Oman hold off plucky Somalia to make main draw

Sunatimes.com - Somalia displayed a lot of pluck but were left ruing their luck as Oman advanced to the main draw of the FIFA Arab Cup with a 2-1 win Sunday evening. The Omanis scored twice in the first half of the lively game at the Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium before Somalia pulled one pack nine…

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UGANDA: New Cabinet Members and Ministers of State

President of Uganda/Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Armed Forces - H.E. President Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Vice President of Uganda -

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Statement by International Partners on Somaliland Parliamentary and Local Council Elections

International partners congratulate the people of Somaliland, political parties, the National Electoral Commission and other government institutions on the successful conduct of the 2021 parliamentary and local council elections and on electoral security arrangements. Through these elections, the people…

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Baseless Claim of Presidential Powers Hastens the Demise of the Fragile Federal Republic of Somalia

SUNATIMES.COM - The Somali people have been hoping to heal from the painful experience suffered in ousting the military dictatorship that ruled the country for 21 years with an iron fist. Extrajudicial killings, widespread abuse of power, and economic deprivation shattered the safety, security, freedoms,…

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SOUTHERN AFRICA:the EU is set to train troops from Mozambique

Sunatimes.com - Amid ambitions for stronger European military capacity, the EU is set to train troops from Mozambique. During a meeting with defense ministers, EU Foreign Relations Chief Josep Borrell said that trainers and soldiers, half of whom hail from Portugal, are to be deployed before the end…

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EAST AFRICA:Kenya's High Court has declared that a government-backed plan to amend Kenya's constitution

Sunatimes.com - Kenya's High Court has declared that a government-backed plan to amend Kenya's constitution is irregular, unconstitutional, and illegal. The judges ruled that President Kenyatta violated the constitution by "initiating a process which ought to have been started by ordinary…

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CENTRAL AFRICA: President of South Sudan has dissolved the parliament as part of the 2018 peace agreement

Sunatimes.com - President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has dissolved the parliament as part of the 2018 peace agreement. New MPs have also been appointed, including legislators from the former rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), which was led by Riek Machar,…

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Uganda President has received a special message from his US counterpart, Joe Biden

Sunatimes.com - The message was delivered by US Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie Brown who also held a meeting with Museveni at State House , Entebbe on Tuesday. "I had a meeting with the US Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Natalie Brown, accompanied by Amb. Adonia Ayebare. We discussed issues of mutual interest.…

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WEST AFRICA: G7 group has pledged $389 million to assist victims of the Boko Haram

Sunatimes.com - The G7 group has pledged $389 million to assist victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria. The financial aid aims to support efforts by the UN and other agencies to combat the worsening humanitarian crisis.

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Uganda: Bobi Wine loses International support...!!

Sunatimes.com - Western Diplomats have turned their backs on Ugandan opposition Leader Bobi Wine, according to a senior Intelligence Official in the Horn of Africa. Western Governments have dropped Bobi Wine after he was accused in Uganda of involving himself in violence to send wrong message to the…

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Investigative Journalists cannot work in Somalia -Stichting SOMIJ

Somij.org - Investigative Journalist congratulates World Journalists on World Press Freedom Day but unfortunately Investigative Journalists cannot work in Somalia, Says The SOMIJ Chairman Dahir Alasow.

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Death and detention major threats to media freedom in Somalia

ASOJ.ORG - Two journalists were killed and another 33 were detained while 133 cases of intimidation were logged in Somalia during 2020, the Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) reports in its State of Media Freedom Report 2021. Released on World Press Freedom Day 2021, the report titled Between a Rock…

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Security Council Press Statement on the situation in Somalia

New York - The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern about the continued political impasse and disagreement among Somalia's political leaders on the model for elections. The members of the Security Council recalled the significant progress made during the past decade in Somalia,…

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Somalia's Government Loses Control of Several Neighborhoods in Mogadishu

Sunatimes.com - The government of Somalia's outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has lost control of some of the neighborhoods of the capital Mogadishu, just a week after parliament voted to approve a term extension resolution.

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Somalia ex-Spy NISA Boss Says He Survived Assassination Attempt

Sunatimes.com - Former director of Somalia's Intelligence Agency Abdirahman Turyare has said on Sunday night that he survived an assassination attempt after forces loyal to the country's outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo fired on his vehicle. He was heading to the residences of officials,…

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Farmajo Asks Congo's President to Mediate Somalia's Electoral Dispute

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo asked his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi to mediate a bitter standoff on the country's electoral process during a meeting held in Kinshasa, DR Congo's presidency said in a statement on Monday. In a two-hour meeting, the…

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Somalia's Unsang Hero -Amin Ambulance founder

Sunatimes.com - As the secnd wave of the deadly corona virus continues to claim lives in Somalia, one man has sacrificed to help save lives by offe ring ambulances to ferry the sick to hospital at no cost. Somalia, is one of the poorest country in the world where basic healthcare facilities are poor,…

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Overview of Somali Security Forces -Heritage institute report

Sunatimes.com - Structural Impediments To Reviving Somalia's Security Forces. For over a decade, successive Somali governments and the international community have been earnestly trying to revive Somalia's security forces (SSF)1 as part of a broader effort to stabilize the country following…

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Somalia: Averting a Descent into Political Violence

Sunatimes.com - Tensions are running high following the Somali parliament's decision to extend the incumbent president's mandate by two years. External partners should urgently convene – and mediate – talks among the country's bitterly divided elites, to prevent its worst political crisis…

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Somalia charges foreigners with espionage, leaking of classified information Matt Bryden Emmanuel Deiser and David Hopkins.

Sunatimes.com - A court in Mogadishu has issued summonses to six persons affiliated with a regional think tank banned by Somalia in 2018. Banaadir Regional Court ordered the director and founder of Sahan Research Matt Bryden, Rashid Abdi, a prominent regional analyst and a senior analyst at Sahan, to…

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