Foreign diplomats map out a range of measures to cooperate against piracy

Diplomats from seven countries whose citizens have been held by Somali pirates yesterday met in Abu Dhabi to discuss ways to end piracy off the coast of Somalia.

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UN officials visit Abudwak, Galgadud region

A UN delegation on Thursday visited central Somali town of Abudwak, Galgadud region, to assess humanitarian situation in the region.

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Fire guts Somali owned shops in Juba, South Sudan.

At least four Somali-owned shops were on Wednesday night reduced to ashes after fire gutted them in parts of South Sudanese capital city of Juba, reports say.

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MSF to restructure health support in Galgadud due to deteriorating security

An international aid agency working in Somalia, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has on Wednesday announced that it will close down its primary health care programmes in Dhusa Mareb and Hindere due to security concerns.

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Somalia entering ‘critical stage’ as end of transition period nears, says UN envoy

Somalia is entering its "most critical stage" as the end of its transitional governing period approaches in August, a United Nations envoy said today, calling for the international community to boost their efforts to help the east African country through its peace and national reconciliation process.

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Hooded thugs kill village elder in Baidoa, Bay region.

Armed gangs last night shot dead a village elder in southwest Somali city of Baidoa, reports say.

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Somalia: No justification for ratifying the Draft Constitution

Despite paragraph 3 of article 58 states that the federal government shall regard itself as a guardian of the interests of the regional states, paragraph 1 requires consultation with and participation of the regional states on the negotiations in connection with foreign trade, treaties or other major…

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THE AGENDA OF SOMALILAND GOVERNMENT

As of the other peoples in Somaliland, it is not too late to realize their situation and wake up to the calls of today. The poor people of Awdal Region are under the mercy of Isaaq Government

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Al-Shabaab fighters vacate parts of Galgadud region

Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday vacated their positions in parts of Galgadud region following reports that Ahlu Sunna militias backed by allied Ethiopian troops were advancing towards these areas.

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Somalia: No justification for ratifying the Draft Constitution

In due consideration of the widespread opposition to the draft constitution, the international community and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) should honor the opinions of the concerned Somali stakeholders and desist from its ratification crookedly.

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Somali Journalist Faruk Raped FAJ Member female

OMAR FARUK MUST BE ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT

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Somali Unionists versus Secessionists-Federalists

By: Pro-Unionists Somali Diaspora (Office of Somali Unity)

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Three killed in Mudug region after lightning struck them.

At least three people have been killed and six others injured when a lightning struck at local herders in parts of Mudug region amid heavy downpour.

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President Sharif travels to the U.S to attend UNSC meeting in New York

Somalia's president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Sunday evening travelled to the United States of America where he is expected to attend the upcoming UN Security Council meeting in New York.

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Medical doctor killed in a grisly road accident in Dila district, Awdal region.

A medical doctor was killed and two of his family members injured when the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a fatal road accident in Dila district, Awdal region on Sunday afternoon.

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UN Calls for Sustained Aid and Livelihood Support in Somalia

A senior United Nations relief official today urged the international community to build on the effective delivery of aid that helped roll back last year's famine in Somalia, noting that about 2.5 million people in the Horn of Africa country remain in need of humanitarian support.

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Kenyan police release photo of German terror suspect

Kenyan police on Saturday released a photograph of a German citizen they suspect to have deep connections with Somalia based Al-Shabaab militant group.

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Fleeing families reach border town of Beled-hawo, Gedo region

Over three thousand families fleeing the clashes between allied Kenyan, Somali and Ethiopian forces and Al-Shabaab militant group in southwest Somalia have reached the border towns of Beled-hawo along the Somali-Kenya common border, reports say.

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MOU on Human Rights signed in Mogadishu

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was today signed between the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) and the Somali government to support enhancement of the situation of human rights in Somalia.

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Somali Pirates Hijack Tanker Following Violent Failed Attack

A Liberian-flagged tanker has reportedly been hijacked today off the coast of Oman in the same general area of a violent but failed attack by a pirate action group yesterday.

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