in central Somali region of Beledweyne after deploying 65 more soldiers from AMISOM's Djiboutian contingent.

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Kenyan policemen shot dead in Garissa

Two Kenyan policemen have been gunned down by unknown assailants in a market in northern town of Garissa, near the border with Somalia while attempting to search a suspected terrorist, local media reports.

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UN Chief welcomes swearing-in of new Somali cabinet

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the Thursday swearing-in of the cabinet of ministers put forward by Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon and endorsed by the country's parliament.

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FBI adds Al-Amriki to its most wanted terrorists list

An American suspected of operating with terrorists in Somalia has been added to the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists.

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Ex-Somali warlord dies in Mogadishu

Former Mogadishu mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb popularly known as Mohamed Dhere has died in a hospital in Mogadishu, where he has been fighting for his life for the last few days, State owned broadcaster has reported.

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President Mohamud calls for formation of inclusive admin for Juba regions

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has urged local clans in Lower Juba to keep aside their differences and work on ways to establish an all inclusive local administration for the region.

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Galkayo Military Court jails 25 suspects

A military court in central Somali town of Galkayo on Wednesday handed 25 suspects including Puntland soldiers a jail term of between three to ten years after they were found guilty as charged.

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Former Somali envoy to Sudan is dead

The former Somali ambassador to Sudan Prof. Mahdi Abubakar Mohamud has died in Khartoum, reports say.

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Somalia’s first foreign affairs woman minister attends OIC meeting in Djibouti

Somalia's first foreign affairs woman minister Fauzia Yusuf Haji Adan will be representing her country during the 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC scheduled to kick off later in the day in Djibouti.

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Puntland president declares his political party

The president of Puntland State of Somalia on Wednesday declared his political party, Horsed, the first of its kind ever to be formed in the region since declaring its autonomy fifteen years ago.

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Djibouti: Supreme Court refuses bail to Ahmed Hussein Farah

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Hirsi Gab, One of Africa’s Richest Man from Africa’s Poorest Country Won Tribal Award

Hirsi arrived in London Airport with his new name passport from Yemen but, according to some sources, was interrogated by the MI5 and he told them that he is insufficiently Muslim or de-radicalized by his alcoholic colleagues and he no longer kept company with fanatics, he is a friend to the West which…

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What Should Ethiopians Expect in a Second Obama Term?

Historically, second-term presidents become increasingly focused on foreign policy. They also become acutely aware of the legacy they would like to leave after they complete their second term. I believe President Obama would like to leave a memorable and monumental legacy of human rights in Africa.

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Somalia:Video Galmudug got a constitutional President

The new President of Galmudug State Dr. Mohamud Timo Kala-jeh is an intellectual who worked with the Somali Central Bank, and wrote a book about Somalia's economy

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Somali Leaders Converge on Kismayo to Form Jubbaland State

The signatories of the Jubbaland state-building project facilitated by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development have converged on the port city of Kismayo, in Somalia's Lower Jubba province, to formalize and complete the process that will usher in the country's youngest federal entity.

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700 Somali soldiers passed out from training camp in Hudur

A total of 700 Somali soldiers were on Sunday passed out at a Military training camp Hudur town near the border with Ethiopian.

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Somalis Underpin Fozia Yusuf Haji Adan, The Deputy Premier And The Foreign Minister

By Abdirahman M. Dirye Imagine this: you are trapped in Mogadishu, a ruined ghost capital, the most dangerous zone on earth, your safe sister or brother, Hussien Arab Isse, ex-defense minister who much like Robert Gate of the US deserved to be retained for another four years , for instance,

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