Farmaajo calls for meeting with federal states over poll stalemate

Sunatimes.com - Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has called for an urgent meeting with federal state leaders in the latest attempt to agree on a common electoral calendar.

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The U.S. Should Sanction Somalia's President for Human Trafficking

Sunatimes.com - The parents began gathering in Mogadishu's streets on Jan. 20. Soon, reports began trickling in about similar protests in other towns and cities across the country. The spark was an acknowledgment made by Abdisalan Yusuf Guled, the former deputy head of Somalia's National Intelligence…

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Fugitive President of Ethiopia's Tigray Vows 'Extended Resistance'

Sunatimes.com - Ethiopia's Tigray forces are committed to "extended resistance", according to an audio message purporting to be from its leader, who accused federal government troops and their allies of rape and looting.

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Ethiopia: Invincible Defense Tech is an Effective Strategy to Combat Ethnic Tensions

Sunatimes.com - Military experts recommend the brain-based technology called Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) which incorporates practices of non-religious Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) to quell violence and bring about peace in the Horn of Africa Country,

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Ethiopia: a proposal for ending violence

An Effective National Strategy to Combat Ethnic Tensions in Ethiopia By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler Sunatimes.com -While the ongoing Tigray conflict continues to be fueled by high ethnic tensions, there is available an ideal method to calm tensions, end the prolonged violence, and prevent…

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Qatar issues statement on case of young Somalis tricked into fighting in Eritrea

Sunatimes.com - Anger as several young Somali men who had been told they'd been offered jobs as security men in Qatar only to be sent to fight in a war in Eritrea. Doha demands an investigation. A Somali man who's family though was working as a security guard in Qatar was found dead in Eritrea,…

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Somalia: The Great military Chief

Sunatimes.com - For the last thirty years many people were killed in the Somali violence. Fathers, mothers, grand fathers, grand mothers and children as little as infants were lost needlessly. In the Islamic and Somali cultures, it is forbidden to harm or kill women, children, religious leaders and…

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Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea military force

Sunatimes.com - Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year's soccer World Cup. Then one day last April, officials from Somalia's National Intelligence Agency arrived with $10,000 in cash. They told him his son had died - not in Qatar,…

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Qatar market 'greatly welcomes' Somali products, says chamber official

Sunatimes.com - Officials from Qatar Chamber and Somalia's Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs held a meeting yesterday in Doha to discuss ways to enhance economic and commercial relations.

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Somalia and UK Agree to Boost Cooperation in the War on Terror

Sunatimes.com - UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace met with Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo following a visit to the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, just two weeks before the Somali incumbent leader's term expires.

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Somalia's Govt says Jubaland and Puntland's Appointment of Electoral Boards Unlawful

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's federal government said the appointment of regional electoral commissions by Jubaland and Puntland leaders was unlawful, hours after the two federal member states announced lists of their electoral committees. In a statement, Somali Ministry of the Interior accused the…

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Don't drag us into your politics, Kenya tells Somali leaders

Sunatimes.com - Kenya has called on Somali leaders to stop dragging it into their domestic affairs and instead concentrate on building their nation.

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Ethiopia Tigray Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 69

Sunatimes.com - Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published extensively on issues related to movement…

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Somalia:Man arrested in the brutal rape and murder of a young girl in Mogadishu

Sunatimes.com - Police in Mogadishu have arrested a man on Thursday suspected of a young girl's rape and murder. The spokesperson for the local police force, Sadiq Aden Doodishe, told reporters that Bashir Mohamed Qasim has been apprehended and will stand trial.

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Forced adoption case against Norway hits European Court of Human Rights

Sunatimes.com - The European Court of Human Rights heard arguments Wednesday over whether Norway violated the religious rights of a Muslim woman whose child was forcibly adopted by Christians. During a remote hearing before the ECHR, lawyers for Mariya Ibrahim argued the country not only violated her…

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Farmaajo signs resolution allocating Mogadishu 13 seats in the Senate

Sunatimes.com - President Mohamed Farmaajo has signed a resolution allocating 13 seats to Banaadir region in effect expanding the Senate from 54 to 67 members. Villa Somalia said Thursday the president assented to a resolution passed by the Lower House last June which sought to create representation…

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The Fall of Siad Barre and Civil War ( Part Two)

Sunatimes.com - Thirty years ago this week President Siad Barre's regime was overthrown. Why? In answer to that question lies with what others ( Foreign observers wrote about that historical fact of Somalia. It is important to note that thirty years is a long time. Nearly, Seventy five percent of…

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No evidence to show Kenya interfering with Somalia affairs, IGAD team report says

In summary ( This article is the editor's pick). • It recommended that more diplomatic efforts be deployed at the highest level in order to reconcile the two sisterly countries of Kenya and Somalia. • Somalia claimed there is a violation of the airspace of Somalia, violation of Somalia's…

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Somalia dismisses IGAD report, says 'influenced' by Kenya

Somalia has poured cold water on the newly released IGAD report on tiff with Kenya noting that the findings were not based on factual information from the ground and instead largely relied on Kenyan sources.

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The Somali health Service Collapses

Sunatimes.com - As Covid-19 cases continues to soar in Somalia, serious discontentment is growing due to misappropriation of funds within the ministry of Health in the country. Twelve top officials among them the Director General in the ministry have already been charged in court and convicted of corruption…

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