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The National Theatre of Somalia which was constructed in 1967 as a gift from China, was completely destroyed during the Somalia's civil war in the early 1990s. It was rebuilt in ... Read more »
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East African neighbours Kenya and Somalia are disputing 30,000 square nautical miles of territory in the Indian Ocean, which has prospects of vast oil and gas deposits. The area is ... Read more »
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A military court in Mogadishu sentenced Darren Anthony Byrnes from the UK and Ahmad Mustakim bin Abdul Hamid from Malaysia to 15 years in jail for being members of Al-Shabaab and ... Read more »
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Somali Prime Minister Hussein Roble has rejected an annoucement by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (known as Farmajo) limiting Roble's powers. On September 16, 2021, ... Read more »
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Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble suspended Fahad Yasin, chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), for failing to provide reliable evidence of ... Read more »
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Somalia is expecting a report from a team appointed by Prime Minister Hussein Roble to investigate circumstances under which seven people were killed in a raid by African Union ... Read more »
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Somalia's new electoral rules are creating unforeseen fissures in the loose alliance between some federal state presidents and opposition groups. The rules, under a new ... Read more »
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The opposition Council of Presidential Candidates, or CPS, released a statement on August 23, 2021, saying they reject a new election roadmap proposed by the federal government and ... Read more »
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Afghanistan is not Somalia. But it serves as a cautionary tale that billions of dollars, untold international support, and top-down strategies are not sufficient to defeat a ... Read more »
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Following a prolonged period of uncertainty and heightened tensions, the long-awaited elections in Somalia are now moving forward, albeit somewhat behind schedule, James Swan, UN ... Read more »
