Former Somali Premier Threatening Instability in Puntland

As a non-partisan concerned Puntlander in the diaspora, I listened in dismay, like many of my peers, to the gross exaggerations and outright fabrications espoused by the esteemed former Prime Minister of Somalia,

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Vessels carrying relief food dock at Kismayo seaport

Reports from the port city of Kismayo say vessels carrying humanitarian relief for locals in the region on Friday docket at the area seaport.

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Rival clans agree to end hostilities in Bay region

Two rival clans who fought last month over land ownership in southwest Somali region of Bay have now resolved their difference, according to elders in Baidoa city.

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UN rejects move to fund Kenyan Naval forces in Somalia

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday shelved a request by the African Union for UN funding of Kenya's naval forces operating off the coast of Somalia.

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Al-Qaeda leader urges Al-Shabaab to continue fighting

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri has urged Somalia based Al-Shabaab group to continue fighting foreign troops in the country.

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Somali pirates flown to Netherlands to stand trial

Four suspected Somali pirates were on Monday flown to Netherlands to stand trial there after they were arrested following a firefight with marines off the coast of Somalia, the Dutch government has said.

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Obama re-elected as US president

President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

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Suspected militants arrested in Goldogob

Puntland police have arrested three suspected Al-Shabaab militants in central Somali town of Goldogob, some 60 kilometres from Galkayo town, officials said.

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Somalia: first female as a foreign minister

The Prime Minister named Mrs. Fowsia Yussuf H. Aden as the country's first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister.

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Heavy rains cause destruction in Gedo

Torrential rains pondering parts of Gedo region have wreaked havoc and caused infrastructure damages, with reports of motorist stranded in some areas after roads were rendered impassable.

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Puntland Pledges Its Support for Somalia’s New Jubbaland State

The Puntland president also urged the people of the Jubba river regions to reconcile the differences among them in order to successfully launch the new southern Somali state

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Why Did the New York Times Lie About Somalia This Week?

The NY Times erroneously, or perhaps purposely, blurred the lines between the PMPF and PIA, which are two vastly different security organs in Somalia's Puntland state, and which have different methods of operation and means of accessing support from the outside world.

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Somalia:Anonymous message to Dahabshiil customers

And now a message to people in the same situation than Dahabshiil: If you are working with terrorists, if you are helping them, if you are linked to them

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Camera in one hand and pistol in the other, Under fire, Somalia's brave journalists.

Camera in one hand and pistol in the other, Somali reporter Abdukadir Hassan Abdirahman goes out to work on some of the most dangerous streets for journalists in the world.

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Six injured in grisly road accident in Bosaso

At least six people were injured in a fatal road accident at an area along the road between Bosaso and Qardo, reports say.

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Somalia: Prominent sports journalist seeks asylum in Norway

Abdi, who was one of the prominent journalists in Mogadishu, said the current wave of killings against the journalists is to silence the free media.

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Are Cyber attacks on Somalia’s main Bank the work of the US Government?

Nevertheless, it is clear that the US, Kenya and its regional allies, are continuing to wage an all out assault on al Shabaab, and Dahabshiil is part of that campaign. Dahabshiil's representatives know this, and have repeatedly denied any and all associations with the terror group considered the Horn…

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ASOJ ACCUSES SOMALI MINISTER FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF JOURNALIST TIMO ADDE

One hour before the death of Timo Adde, HQs of Radio Shabelle and SKY radio were raided by Special Forces under the command of the same Minister

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ASWJ to parade defected Al-Shabaab militants in Gedo

The pro-government Ahlu Sunna militia group has promised to show the media and the public in Beled-hawo town two alleged militant defectors who surrendered to their officials in Gedo.

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Kenya subjecting Somalis unnecessary security screening, says Americo

Somalia has formally complained to its neighbouring Kenyan government for allegedly subjecting unnecessary security checking on Somali nationals travelling from Mogadishu.

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