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Somalia: President Mohamed Reaches Out to Global Financial Agencies
Nation, 14 May 2017
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appealed to foreign banks to ease restrictions on the country's financial institutions to help it rebuild its economy. Read more »
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Somalia: President Jets Back in the Capital Mogadishu
Shabelle, 13 May 2017
Somalia's Federal Government President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has arrived back in Mogadishu on Saturday morning, after attending the London conference. Read more »
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Somalia: Farmajo Calls for End of Arms Embargo to Defeat Al-Shabaab
Al Jazeera, 11 May 2017
Somalia's president has called on the international community to lift an arms embargo on his country as government soldiers battle to regain territory from the armed group… Read more »
Somali President Renews Call for End to Arms Embargo
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known popularly as Farmajo, has said that the long-standing embargo on his country "severely restricts" his troops' ability to fight Al-Shabaab. "Our security forces and terrorist groups have been fighting using the same type of light weapons - mostly AK47s," he told attendees of the London Summit on Somalia.
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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says this will help speed up the development of national security forces and enhance the country's ability to defeat Al-Shabaab. Read more »
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The United Nations Security Council has extended a partial arms embargo after reports surfaced that militants are getting weapons intended for government forces. Read more »
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Somalia needs more help, and at the London Conference on 11 May, the international community intends to address, among others, al-Shabaab's continued attacks and control of ... Read more »
